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Historical Event on 3/19/2000

Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
1/5/1869Venkatesh Tirko Kulkarni, famous Kannad novelist 'Galagnath', was born.