Motto for Today: ‘No one can ride your back unless it’s bent.’

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

On this day, Apr.02…

1679 – Aurangzeb reimposed Jeziya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus. (This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar).

1827 – Lead pencils were first manufactured by Joseph Dixon.

1926 – Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta.

1935 – Scottish physicist, Sir Robert Watson-Watt was granted a patent for the RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging).

1948 – Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona (now called National Defence Academy).

1970 – Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.

1970 – Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

1978 – Velcro, the hook-and-loop fastener patent expired, releasing the design to manufacture of imitations. It was developed by Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral, who noticed how thistle burrs clung to his clothing during a hike in the mountains.

1993 – MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.

1997 – Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.

2012 -Three widows and two daughters of Osama bin Laden were charged with illegally living in Pakistan; they          (pic credit-Royal Ark)               were sentenced with 45 days in jail and fined $114 each.

2019 – Canada is warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world, according to a federal report, increasing 2.3% in northern Canada.
Born….

1902 – Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan, singer.

1942 – Roshan Seth, actor.

1952 – Deepak Prashar, model, actor.

1969 – Ajay Devgan, actor.

RIP….

1872 – Samuel Finley Breese Morse, an American artist and inventor who is famous for developing the Morse Code (1838) and independently perfecting an electric telegraph (1832-35).

1933 – Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji “Ranji”, Maharaj, Jamsaheb of Navanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred to as “The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game”. Ranji Trophy, the country’s top cricket series is named after him.

You may have known….

The hairs on moths absorb the acoustic signals of bats, helping them evade the predators more easily.

{Composed by Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Raj Kadyan}