Today’s Motto: ‘You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets’

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

On this day,  Apr. 27…….

1526 – Mughal King Babur beats sultan of Delhi.

1705 – Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.

1887 – George Thomas Morton performed the first U.S. operation to remove an appendix, an appendectomy, saving the life of a 26-year-old man with appendicitis (Pic credit-TIFL Library).

1906 – China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India’s northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet’s ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement.

1907 – Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.

1911 – Indian Asehyog Andolan (passive resistance) is suspended when Gen. J.C. Smuts enters into negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi.

1918 – Gandhiji attends Viceroy’s War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for British army.

1960 – Presidential orders in India were issued on the report of the Committee of Parliament on official Languages which includes issues relating to preparation of terminology (Hindi glossaries, Hindi translation of codes and procedural literature, imparting training in Hindi to employees propagation of Hindi, language of bills, language to be used in the Supreme Court and High Court etc).

1986 – Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party  for 6 years.

1997 – CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.

2005 – Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.

2012 – The wives and children of former Osama bin Laden are deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.

2018 – Historic Korean summit: the North’s Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea agree to officially end Korean war and rid peninsula of nuclear weapons (pic credit-NK News).

2023 – Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari awarded Royal Institute of British Architects’ Royal Gold Medal for her humanitarian work providing structures for Pakistanis’ marginalized communities.

Born….1791 – Samuel Finley Breese Morse. He was an American artist and inventor who is famous for developing the Morse Code (1838) and independently perfecting an electric telegraph.

1857 – Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India’s first Cinema Hall – ‘Elphinstone Palace’ at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company.

1912 – Zohra Sehgal, versatile dancer, character actor who acted in Neecha Nagar, Chini Kum, Ham Dil De Chuke Sanam, Chalo Ishq Ladayen etc. Was awarded Padam Shri, Kalidas Samman, Sangeet Natak Academy and its Lifetime Fellowship. Died on July 10, 2014 at 102 years age. (pic credit-Vogue India)

1919 – Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player.

RIP….

2002 – Trevor Keelor, he was an officer of Indian Air Force who participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was honoured with the Vir Chakra along with his elder brother, Denzil, who was also similarly honoured. for his service in the Indian Air Force. Both brothers have a Vir Chakra for the same feat. It was the first time two brothers have received Vir Chakras for the same reason i.e,. shooting down Pakistan Air Force F-86 Sabre fighters (pic credit-Bharat Raklhak & Reditt)

2009 – Feroz Khan, popular Bollywood film actor/producer who produced Qurbani, and acted in about 60 films viz.,  Dharmatma, Aadmi aur Insaan, Yalgar, Welcome, Jaanbaz etc. Won 2 Filmfare, Zee Cine and IIFA award (pic credit-Masala.com).

Titbits….1667 – Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of epic poetery volume  Paradise Lost for £10 . Milton was a a very versatile poet, writer, historian  (pic credit-Poetery Foundation).

1956 – Heavyweight champ, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing.

2014 – George Clooney and his girlfriend, British attorney Amal Alamuddin, are reportedly engaged (pic credit-popsugar.com).

You may have known….                                                                                                                                             1.  The number of cellphone subscribers in India increased by 6,240% between 2001-2011. (As of now there are 1.12 billion Indians using cellphones).

2.   Between 10 and 20% of power outages in the US are caused by squirrels.                                                                                                                                                                                                 {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}