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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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9/24/1992	Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
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3/24/1993	Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
11/19/1961	World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.
12/13/2000	The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
7/29/1988	Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
1/8/1984	Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
9/28/1827	A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.

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