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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17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history.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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| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
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| 9/26/1904 | R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born. |
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