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As each day is a new beginning in one's life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Books
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jan.19…….
1904 – Thomas A. Edison was issued a patent for an” Electrical Automobile” designed with a driving motor that may be conveniently and effectively utilized for the purpose of charging the batteries.
1931 – The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
1948 – India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation.
1966 – Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in world affairs.
1990 – Exodus of hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir due to violence from Muslim militants.
2012 – The famous film and camera company Kodak, files for bankruptcy protection.
2013 – Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover.
Born….
1919 – Kaifi Azmi, poet.
1919 – Air Chief Marshal Omprakash Mehra, former Air Chief and former Governor of Maharashtra.
RIP….
1597 – Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary. (19 or 29th)
1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh “Osho”, Indian free love guru, modern mystic and controversial cult figure.
You may have known….
The world’s oldest existing lighthouse is Spain’s Tower of Hercules, erected in the first century and still operational.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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