Motto for Today: ‘Sadness flies away on the wings of time.’

This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!

On this day, Mar.25…….

1668 – 1st horse race in America takes place.

1807 – The world’s first railway passenger service began in Wales, England

1843 – The Thames Tunnel in London, the world’s first tunnel under a navigable river, was opened for pedestrians.

1857 – First photo of solar eclipse was taken by Frederick Laggenheim.

1898 – Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.

1911 – L D Swamikannu publishes “Manual of Indian Chronology” in Bombay. This gives a chronology of events in Bombay from 1661 to 1995.

1925 – The first public demonstration of his television system was held by John Logie Baird in London. It would be ten years before the introduction in Britain of televisions with higher definition on 2 Nov 1936.

1954 – Production of colour television sets began.

1954 – The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. It was indeed a ‘red letter day’ in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age.

1970 – The prototype British-built airplane Concorde 002 made its first supersonic flight (1,127 kph). A few months earlier, the French prototype, Concorde 001, had broken the sound barrier on 1 Oct 1969. Mach 2 was achieved by Concorde 001 on 4 Nov 1970, and by Concorde 002, a few days later on 12 Nov 1970. The combined number of supersonic flights by the two aircraft reached 100 by Jan 1971.

1989 – India’s first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.

2008 – An influential group of Muslim theologians in India have denounced terrorism, saying it is against the teachings of Islam. Their thoughts were given at a meeting being held at an Islamic school. Scholars from around six thousand religious schools were attending the meeting.

2019 – NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn’t have enough spacesuits to fit women.

Born….

1948 – Farooq Shaikh, actor. Known for his effortless style of acting.

1967 – Colonel Vasanth Venugopal. An officer of Maratha Light Infantry, he was killed in action while preventing heavily armed infiltrators from crossing the Indian border at Uri, J&K. Was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest military decoration for peacetime gallantry. “I go where my men go”, he had told his mother when she asked him if a Colonel should participate in all operations conducted by his men.

RIP….

2014 – Nanda, actor. Nanda Karnataki known mononymously as Nanda, appeared in Hindi and Marathi films over a span of 30 years. She is best known for her performances in Chhoti Bahen, Dhool Ka Phool, Bhabhi, Kala Bazar, Kanoon, Hum Dono, Jab Jab Phool Khiley.

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{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}