Today’s Motto: ‘No pressure, no diamonds’
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, Mar. 22……
1739 – Nadir Shah of Prusia (now Iran) who attacked India 4 times between 1748-1767 and killed over 30,000 civilians in Delhi. He gave the signal to his soldiers to loot and kill Indians and take women as his ‘dassis to their Harams.He also ruled Afghanistan and was assasisnated by his soldiers in Iran. (pic credit-Wikipedia)
1793 – Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
1895 – The first motion picture shown on a screen was presented by Auguste and Louis Lumière. An invited audience at 44 Rue de Rennes in Paris viewed the film La Sortie des ouvriers de l’usine Lumière.
1903 – Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought. (pic credit-Russ Glasson/Bercoft USA)
1907 – The first internal combustion-powered cabs in London with taximeters began 
operating. The taximeter gave the cab its modern name. Its purpose was to indicate to both driver and passenger the distance travelled and so avoid arguments about payment due. The word derives from French taxe = price and Greek metron = measure. (The taximeter was invented by Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891).
1907 – Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organised a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations.
1932 – Indian Muslims break with Great Britain.
1942 – Both Congress and Muslim League refused Cripps Mission offer. Congress adopts Quit India Resolution. Cripps Commission came to India which was preceded by Sir Stephard Crips to find out a political formula for transf
er of power to Indians.
1946 – The first rocket built in the United States left the Earth’s atmosphere, whereas Germany had launched a rocket the year before. The U.S. rocket was launched from White Sands, New Mexico, and attained an altitude of 50 miles.
1960 – The first laser was patented by Arthur Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes under the title “Masers and Maser Communications System.”
1964 – 200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
1977 Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Prime Minister of India.
1985 -The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was adopted and opened for signature. It entered into force on 22 Sep 1988.
2018 – US President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports.
2021 – Sanctions imposed on Chinese officials over rights abuses against Uighurs in China by EU, UK, US and Canada. (pic credit-EurAsian Times)
2022 – Microplastics found in human blood for first time through new research conducted at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
2023 – New DNA analysis of composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair reveals he probably died of cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis B, but doesn’t explain his deafness.
Birth……
1922 – William Shatner, US cine actor.
1977 – Resse Williamspoon, American celebrity
1998 – Dhvani Bhanushali, Bollywood film singer and model, sang in Satyamev Jayate and other films.
RIP….
1979 – Hanuman Prasad Poddar. A Marwadi writer born in Assam, prominent Hindi poet and fighter for Hindu culture. Started Gitya Press Gorakhpur on April 29, 1923 and started publishing Kalyan magazine in 1926, the most read Hindi journal devoted to Hindu culture.
2005 – Gemini Ganesan, actor. (Ramaswamy Ganesan, was known as the “King of Romance”, for his good-looking charm and on and off screen romances. One of his daughters is the Bollywood star Rekha).
2021 – Sagar Sarhadi- Urdu poet, film Lyricist, who write popular songs in films Noorie, Bazaar, Chausar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila (pic credit-Rediff.com; audio -SareGama)
Titbits….
1941 – Jimmy Stewart is inducted into the Army, becoming the first major American movie star to wear a military uniform in World War II.
You may have known….
Six billion kg of garbage are dumped into the ocean every year. Most of it is plastic.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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