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Historical Event on 12/8/1970
Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 8/28/1997 | Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics. |
| 4/6/2000 | The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel. |
| 10/31/1843 | Tarkanath Gangopadhyay, first realistic social novelist of Bengal, was born. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
| 7/19/1998 | Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/25/1923 | S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
| 10/18/1997 | Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi. |
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