Today’s Motto: ‘Dreams are the messengers of our Soul’
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, 30 Nov ….
1924 – 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio between London-NYC. (pic credit-britannica.com).
1965 – Establishment of the Museum of Guiding Puppets by cartoonist K. Shankar Pillai in Delhi, called Nehru 
Museum. Shankar Pillai was known as Father of Political Cartooning in India. He also started Shankar’s Weekly and India’s Punch in 1948, magazines on political satire and commentary. (pics credit-toonsmag.com and heritagelab.in).
1974 – India, Pakistan decide to end the nine-year trade ban, started during 1965 I
ndo-Pak War.
2000 – Priyanka Chopra wins the Miss World title at an age of 18 and then started her modelling and filmy career winning her many national and international awards. (pic cfredit-femina.com)
Born.… 1858 – Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, Indian physicist and plant physiologist who investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy, and radiation-induced fatigue in 
inorganic materials.
1931 – Romila Thapar, a prominent historian. She is also Professor of Ancient History, E
meritta at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. She has received several honours and degrees from western universities on her writings on Indian history but has been criticised by many present historians for adding many major distortions and anti-Sanatan & Hindu beliefs and granths (pic credit-scroll.in).
1874 – W
inston Churchill, soldier, author and politician. He was the PM of Britain between 1941-45 and 1951-55. He was MP from 14900 to 164 except for 2 years (1922-24)
1936 – Sudha Malhotra, Indian actor, Bhajan,
Ghazals and film playback singer. Popular bhajans like Darshan Do Ghanshyam, Maik Tere Jehan mein etc. Sang for films Udan Khatola, Dhool Ka Phool, Aarjoo, Barsaat Ki Raat, Ab Dilli Door Nahin, Didi, Dekh Kabira Roya etc. She was awarded Padam Shri in 2013. (video credit-All Time Hit Songs) 1945 – Vani Jairam, a famous playback singer. Born as Kalaivani in Vellore (Madras Presidency, she is called Meera of Modern India for her Bhajan singing in several languages viz., Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Sanskrit, Kashmiri, Urdu etc. for over two
decades. She sang Bhajans, Carnatic, Thumri, Ghazals and Hindi film songs. Her songs for Guddi, Ek Muthi Assamaan, and many South Indian films made her a heart-throb of music lovers. She was honoured with Padma Bhushan (2023), 3 National Film awards, Tansen Award, 3 Filmfare awards and apart from Filmfare Lifetime Achievement award in 2012 and various State awards (pic credit-rediff.com).
1962 – Irrfan Khan, Bollywood actor, who also acted in British and American films like The warrior. Known for roles in Piku, Life of Pi, Jurassic Wold, Slumdog Millionaire, Qarib Qarib 
Single, Blackmail, Angrezi Medium, Hindi Medium, Maqbool etc. He won 6 Filmfare, 1 National Film award, PGA Emerican and several accolades. He died of Colon Cancer in 2020.
RIP….2012 – Inder Kumar Gujral, a diplomat who served as Ambassador in USSR, a politician-Member of CPI and Congress Party. 
Born in Sohawa tehsil of pre-Partition Punjab (now in Pakistan) became the country’s 12th Prime Minister from April 1997 to March 1998, after the fall of short-lived Deve Gawda govt. and followed by another 13 day Atal Bihatri Vajpayee Govt. He also served as Finance and External Affairs Minister for sometime.
You may have known…. According to a 2025 Global Hunger Index report, about 12.0% of the Indian population is undernourished, reflecting insufficient caloric intake. The issu
e extends beyond just calories to a lack of quality nutrition. There is a significant gap in the intake of essential protein, fruits, and vegetables compared to recommended levels, leading to broader malnutrition issues like stunting and wasting in children. {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
