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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
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
11/9/1841Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.