Historical Events on October 25.
● 1861, 25th October: The Toronto Stock Exchange opened.
● 1924, 25th October: The British arrested Subhash Chandra Bose and sent him to jail for two years.
● 1945, 25th October: Taiwan was annexed by China at the end of World War II. The Japanese army surrendered to the Chinese army.
● 1951, 25th October: First post-independence elections began In India.
● 1962, 25th October: Uganda joined the United Nations.
● 1994, 25th October: A. M. Ahmadi became the 26th Chief Justice of India.
● 1999, 25th October: South African author J. M. Coetzee received the prestigious Booker Prize for Literature for the second time.
● 2000, 25th October: Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters of NASA, returned to Earth safely after a 13-day mission.
● 2009, 25th October: Two suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 155 and injured 721.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 25.
● 840: Jacob ibn al-Leth al-Safar, founder of the Safarid dynasty.
● 1864: John Francis Dodge, co-founder of the Dodge Automobile Company.
● 1881: Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, and sculptor.
● 1929: M. N. Venkatachaliah, 25th Chief Justice of India.
● 1937: Dr. Ashok Ranade, Indin Music critic.
● 1956: Soni Razdan, Indian-British actress.
● 1984: Katy Perry, American singer, and songwriter.
● 1985: Ciara, American singer, songwriter, and model.
● 1987: Umesh Yadav, Indian Cricketer.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 25.
● 1400: Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, and author.
● 1647: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist and inventor of the barometer.
● 1760: George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
● 1960: Harry Ferguson, British Mechanic, founder of the Ferguson Company.
● 1980: Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet, and lyricist.
● 2002: Richard John Harris, an Irish actor, and singer.
● 2003: Pandurangshastri Athavale, an Indian active thinker and philosopher.
● 2012: Jaspal Bhatti, Indian Comedian.
● 2019: Dilip Parekh, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Gujrat.
25-October-1296
Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
25-October-1932
Pearless’ investment company was established.
25-October-1951
First General Election of India begins.
25-October-1964
First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named ‘Vijayant’.
25-October-1971
National Science and Technology Committee established.
25-October-1980
Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
25-October-1983
Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
25-October-1989
P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
25-October-1990
JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
25-October-1990
Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
25-October-1995
Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
25-October-1997
180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
25-October-1999
Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
25-October-1999
Pramod Mahajan, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says, “No objection to Bofors discussion”.
25-October-1999
US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives.
25-October-2000
The BJP Legislature Party in UP elects Rajnath Singh its leader.