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Historical Event on 2/8/1912

Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
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10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
7/15/1993JD (A)'s Ajit Singh pegs his group's support to government on PM's appearance before the JPC.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).