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Historical Event on 4/8/1857

Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1905Subhadrakumari Chauvhan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
2/14/1891Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam.
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
11/15/1999The no-confidence motion moved against Om Prakash Chautala by the opposition failed in Haryana.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.