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Historical Event on 5/4/1993

Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
5/13/1905Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
12/8/1999Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
11/7/1893Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, passed away at the age of 37.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
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.