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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 |
| 10/15/1994 | SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV. |
| 12/5/1998 | Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 9/28/1924 | In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death. |
| 6/17/1917 | Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 8/8/1940 | Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970). |
| 4/13/1890 | Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
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