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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
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
6/3/1998The naval version of the surface-to-air missile, Trishul, is test-fired in Kochi.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
4/25/1969Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.