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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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| 4/1/1839 | Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients . |
| 5/21/1966 | General Election (11th) of India ends. |
| 11/20/1907 | Railroad workers strike in India. |
| 1/27/1984 | First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam. |
| 6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 9/11/1888 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 9/30/1916 | Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P. |
| 11/1/1956 | Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore. |
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