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Historical Event on 4/5/1944

221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1999Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.
7/26/1922Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born.
12/11/1929Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.
8/27/1992The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment.
8/17/199220 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
4/7/1938Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).