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Historical Event on 4/8/1759
British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1966 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab. |
| 3/3/1996 | Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas. |
| 3/1/1917 | J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"". |
| 2/17/1917 | Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay. |
| 1/1/1891 | Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 9/8/1991 | Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam. |
| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 2/6/1994 | Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 9/26/1975 | Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament. |
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