Today’s Motto: ‘A true friend is one who tolerates your success’
WE CAN, WE SHOULD AND WE WILL MAKE INDIA GREAT AGAIN !
As Every Day 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, 29 Aug ….
1866 – A public demonstration was given of the first cog railway. It was an engineering marvel, a new technology of toothed cog gears, rack rails and tilted boilers.
1885 – Boxing’s 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey (pic credit-britannica.com).
1959 – India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
1962 – President John F Kennedy promised to look at harmful effects of DDT. Eventually, in 1972, DDT was banned in the US. DDT is still used in India, but its use is highly restricted and primarily limited to public health efforts to control vector-borne diseases like malaria. Agricultural use was banned in 1972. India is the only country still manufacturing the pesticide and opposed the proposal to commit to a deadline on a worldwide ban on pesticide DDT by 2020.
1974 – Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charan Singh. He became the Prime Minister of India for a brief period in from July 1979- January 1980.
1991 – Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok.
1993 – Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
1995 – India declared 29 August as National Sports Day. It is the Birthday of Hockey magician Major Dhyan Chand.
1997 – Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in Scotts Valley, California, as 
an online DVD rental business.
2023 – Parasite worm, alive and wriggling, found in a woman’s brain for the first time in Canberra, Australia (pic credit-.davidwolfe.com)
Born…. 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, iconic Swedish actress who acted in films for about 5 decades. She starred in Casablanca, Intermezzo, Jone of Arc, For whom the Bell rocks, Gaslight, bellbound, Notorius, Under Capricron etc. Also known for her many affairs, she won 3 Academy awards, 4 Golden Globe, a2 BAFTA, 3 Primetime Emmy , a Tony award and many other film accolades.
1926 – Ramkrish
na Hegde, Karnataka politician, 3rd Chief Minister of the state between 1983-88. Was Minister of State for Commerce in Union cabinet in 1998-99. Also a Rajya Sabha member twice.
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2 – Mahmood Ali, legendary comic actor, director and producer. Second of the 8 siblings in the family of famous stage/film actress Momtaz Ali, he Acted in over 300 films, starting Kismet (1943) , Andaz Apna Apna, Do Bigha Zamin as child actor. He also acted in CID, Pyaasa, Chhoti Behn, Mian Biwi Raazi, Hawrah Bridge, Arzoo, Padosan, Nadan, Sanyasi, Fantoosh, Baarish, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Mein Sunder Hoon, Waaris, Paras, Vardaan, Dushman Diniya Ka, Ghar Bazar (1998) etc. He won 3 awards for Comedy roles and 15 nominations.
1958 – Michael Jackson, recording artist, song writer and King of Pop. Known for brilliant, soulful voice and breathtaking dance moves. He was a philanthropist as well. His Net worth $ 500 million.
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959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, popular Telugu actor, presenter, producer and director. He also established a sports enterprise Akva sports Pvt. Ltd.
RIP…. 1982 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (Casablanca, Gaslight), dies on her 67th birthday. (details as above).
Titbits….1896 – Chop suey, popular Chinese American dish, invented in New York City by the Chef 
of visiting Chinese Ambassador. It is consisting of meat and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery, and bound in a starch-thickened sauce. It is typically served with rice, but can become the Chinese-American form of chow mein with the substitution of stir-fried noodles for rice.
You may have known…. According to the 2011 Census of India, approximately 68.84% of India’s population lived in rural areas. However, a 2021/2023 report indicated that the rural population had 
declined to 65%.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
