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Historical Event on 12/20/1990
Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 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. |
| 11/19/1997 | 1996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi. |
| 1/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away. |
| 3/10/1926 | Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab. |
| 12/11/1872 | Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born. |
| 4/28/1996 | EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states. |
| 3/9/1990 | Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar. |
| 5/16/1933 | Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
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