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Historical Event on 4/8/1857

Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
1/15/1929Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.
2/21/1996Japanese encephalitis', caused by virus transmitted by mosquitoes, claims 21 lives in Kerala.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).