25 June in Hindu history
25 June 1772
Battle of Kalaiyarkoil
At the temple town of Kalaiyarkoil the Raja of Sivaganga died fighting the Company and the Nawab, and his widow Velu Nachiyar began eight years of exile and preparation.
25 June 1975
The Emergency is declared
Two weeks after the Allahabad High Court set aside her election, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has an Emergency declared. Opposition leaders are jailed, the press is censored and civil rights are suspended for twenty-one months.
25 June 2025
Shubhanshu Shukla flies to the space station
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla lifts off on the Axiom-4 mission and becomes the first Indian aboard the International Space Station, 41 years after Rakesh Sharma.