Today’s Motto: ‘Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there’
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 the History Books!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, 04 Aug ….
1921 – A facsimile was transmitted by radio across the Atlantic Ocean using the Belinograph invented by Eduard Belin. 
(The Pantelegraph was invented by the Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli. He introduced the first commercial telefax service between Paris and Lyon in 1865, some 11 years before the invention of the telephone).
1922 – Every telephone in North America was kep silent for one minute at sunset marking the time of funeral services for Alexander Graham Bell, the founder of telephone services across the globe.
1944 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose re-established Indian National Army (INA) in Rangoon. In fact, INA 
was first established by freedom fighters MohanSingh, Rash Behari Bose and others in Japan. But Mohan Singh refused to align with the Japasnese Govt. in forming the force for fightig the British. it was disbanded. Later Netaji revived the INA ( and called it Azad Hind Fauz) after meeting Japanese PM Hideki Tojo in May 1943 and persuaded local Indian leaders to work under Japanese army and get their full support for INA, get Indian prisoner soldiers released to join INA. (Col. Gulzxara Singh, Col. Shah Navaz Khan, Lt. Col. GS Dhillon were among them). INA stregnth rose to 3,50,000 inc;uding locals joining INA.
1944 – Anne Frank and her family were arrested by the Nazis. The Jewish-German child Diarist wrote her accounts of life in Nazi Concentration Camps, which were published in 1952, (after her death in Feb.-March 1945) and are the world’s best selling 
diaries : Het Achterhuis in Dutch, The Seret Annexe and The Diary of A Young Girl, later translated into 70 languages.
1947 – Mahatma Gandhi ends his visit to Kashmir, (entered Baramula on August 01) accompanied by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed from Rawalpindi, avoiding arrest by the English and Maharaja’s police for opposing Kashmir joining India. Gandhi’s first and only visit to Kashmir sent mixed signals, many people and leaders like Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan opposing his visit there.
1956 – Apsara, India’s first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay.
1967 – World’s longest and highest Dam ‘Nagarjun Sagar’ made by Masonary System was inaugrated. (It was built across the Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar. The dam, 490 feet tall and 
0.99 miles long and has created a water reservoir whose gross storage capacity is 11,472,000,000 cubic metres).
1997 – Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of January 23, 1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna ‘posthumously’ on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose “should be treated as cancelled”, as the proposal was dropped by the Government, in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
1997 – Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo). A tall 
6′-4″ slow left arm pacer played for Bombay and had 300 wickets in the First Class cricket (with 7/60 in Ranji Trophy against Andhra in 2004), also founded Indian Institute of Sports & Management
2013 – The first ceremonial test train ran through the Marmaray rail tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait, the world’s first sea tunnel connecting two continents, linking Kazliçesme, Turkey in Europe and Ayrılıkçesme in Asia. (The submerged part of the tunnel is 1.4-km long running 50-m below the seabe
d).
2015 – Floods partially sweep two passenger trains off a bridge in Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 31 people and injuring 100.
2020 – UN says COVID-19 pandemic creates the biggest educational disruption in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion students in 190 countries, 94% worldwide.
Born….1522 – Rana Udai Singh, son of Rana Sanga of Mewar and the father of Maharana Pratap. He was born after the death of his father. History is famous for making Humayun a Rakhibandh brother by his mother Karnavati. Udai 
Singh became the Rana of Mewar in 1537 AD and a few days later, Akbar attacked Chittor, the capital of Mewar. After the death of thousands of Mewaris, when it was felt that Chittorgarh would no longer survive, then Jaimal and Patta, etc left him in the hands of Veera and went to the dense forests of Aravalli. There he built a lake named Udaysagar to stop the floods 
of the river. At the same time, Udai Singh established his new capital Udaipur.
1906 – Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, called the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and a very energetic Chief Minister. He led the Hill State Peoples’ Conference in 1941 which later helped formation of Himachal as a separate state from Punjab in 1948. It was given full Statehood in 1971. He was the Himachal CM for 17 yea
rs until 1977.
1928 – Udham Singh, Sansarpur, Jalandhar born hockey player who played in 4 Olympic Games from Helsinki 1952 till Tokyo Olympics in 1964. India won 2 of the Gold medals in these Games where he captained and scored 14 goals. He was honoured with Arjuna Award in 1965.
1929 – Kishor Kumar Ganguly, the legendary playback singer, musician and actor. Known for Youdelling and happy go lucky comic actor, regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern Indian music. He sang over 2600 songs/Bhajans/Ghazals in Hindi, Bengali, Odiya, Assamese, 
Marathi, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Gujarati languages. He acted in Naukari, Musafir, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Fantoosh, Padosan, and sang for films like Munimji (1954), Taxi Driver, Nau Do Gyarah, Paying Guest, Guide, Jewel Thief, Aaradhana, Safar, Amanush, Prem Pujari, Prem Pujari, Tere Mere Sapne, Teen Devian, Kora Kagaz, Andaaz, Hare Rama Hare Krishna etc. He won 8 Filmfare awards, several BFJA, Lata Mangeshkar Award and Madhya Pradesh Govt. has started Kishore Kumar award to reward the young musicians, holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category. Kishore Kumar started his struggle in the golden age of Indian cinema when his brother Ashok Kumar had established himself as a successful star.
1932 – Shashik
ala Jawalkar (Saigal), better known by her first name, was an Indian film and television actress, who played supporting roles in hundreds of Bollywood films beginning in the 1940s. She acted in Bimal Roy’s, Tarachand Barjatya’s Sujata, Aarti, Aayi Milan Ki Bela, Gumrah, Godaan, Himalaya Ki God Mein etc. over 100 films and got Padma Shri, 4 BJFA and 2 Filmfare awards.
1965 – Vishal Bhardwaj, is an Indian filmmaker, music composer, and playback singer. He is known for
his work in new era Hindi cinema (viz.,Dedh Satya, Omkara, Othello, Makdi, Kaminey, Saat Khoon Maaf, Matru Ki Bijli Ka Hindola etc., ), and is the recipient of nine National Film Awards and a Filmfare Awar
RIP….
1993 – Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati, master in study of Bhagwadgita. Born as Balakshina Menon in Ernakulam, Kerala, he established his Ashrams, Yogashalas, schools, colleges, hospitals worldwide. Swami Chinmaya Mission imparts spiritual training and practice of Sanatan culture. He also wrote an Encyclopedia of Sanatan Dharma and Indian culture extending many centuries.
You may have known…. As per 2011 census, religion-wise sex ratio in India is (females per 1000 males): Hindus- 939, Muslims- 951, Christians – 1,023, Sikhs – 903. 
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
