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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 |
| 5/21/1984 | Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay. |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 9/27/1856 | Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 10/23/1992 | The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign |
| 9/16/1916 | D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. |
| 7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
| 4/21/1975 | Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation. |
| 4/1/1935 | The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank. |
| 4/18/1898 | Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials. |
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