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Historical Event on 4/8/1929

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
3/12/1967Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
4/23/1751Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born.
10/5/1993CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
1/29/1955'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established.
8/10/1991Delhi airport police foils an attempt by a Saudi national to smuggle out a minor girl named Ameena.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.