Historical Events on October 25.

1. 1861, 25th October: The Toronto Stock Exchange opened.

2. 1924, 25th October: The British arrested Subhash Chandra Bose and sent him to jail for two years.

3. 1945, 25th October: Taiwan was annexed by China at the end of World War II. The Japanese army surrendered to the Chinese army.

4. 1951, 25th October: First post-independence elections began In India.

5. 1962, 25th October: Uganda joined the United Nations.

6. 1994, 25th October: A. M. Ahmadi became the 26th Chief Justice of India.

7. 1999, 25th October: South African author J. M. Coetzee received the prestigious Booker Prize for Literature for the second time.

8. 2000, 25th October: Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters of NASA, returned to Earth safely after a 13-day mission.

9. 2009, 25th October: Two suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 155 and injured 721.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 25.

1. 840: Jacob ibn al-Leth al-Safar, founder of the Safarid dynasty.

2. 1864: John Francis Dodge, co-founder of the Dodge Automobile Company.

3. 1881: Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, and sculptor.

4. 1929: M. N. Venkatachaliah, 25th Chief Justice of India. 

5. 1937: Dr. Ashok Ranade, Indin Music critic.

6. 1956: Soni Razdan, Indian-British actress. 

7. 1984: Katy Perry, American singer, and songwriter.

8. 1985: Ciara, American singer, songwriter, and model.

9. 1987: Umesh Yadav, Indian Cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 25.

1. 1400: Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, and author. 

2. 1647: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist and inventor of the barometer.

3. 1760: George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland.

4. 1960: Harry Ferguson, British Mechanic, founder of the Ferguson Company.

5. 1980: Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet, and lyricist.

6. 2002: Richard John Harris, an Irish actor, and singer.

7. 2003: Pandurangshastri Athavale, an Indian active thinker and philosopher.

8. 2012: Jaspal Bhatti, Indian Comedian.

9. 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.