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Historical Event on 2/25/1999
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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/15/1953 | Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established. |
| 12/14/1936 | Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 12/21/2000 | Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow. |
| 2/27/1993 | Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns. |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
| 1/31/1976 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 7/17/1996 | All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh. |
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