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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
2/20/1982Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
9/7/1995Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.