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25 August

🇮🇳 In India

1948 It was decided that Jana Gana Mana was to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.

1959 Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.

1975 Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.

1997 Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.

🌎 Elsewhere

1609

Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

1819 James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker, died.

1825 Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.

1830 The "Tom Thumb" steam locomotive runs its famous race with a horse-drawn car. The horse wins because the engine, which had been ahead, breaks down.

1867 Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist, died.

1875 Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel. It took him 21 hours and 45 minutes.

1900 German Classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most influential of all modern thinkers, died at age 55.

1919 First scheduled passenger service by airplane starts between Paris and London.

1938 Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author was born.

1958 Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor and businessman, markets the first package of precooked instant noodles (Chikin Ramen).

1962 Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author, was born.

1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their eight year war.

1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloud-tops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps.

1991 Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux operating system.

2012 The first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, died after suffering complications from a heart bypass.

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