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Historical Event on 5/1/1996

Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
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.
2/14/1658Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.