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Historical Event on 8/11/1908
Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
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| 1/15/1887 | Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. |
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| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 6/6/1992 | Ordinance issued to attach the properties of persons involved in the security scam. |
| 2/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 9/18/1990 | Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
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