Today’s Motto: ‘Build your future on high ground’

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

On this day, Apr. 04……….

1786 – In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings.

1828 – Casparus van Wooden patented chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam).

1899 – A gas burner was patented by Benjamin F. Jackson, a black American inventor (No. 622,482). His design improved the equal distribution of air under pressure to ensure more complete combustion of the fuel gas.

1905 – Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000. It was marked at 7.8 magnitude on Ritcher scale . (pic credit-Bridgeman Images).

1918 – Battle of Somme ends. (It was one of the largest battles of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history. The British and French forces were arraigned opposite the Germans).

1926 – Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.

1932 – Professor C. Glen King of the University of Pittsburgh isolated vitamin C, a medical and scientific breakthrough, after five years of effort. By painstaking research extracting components from lemon juice – requiring untold thousands of lemons – King and his colleagues isolated a crystalline substance, identified, and later synthesised vitamin C. Their discovery meant prevention of the disease of scurvy, long a source of human suffering.

1944 – The Battle of Kohima, a turning point in the Second World War that halted Japan’s advance into Asia, started on 4 April 1944. Sometimes called the “Stalingrad of the East”, it ended on 22 June 1944 with the defeat and retreat of Japanese forces.

1951 – West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India under Chancellor  Konrad Adenauer government . (pic credit-Wikipedia)

1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first total artificial heart.

1997 – World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world’s fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.

2014 – President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, claims that climate change will lead to battles over water and food within the next five to ten years.

2022 – Eon Musk buys 9.2% of Twitter stock, making him the company’s largest shareholder.

Born….

1904 – Kundan Lal Saigal, golden-voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker. His memorable hits include “Ek Bangla Bane Nayara”, “Diya Jalao” etc. (Video credit- Gold Vintage).

1932 – Bapu Nadkarni, (real name Ramesh Chandra  Gangaram Nadkarni)  most economical Indian slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Still has record of 1.67 in nhis name.  Played between  1956-68 ( pic credit-ESPNcricinfo). 

1949 – Parveen Babi, Bollywood’s most glamorous and  romantic, actor and  dancer.  Acted in Amar Akbar Anthony, Shaan, Namak Halal, Deevar, Kaalia, Suhag, Kranti etc.

1955 – Prema Narayan, Andhra born model, dancer. Acted in Bengali and Bollywood films like Amanush, Dangal, Mangalsutra, Ponga Pandit, Family, Armaan etc. Won a Filmfare award for Best Support role.

1972 – Lisa Ray, a Canada born Indian model. Played a role film Hanste Khelte and few more films. Host of Discovery Channel India. (pic credit-Wikipedia)

RIP….

1929 – Karl Friedrich Benz was a German mechanical engineer who designed and in 1885 built the world’s first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.

You may have known….
A study shows that eating up to 12 eggs per week for a year won’t increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. The yolk too is packed with nutrients and need not be avoided. Eating egg yolk does not significantly increase colesterol.

(Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}