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Historical Event on 4/8/1894

Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1894Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
12/12/1976Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
6/9/1991Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away.
1/9/1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
2/23/1876Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born.
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.