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Historical Event on 8/11/1908
Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/24/1992 | D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 6/15/1949 | Uloor S. Parmeswara Iyer, famous poet, writer, editor and literature, died. He was 72. |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 9/10/1995 | 87 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 3/19/1935 | British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23. |
| 3/19/1935 | Ruknud-din Firuz Shah, son of Emperor Iltutmish, was assassinated. |
| 4/12/1978 | After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition. |
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