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Historical Event on 8/10/1992
Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1998 | The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist. |
| 8/6/1998 | SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted. |
| 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. |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 12/25/1763 | Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 3/25/1996 | 31st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh. |
| 5/6/1944 | Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
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