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Historical Event on 7/29/1991

Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1952Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
11/7/1997RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor.
3/21/1934Buta Singh, former Home Minister of India, was born.
12/1/1970T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972
8/22/1988Gorkha National Liberation Front signs an accord with the Centre and West Bengal on formation of an elective hill Council for Darjeeling.
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.
3/16/1860Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia.
11/30/1999Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.