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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
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
4/12/1913Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle.
4/12/1913Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born.
2/15/1951Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
1/5/1957Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
5/5/1906Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.