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Historical Event on 1/26/1993

Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1990Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born.
1/30/1905Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P.
9/14/1774Bentik, first Governor General of India, was born.
2/7/1931Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.
3/28/1943S. Satyamurti, social reformer, politician and member of legislative council at Madras, died. He was born in Tirumayyam village in August 19, 1887.
7/29/1997India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme.
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.
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.