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Historical Event on 11/20/1999
P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 6/27/1906 | Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 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. |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 2/28/1927 | Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 3/29/1982 | Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 9/9/1872 | Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born. |
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