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Historical Event on 2/1/1942

17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".