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Historical Event on 1/22/1945

The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
10/24/1995Total solar eclipse seen over Rajasthan, UP, Bihar and West Bengal, while partial eclipse seen in the rest of the country.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
2/12/1742Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
8/10/1992P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.