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Historical Event on 2/20/1982
The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/16/1946 | C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government. |
2/23/1908 | Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born. |
12/4/1993 | Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan. |
7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
6/16/1920 | Hemant Chaudhary, famous singer and music director, was born. |
10/27/1928 | Dattaji Krishnarao Gaekwad, father of Anshuman and batted in 11 Tests 1950's, was born in Baroda. |
4/30/1909 | Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, great saint, patriot and social worker, was born at Yawali, district Amravati. |
12/13/1978 | Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away. |
4/2/1980 | S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981. |
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