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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
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
11/11/1888Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
1/30/1993Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away.
2/14/19674th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967.
8/5/1909Dwijhans Kalika Prasad Dixit, great poet and educationist, was born at Gram Dedani in Uttar Pradesh.