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Historical Event on 8/13/1951
First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1887 | Padmabhushan Jemini Roy, famous painter, was born. |
| 7/25/1987 | Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President. |
| 3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 3/9/1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
| 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. |
| 7/1/1930 | Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 2/5/1922 | Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement. |
| 3/3/1700 | Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj died of lung infection due to smallpox at Sinhagad fort. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 3/6/1928 | Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died. |
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