Today’s Motto: ‘Excitement is an important part of life; without it, we have nothing’

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

On ths day, 03 Oct….

1670 – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj launched his second raid on Surat which was under Mughal rule.

1831 – British army  captures Mysore.

1880 – First Marathi musical play, Sangeet Shakuntal, staged in Pune.

1906 – SOS adopted as warning signal.

1922 – First facsimile photo sent over telephone lines.

1952 – First video recording on magnetic tape believed to be by Nikola Tesla (pic credit-recording-history.org).

1977 – Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was arrested on corruption charges related to the purchase of jeeps for an election campaign.

1978: The first Indian test-tube baby was born in Kolkata. This was the second such birth in the world.

1984 – The first long-distance train, the Himsagar Express, was started.

1992: – Geet Sethi won the World Professional Billiards Championship.

Born…. 1903 – Swami Ramanand Tirth, freedom fighter, social activist  and educationist.  Born as  Vyenkatesh Bhagvanrao Khedgikar.  he led  his volunteers to free Hyderabad riyasat from  Osman  Ali Khan’s rule,  in 1948.  Dr.  PV Narasimha  Rao  established  a  memorial  in  Hyderabad  and  Swami Ramanand Tirath University was established  in Naded in 1994, having  172  colleges  in  Marathwada region.

RIP…. 1923 – Kadambini Bose Ganguly from Bhagalpur was  the first woman graduate and a physician in India (pic credit-trendynews.com).

You may have known….  The exact total number of women who have committed Sati throughout history is unknown, but there were 28 officially reported cases between 1943 and 1987 in India. The last reported case was that of 18-year-old Roop Kanwar in September 1987, which sparked widespread condemnation and led to the Indian government enacting the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, to ban the practice.  (pic credit-studyiq.com)                 {Compiled by Lt. Gen.  (R)  Raj Kadyan}