1872- Death of Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, the Viceroy of India (1869-72), on 8 February 1872. Lord Mayo, after whom Mayo College in Ajmer is named, was assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi at Port Blair. Afridi was hanged on March 11, 1872.
1995 - Death of Kalpana Datta on 8 February 1995 (27 July 1913 – 8 February 1995), Also known as Kalpana Joshi, Kalpana Datta was a woman revolutionary from Bengal. She was a member of the Chittagong Republican Army, formed by Surya Sen ( also known as “Masterda”). Chittagong Republican Army carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930.
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