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Historical Event on 10/30/1977
Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/29/1911 | Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield. |
12/25/1876 | Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born. |
1/18/1950 | Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away. |
11/5/1950 | Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died. |
11/15/1949 | Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder. |
8/1/1882 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.). |
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. |
1/26/1995 | Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured. |
2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
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