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Historical Event on 4/15/1946
The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/1/2000 | 27 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine. |
5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
6/20/1957 | Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died. |
1/16/1992 | Prices of steel and iron decontrolled. |
12/25/1880 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
8/2/1861 | Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district. |
6/2/1993 | Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured. |
12/29/1904 | K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage. |
2/25/1968 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970. |
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