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Historical Event on 4/8/1887
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1960 | Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar. |
| 7/7/1901 | J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta. |
| 12/11/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away. |
| 1/29/1780 | Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta . |
| 12/11/1783 | Peshwa Raghobadada, who ruled upto Atak, passed away. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 12/30/1803 | East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch. |
| 8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
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