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Historical Event on 9/16/1916

D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1950India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
10/2/1929Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
12/3/1992Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94)
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
1/25/1994Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
10/12/1911Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.
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.