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Historical Event on 8/4/1894

Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
9/10/1623Shah Jahan entered Rajputana and raided Amber crossing the Tapti. He arrived near the kingdom of Golconda and from there passed on to Orissa which was surrendered to him.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
3/5/1868Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India.
10/9/1994Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.