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Historical Event on 2/15/1951

Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
5/18/1926Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born.
1/4/1966ndo-Pak Summit, the peace talk between Pakistan and Indian leaders, started at Tashkent. The prominent personalities were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Gen. Ayub Khan.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
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.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).