Today’s Motto: ‘Forget success and failure……..
............ it is the courage to continue that counts'
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, 05 Jan….
1671 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the ‘Salher’ fort from Mughals.
1889 – The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla, W
ashington, newspaper – according to the date given in the Oxford English Dictionary. (The name comes a German food called hamburg steak, meaning “from Hamburg,” not because it contains ham).
1968 – Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission’s recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
1988 – India’s first indigenously b
uilt ‘Braille’ script released short-hand machine for the blind.
2000 – The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced the final stage of the worldwide initiative to eradicate Polio.
2014 – The cryogenic engine built by India’s Space Research Organisation engineers power the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5). It successfully placed a 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communications satellite into orbit in 17 minutes (pic credit-ISRO).
2019 – Chinese government report predicts China’s population will peak at 1.44 billion in 2029 before declining
Born….
1592 – 5th Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, known for his fight with father king Akbar for. marrying his love Mumtaj Begum, building her memorial Taj Mahal at Agra and several reforms in his rule. He spent a luxurious life but had a very miserable last years under his son Jehandgir’s cruel rule.
1855 – King C. Gillette, he was an American inventor and manufacturer who invented and manufactured the safety razor with disposable blades.
1893 – Paramahansa Yogananda, universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur.
1941 – Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi Jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain). He married popular actor Sharmila Tagore and his kids are also in the cine world.
1955 – Mamata Banerjee, a strong Bengal and national politician. Was in Lok Sabha since 1991 and union minister in Congress and NDA govt. under PM Vajpayee. She established her own political outfit TMC in 1988 in Bengal and dethroned 30 years of CPI)M rule in state. She is now a 3rd time CM of West Bengal.
1986 – Deepika Padukone, Bollywood actor, daughter of legendary Badminton player Prakash Padukone and spouse of popular actor Ranveer Singh. She started her career with Aishvarya (Kannada) and then Om Shanti Om, YehJawani Hai Diwani, Billo Barber, Raees, Pathaan, Padmavat, Chernnai Express, Bajirao Mastani, Gehraiyan etc. She has won 4 Filmfare, 7 IIFA, 5 Producers’ Guild, 10 Screen awards, 7 Zee Cine and 3 StarDust awards (pic credit-Quora).
RIP….1952 – Nawab of Pataudi Sr, cricketer (polo player and cricketer).
1982 – C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director. He gave evergreen music tones and direction to numerous Hindi and South films (over 112) like Albela,Navrang, Anarkali, Patanga, Azad, Paigham etc. He won a National award and was nominated several times for Filmfare but missed the award. Won several other accolades.
You may have known….
India’s wheat productivity is better than that of rice. With 93.51 million tonnes of wheat from 29.65 million hectares, India’s yield rate of 3.15 tonnes per hectare places it 19th out of 41 countries. Here, we do better than Brazil’s yield rate of 2.73 tonnes per hectare, but lag behind South Africa (3.4 t/ha) and China (4.9 t/ha). {Compiled by Lt. Col. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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