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Historical Event on 4/20/1971

Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
10/18/1928Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
10/18/1952Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wickets to win first Indo-Pak clash.