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Historical Event on 4/8/1894

Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1997Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
9/28/1954137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad.
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
1/6/1987Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.