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Historical Event on 8/11/1908
Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
| 3/17/1988 | First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space. |
| 10/6/1992 | Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died. |
| 1/8/1925 | The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow. |
| 11/29/1989 | Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 1/2/2000 | Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi. |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
| 8/23/1986 | B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989. |
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