Today Importance - 8th April
8-April-1674
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj respected Hansji Mohite with the title of 'Hammurabi' and made him the head of his military.
8-April-1759
British troops chased the French from Masulipatam in India.
8-April-1774
Narayan Rao's posthumous son Madhav Rao saw Raghunath Rao as a challenger when he was only 10 days old.
8-April-1831
Ram Mohan Roy set foot in England.
8-April-1835
Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
8-April-1857
Revolutionary and freedom fighter Mangal Pandey was hanged at Barrackpore before the Indian Rebellion. He fired the first shot during the rebellion against the British Empire.
8-April-1887
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted Gujarati litterateur, artist and story essayist, is conceived.
8-April-1894
During the lifetime of Swami Chandrasekharendra (1894–1994), Shankaracharya Sadhaka of the Kanchi Matha in South India.
8-April-1894
Noted novelist and author of national anthem 'Bande Mataram' Bankim Chandra Chatterjee passed away at the age of 55. A portion of his compositions are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
8-April-1897
Renowned General Postal Union and freedom fighter Heinrich von Stephan passed away.
8-April-1919
Gandhi was captured en route to Delhi for declining to submit to orders not to enter Punjab; Escort back to Bombay; Episode of brutality in different urban areas.
8-April-1923
In India, 1000 people have died due to plague in the last one week.
8-April-1925
Famous music director and singer Kumar Gandharva (Shivaputra Siddaramaiah Komkali) is born.
8-April-1929
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt tossed two bombs in the gathering lobby.
8-April-1937
Also. Gundurao, previous Boss Clergyman of Karnataka and senior head of Indira Congress, is conceived.
8-April-1946
HMS Vengeance carrying 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn stopped at Singapore to refuel and headed for Iwakuni, a port on the island of Kyushu.
8-April-1950
Nehru and Ali Khan signed the Indo-Pakistan Pact.
8-April-1953
Late industrialist Walchand Hirachand.
8-April-1973
After anti-government riots, India annexed Sikkim.
8-April-1985
India sues Union Carbide in New York over Bhopal gas tragedy
8-April-1991
Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta resigned from the post of party chief.
8-April-1992
In Manipur, the Congress (I) government led by Prince Dorendra Singh was sworn in.
8-April-1993
CBI conducts massive raids on VHP offices; Five people including BJP MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh have been arrested.
8-April-1993
Dasharatha Deo, a veteran tribal leader, was elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front Legislature Party in Tripura.
8-April-1994
Dr. Wilfred D'Souza was reinstated as the Chief Minister of Goa.
8-April-1997
The Delhi High Court in L.K. The charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against him were dismissed. Advani (BJP President), and previous Association Pastor V.C. Shukla in Jain hawala case
8-April-1997
India made history by entering the semi-finals of the twelfth Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup Worldwide Football Series interestingly subsequent to beating Ghana 2-2 in Kochi.
8-April-1998
India has forged a historic partnership with France by formally launching a joint program for the restoration and protection of the Taj Mahal.
8-April-1998
Prem Singh Lalpura, who defied the Akali Dal leadership by not taking oath as a Lok Sabha member after being refused a ministerial berth, was expelled by the party.
8-April-1998
Sedapatti R. Muthia resigned from the post of Union Minister of Surface Transport on the orders of his party supremo Jayalalithaa. He is ensnared in a legitimate question.
8-April-2000
Air India won the Jhansi Rani Women's Cricket Tournament in Chennai.
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