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Historical Event on 5/5/1993
Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], famous Indian guru, passed away at 73 yrs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 2/19/1992 | Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away. |
| 12/3/1999 | Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. |
| 1/23/1978 | The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 4/21/1991 | Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 4/21/1990 | 18 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry. |
| 7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
| 3/18/1990 | Devi Lal, Deputy PM, withdraws his resignation. |
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