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Historical Event on 5/20/1776
Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 12/29/1996 | Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested. |
| 4/18/1993 | BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya. |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 7/4/1914 | Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born. |
| 9/13/1997 | India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu. |
| 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. |
| 10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 8/12/1897 | Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born. |
| 6/30/1966 | Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967. |
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