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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
4/18/1992Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
3/4/1924Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
12/5/2000Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.