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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17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history.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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1947 | The entire nation is stirred by religious strife. |
| 6/4/1958 | The three-men Indian Mountaineering group successfully climbed the high Peak in the Garhwal Hills Range. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 2/19/1812 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 2/14/1994 | The controversial Supreme Court Judge V.Ramaswami, who survived an impeachment motion in Parliament, retires. |
| 12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 2/10/1946 | Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals. |
| 5/13/1648 | Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed. |
| 9/2/1976 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away. |
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