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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.

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7/1/1947	Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh).
1/6/1987	An International Conference to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the African National Congress opens in New Delhi.
1/31/1958	First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
4/2/1996	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
1/17/1601	Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
5/15/1989	NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
5/17/1775	Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
5/17/1775	Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
2/15/1865	Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
6/23/1984	An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.

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