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Historical Event on 12/8/1879
Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/30/1989 | Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away. |
| 10/2/1944 | Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
| 2/10/1999 | P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 4/27/1986 | Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years. |
| 6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
| 7/3/1972 | Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto. |
| 3/22/1991 | President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament. |
| 8/16/1886 | Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple. |
| 8/16/1886 | Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath. |
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