Historical Events on February 25.

1.  1510, 25th Feb: Albuquerque, a Portuguese general, with a surprise attack, captured the fort of Panaji.

2.  1945, 25th Feb: Turkey declared war on Germany during World War II.

3.  1968, 25th Feb: Mohammad Hidayatullah became the 11th Chief Justice of India.

4.  1975, 25th Feb: Shah Faisal, the then ruler of Saudi Arabia, was assassinated by his nephew, Prince Faisal bin Mussad.

5.  1986, 25th Feb: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos stepped down after 20 years in power.

6.  2012, 25th Feb: World Health Organization removed India from the list of polio endemic countries.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 25.

1.  1884: Ravishankar Vyas, an Indian independence activist, social worker, and Gandhian.

2.  1903: Kailas Nath Wanchoo, the tenth Chief Justice of India.

3.  1938: Farokh Engineer, a former Indian cricketer.

4.  1943: George Harrison, an English musician, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer.

5.  1948: Danny Denzongpa, an Indian film actor, singer, and film director.

6.  1974: Divya Bharti, an Indian film actress.

7.  1981: Shahid Kapoor, an Indian actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 25.

1.  1999: Glenn Theodore Seaborg, an American chemist.

2.  2001: Sir Donald George Bradman, an Australian international cricketer.

3.  2016: Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain, an Indian entrepreneur.

4.  2017: William Paxton, an American actor, and director. 

25-February-1510

Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.

25-February-1586

King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.

25-February-1600

Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.

25-February-1760

Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.

25-February-1840

Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born.

25-February-1844

Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born.

25-February-1869

Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.

25-February-1884

Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, was born at Radhu village of Kaira District.

25-February-1886

Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.

25-February-1894

Meher Baba (1894-1969) of Poona, Indian saint of Persian origin and gifted with psychic powers of prediction, was born. The mystical teachings of this silent sage stressed love, self-inquiry and God consciousness.

25-February-1897

Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.

25-February-1897

A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community.

25-February-1903

Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

25-February-1909

Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.

25-February-1910

Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.

25-February-1920

Balraj Madhok was born.

25-February-1923

S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.

25-February-1927

Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away.

25-February-1938

Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.

25-February-1962

India Congress Party wins elections.

25-February-1963

Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi.

25-February-1968

Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.

25-February-1970

Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away.

25-February-1976

India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.

25-February-1977

Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.

25-February-1982

J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away.

25-February-1987

The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.

25-February-1992

Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.

25-February-1992

Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares.

25-February-1993

113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.

25-February-1993

BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.

25-February-1993

Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.

25-February-1995

Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.

25-February-1998

Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.

25-February-1999

The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.

25-February-2000

Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.

25-February-2000

The Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order discharging the former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from the two TANSI deal cases.