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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
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
7/31/1964Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
7/12/1920Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.
4/14/1905Earthquake at Kangra region in Himachal.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
8/3/1970Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.