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Historical Event on 2/8/1912

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1916Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
10/28/1997Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.