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Historical Event on 8/11/1922
Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1602 | United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies. |
| 11/3/1929 | Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born. |
| 12/27/1975 | A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster. |
| 3/14/1994 | Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit. |
| 7/2/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 3/13/1857 | Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away. |
| 2/20/1985 | Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"". |
| 11/7/1858 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
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