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Historical Event on 5/1/1922

Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1999Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
3/25/1933Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.
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.