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Historical Event on 12/4/2000

India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1991Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
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.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
5/9/1993S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.