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Historical Event on 2/8/1912

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
2/17/1991Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
9/20/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
12/19/1994K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.
7/7/1998Nag, indigenously developed anti-tank missile, is test-fired again.
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.