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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
9/7/1996Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
3/14/1883Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
7/26/1927Gulabrai Sipahahimalani Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India), was born in Karachi.
3/30/1923New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.