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Historical Event on 4/8/1923

Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
4/22/1996National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
9/19/1965Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.