Today’s Motto: ‘Pursue your goal with vigour and the universe will open Doors for You….

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

On this day,  May 18…….

1787 – Glass was engraved for the first time in Toulouse, France.

1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne  (Phalke)  is released in Mumbai. The film, named Shree Pundalik, was approximately  a year before Dadasaheb Phalke released a full-length film, Raja Harishchandra. Despite controversy, as to which film should be considered as the first Indian film in history, Dadasaheb Torne’s contribution is remembered with great respect and admiration.
1923 – The first patent application on a rotary-dial telephone was submitted in France by Antoine Barnay.

1932 – Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah – the permanent president of the Muslim League, began to spread the rumours that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.

1974 – Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its First nuclear weapon under Indira Gandhi’s Prime Ministership  near Pokhran (Thar Desert) at 8:05 am on Boddha Purnima, code-named Buddha Simles.  India  became the Sixth Nation of the world  to do so. All Super Powers except USSR, banned all exports of   all technology  for power-generation  and other such exports.

1988 – The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs. Earlier on May 10 about 300 militants had entetered the Golden Temple complex in civilian dress. In cordination with SPG under the command of    Brigadier  Sushil  Nanda, then DGP Punjab, KPS Gill  sent a journalist and  negotiators to  convince them to leave  terrorist  activities and  join the  Indian Security Forces.  46 of  them surrendered on May 18,  in the prrsence of media.  Some  of the terrorist were  killed during the 10 day seize, thouigh Operation Thunder II was comparatively smooth and  peaceful than Op Blue Star in 1984. Later on  KPS Gill as DG Punjab, was instrumental in reradicatig terrorism from Punjab. He also wrote 5 books on Punjab’s  social life,  riots  and  Islam etc.

2009 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

2015 – U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an ‘occupied force’.