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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
2/27/1912Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', great Marathi poet, play-wright, novelist and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Awardee, was born.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
10/1/1997Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
8/23/1958Marathwada University was started.
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.