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Historical Event on 3/15/1983

Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1700Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
2/7/1931Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.
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.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
6/9/1998The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.