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Historical Event on 12/13/2000

All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
9/25/1997BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
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.
4/8/1937R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
1/27/1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.