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Historical Event on 4/15/1946
The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1968 | Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away. |
| 6/20/1897 | Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born. |
| 9/25/1899 | Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara. |
| 12/3/1993 | Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila. |
| 2/20/1994 | Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking. |
| 2/1/1956 | Judge Sudhi Ranjan Das became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 30/09/1959. |
| 10/16/1976 | Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 3/22/1996 | Golden Temple renamed Harmandir Sahib (its original name meaning 'abode of God'). |
| 4/24/1995 | K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha. |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
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