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Historical Event on 12/27/1976

The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
10/25/1980Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died.
3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
7/31/1997V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district.
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
6/1/1996Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.