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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
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
12/25/1876Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born.
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
1/23/1978The 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.
1/26/1995Three 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.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.