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Historical Event on 2/8/1912

Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1963Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
3/27/1977N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.