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Historical Event on 4/8/1857

Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1910Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
11/3/2000BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.
6/22/1944British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
12/1/199217 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
7/6/1999Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum.