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Historical Event on 4/8/1894
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/12/1961 | Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died. |
| 6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
| 11/5/1976 | Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year. |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 3/12/1992 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 6/13/1889 | Salarjung, famous administrator, was born. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 10/23/1883 | Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born. |
| 5/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
| 11/2/1971 | Roberto Fernandes, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Goa. |
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