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Historical Event on 11/9/1972

Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.

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6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
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8/8/1990Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.
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.