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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.

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6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
11/6/1931Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away.