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Historical Event on 2/1/1942

17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees.

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5/28/1923Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telgu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including 'Patal Bhairavi'.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
3/30/1993S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.