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Historical Event on 8/4/1929

Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
9/11/1995PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.
2/11/1993Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. He is famous for his Hindi films such as Mahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972) and Razia Sultan (1983). He also established Kamal Pictures (Mahal Films) in 1953 and Kamalistan Studio in Bombay in 1958.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.
1/10/1897Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years.
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
12/20/1993Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.