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Historical Event on 4/8/1894

Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
4/12/1992M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
7/8/1996Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.