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Historical Event on 5/1/1996
Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 6/23/1994 | Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 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. |
| 12/8/1999 | Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999. |
| 4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
| 8/3/1994 | The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96). |
| 12/1/1932 | A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London. |
| 11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
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