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Historical Event on 3/25/1999

Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
8/14/1900S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
6/5/1992Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published.