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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
12/22/1866Mazharul Haque, great social reformer, nationalist, journalist, poet, writer and politician, was born at Bahpura, Bihar.
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
1/24/1995Congress (I) suspends Arjun Singh from the party.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
11/18/1972Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
11/28/1999The Vajpayee Government seeks support on major economic issues during the winter session at Parliament.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.