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Historical Event on 4/22/2000

Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1993Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
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.
2/12/1882Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born.
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
12/28/1983Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).