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Historical Event on 4/5/1944

221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1920Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
3/30/1996Congress I splits in Tamil Nadu. Group led by G.K. Moopanar makes alliance with DMK.
3/22/1906Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
12/31/1993Manipur placed under President's rule; Bangarappa launches Karnataka Congress Party.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
1/11/1995Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.