Houston Indian Community - HoustonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 10/12/1997

Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
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.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
10/9/199627-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K.
3/18/1916Pratapsinh Mathuradas Vissanji, great industrialist, was born at Bombay.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).