Historical Events -  June 25

1206: Qutb-ud-din Aibak became the Sultan of Delhi.

1932: India played its first official test match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. 

1940: World War II – France formally surrendered to Germany.

1947: 1st edition of the ‘The Diary Of A Young Girl’ also known as ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ got published. 

1975: On the advice of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress government, the President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, declared an emergency in the country.

1983: India won the Cricket World Cup.

1993: Kim Campbell became the first female PM of Canada. 

Famous Birthdays   – June 25  

1728: Shah Alam II, the sixteenth Mughal Emperor.

1869: Damodar Hari Chapekar, an Indian revolutionary.

1900: Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India.

1903: George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. 

1924: Madan Mohan, an Indian music director.

1931: Vishwanath Pratap Singh, the 8th Prime Minister of India.

1974: Karisma Kapoor, an Indian film actress.

Death Anniversaries -  June 25

1922: Satyendranath Dutta, an Indan-Bengali poet.

1997: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French naval officer, and explorer.

2009: Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.