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Historical Event on 4/11/1856
Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 2/25/1995 | Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed. |
| 3/9/1650 | Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 7/12/1864 | Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 8/15/1950 | Indian Constitution goes into effect. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 6/29/1757 | Mir Zafar was installed on the throne as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa from Murshidabad. |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 1/28/1998 | All 26 accused, who stood trial in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, were sentenced to death. A designated Judge of the TADA court in Chennai found them guilty. |
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