Today’s Motto: ‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; same is with hate’
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to p!erform 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, 04 Oct….
(World Animal Day: Celebrated since 1931, this day advocates for animal welfare, protection, and rig
hts).
1911 – First public elevator (London’s Earl’s Court Metro Station).
1977 – Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was released after spending 16 hours in police custody for charges of political corruption (pic credit-TheStatesan.com).
1977 – Indian Foreign Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first Indian to address the UN General Assembly in Hindi (pic credit-bharatdiscovery.org).
1986 –
Helicopter Corporation of India established.
2000 – Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament, in New Delhi. (pic credit-en.kremlin.ru).
2012 – Nissan unveiled the NSC-2015 electric car Prototype at the Ceatec 2012 show in Tokyo. The car 
was self-start, drive and self-park vehicle. It was enabled to turn and recognise some road signs (pic credit.wallstreetinsanity.com).
Born….1716 – James Lind, Scottish physician. (He investigated sickness of sailors and began an experiment to remedy scurvy. He regulated sailors’ diet and especially included lemons and oranges in the die
t of seamen on long voyages. This resulted in prompt eradication of scurvy from the British Navy. The Dutch had implemented this practice almost two centuries earlier}. Lind also recommended shipboard delousing procedures and arranged for shipboard distillation of seawater for drinking (pic credit-bbc.com}.
1978 – Soha Ali Kha
n, an actress who has done Hindi, Bengali, and English films. She is the younger daughter of veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan, of Bhopal, and the younger sister of actor Saif Ali Khan. He popular films are Rang De Basanti, Soundtrack, 99, Ahista Ahista, Mumbai Meri jaan, Iti Srikanta etc.
1980
– Shweta Tiwari, film and television actress. Known for roles in serial Kasauti Zindgi Kay, Parvarrish, Begusarai, Mere Dad Ki Dulhan, Mein Hun Aparajita and TV shows Bigg Boss 10, Nach Valiye, Jhalak Dikhla Ja, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khilari etc. She has won 8 Indian Televsion Academy Awards, 9 Indian Telly awards and 2 Gold Awards.
1997 – Rishabh Pant, popular Indian wicketkeeper and batsman. He has set many records as most sixes by an Indian WKt-keeper, most runs in an IPL series. He has played 47 Tests, 31 ODIs, 76 T20Is and scored 8 centuries 148 half-centuries. He 
also played for Delhi Capitals in IPL ad is now with Lucknow Super Giants. He met with a sever accident while driving his to home in Roorkee in 2022 but recovered very fast. His aerobic act earlt this year after scoring a century in IPL has won hearts of millions of crikcket fans and his followers. He has won severtal awards. (pic credit-sportskeeda and video.
Rip... 1947 – Max Planck (Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck) was a German theoretical physicist. Planck 
made many contributions to physics, primarily as the originator of Quantum Theory and one of the founders of modern physics, which revolutionized understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. He was awarded Nobel Prize in 1918 (pic credit-futura-sciences.com).
You may have known…. 1. It’s believed the ancient Romans were the first people to use wedding rings in a way resembling the modern custom, although exchanging rings as symbols of eternity or affection dates back even earlier to ancient Egypt and Greece. Roman weddings were not like the elaborate, picturesque affairs of today, however; marriages were often less about romance and more about family alliances and property.
2. As of 2025, approximately 17% of India’s population is between 15 and 
25 years old.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
