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Historical Event on 12/8/1857
Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 9/11/1991 | V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died. |
| 6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
| 6/30/1991 | A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham. |
| 9/11/1948 | Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died. |
| 3/20/1997 | Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra. |
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