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Historical Event on 8/23/2000

Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
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.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
8/1/1997Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
6/10/1833Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.