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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 |
| 8/25/1996 | 194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath . |
| 8/7/1947 | BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika. |
| 3/3/1939 | Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad. |
| 2/4/1953 | Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva. |
| 11/15/1817 | Battle of Yerwada. |
| 5/1/1964 | Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 11/30/1995 | G. Umapati, filmmaker, died. |
| 6/12/1897 | Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll). |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
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