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Historical Event on 2/8/1912

Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
6/23/1992Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
6/23/1992Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest, Spanish missionary teaching in India and Japan, was born in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
1/6/1979Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
4/12/1991Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred.