Today’s Motto: ‘Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly’
As every day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in history Book !
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Sep.29…….
1708 – British East India Company and New East India company merged.
(photo credit-AP, Rick Rycroft)1760 – Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
1793 – Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine. (Most historians believe that tennis originated 
in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand hence the name jeu de paume (“game of the palm”). It was not until the 16th century that rackets came into use, and the game began to be called “tennis.” It was popular in England and France and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real or royal tennis).
1915 – A transcontinental radio telephone demonstration was given in New York City.
1977 – India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
1981 – Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
1993 – National Human Rights Commission set up.
2014 – Ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan.
2020 – Scientists confirm the existence of three new underground lakes on Mars using radar on Esa’s Mars Express spacecraft.
Born….
1932 – Mehmood, Bollywood comedian actor, producer and director.
RIP….
1833 – Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
1913 – Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, a German engineer who invented the internal-combustion engine that bears his name.
Titbits….
1984 – Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic (Pic credit -Harper’s Bazaar)
You may have known….
Tiger moths can jam bats’ echolocation by making ultrasonic clicks.
Have a pleasant Day !
Raj Kadyan
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