Motto for Today: ‘If your words are an unnecessary strain on silence, say them not.’
As Everyday 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, Apr.05…….
1848 – Satara kingdom came to an end.
1896 – 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens.
1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, began the first regular production of balloon tyres for commercial use.
1930 – Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small coastal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed “Salt Law”. This event is known as ‘Dandi March’ and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
1933 – The first operation to remove a lung was performed at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri by Dr. Evarts Ambrose Graham. He devoted many years to the study of lung cancer and its link to cigarette smoking.
1949 – Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
1950 – Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian reached agreement on a “Bill of Rights for Minorities”. This bill included a provision for “drumhead justice,” or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority.
1957 – The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala.
1964 – Driverless trains first ran on the London Underground.
1979 – First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
2014 – Afghans show up at the polls in spite of potential violence to vote for their next president; this is the third such election since the 2001 removal of the Taliban from power.
2015 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to speak out against the pending deal with Iran in which sanctions will be lifted in exchange for cuts in Iranian nuclear capacity; Netanyahu warns the pact may lead to nuclear arms acceleration.
Born….
1908 – Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter. His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as “Samta Diwas”.
1920 – Rafique Zakaria, Indian author.
RIP….
1940 – Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as “Deenabandhu Andrews”
You may have known…. (photo credit- Siasat)
Saws used to cut casts don’t spin – they vibrate.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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