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Historical Event on 2/7/1954

The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1984Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
10/16/2000Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.