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Historical Event on 8/4/1914

Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1868Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, was born.
9/2/1976Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
1/22/1967Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
6/18/1926Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P).
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.