Today’s Motto: ‘Do not fear being eccentric in opinion…….

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

On this day, 09 Jun….(National Rosé Day).

68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

1752 – French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly.

1802 – US Academy at West Point founded. Cadets are required to adhere to the Cadet Honour Code, which states that “a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”

1902 – The first restaurant with vending machine service was the Automat Restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Customers put nickels into slots in the Automats and turned a knob. In the compartment next to the slot, food revolved into place for the customer to receive through a small glass door.

1905 – Albert Einstein published his analysis of Max Planck’s quantum theory and its application to light. Though no experimental work was involved, it was for these insights that Einstein earned his Nobel Prize.

1931 – 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon.

1953 – John H. Kraft was granted a U.S. patent for “manufacture of soft surface cured cheese”.

1964 – Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru’s death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation “”Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”” which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale.

1999 – The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.

2024 Narendra Modi is sworn in as only the second third-term Prime Minister of India at the head of a BJP-led coalition government.

Born….

1923 – Air Chief Marshal Idris Hassan Latif, former Indian Air Force Chief.

1948 – Laloo Prasad Yadav, aggressive pro-resevartio  Bihar  politician. Was CM and central minister under UPA.

1949 – Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer.

RIP….1900 – Birsa Munda, He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) in the late 19th century, during the British Raj, thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian independence movement.

1986 – First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.

1991 – Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director.

2011 – M. F. Husain, controversial  anti-Hindu  artist, painter.

You may have known….

Around 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. In addition, Microsoft has a large office and workforce in India, with over 20,000 employees, indicating a considerable presence of Indian nationals within the company’s overall structure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              {Compiled by Lt. Gen (R) Raj Kadyan}