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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
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
1/20/1997The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
1/29/1853Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
4/8/1998Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership, not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member on denial of a ministerial berth, is expelled by the party.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.