Today’s Motto: ”Ignore others’ opinions about your decision because…..

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

On this day, 05 Apr….
(National Maritime Day : Celebrated in India to  acknowledge the achievements of the Indian maritime sector).

1930 – Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed “Salt Law”. This event is known as ‘Dandi March’ and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.

1949 – Indian Boy Scouts and Girl Guides were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.

1950 – Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan reached agreement on a “Bill of Rights for Minorities“. This bill included a provision for “drumhead justice,” or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority. Yet it ignored the rights of non-Muslims, where they were in Minority.

1957 – For the first time in the country and for the first time in the world after the democratically held elections in Kerala, the Communist Party came to power and EMS Namboodiripad took oath as Chief Minister.  It was dismissed by the Union Govt. on July 31, 1959. He became CM again between 1967-69 and the state Keralam has since been ruled by  either the Communist govts (LDF). or Congress led  Fronts (UDF).

1961 – The first Indian drugs and pharmaceutical limited company  (IDPL),  sponsored by the Government of India, was established.

1964 – Driverless trains first ran on the London Underground. Now, on the Victoria Line, once the Train Operator has closed the train doors and pressed the start buttons, the trains run automatically to the next station, responding to coded impulses transmitted through the track. In  India the first driverless train was  launched by PM Narendra  Modi on Dec. 28, 2020 on the Delhi Metro’s   35 km long  Magenta line.

1964 – Earth’s 1st contact with the extraterrestrial Vulcan species in the Star Trek Universe, fiction movie.

1979 – First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.  Later  Indian Naval Aviation Museum was established in Goa.                                                                                                1986 – Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m).

2017 – The Footwear Design and Development Institute Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, though the  first FDDI established in NOIDA, (U.P) in 1986.

Born…. 1908 – Jagjiwan Ram, the pinnacle of modern Indian politics, who was respectfully addressed as ‘Babuji’. His dedication and loyalty to the nation in his parliamentary life of nearly 50 years is unmatched. His entire life has been full of political, social activism, and distinguished achievements. The legal provisions made by Jagjivan Ram to protect the basic rights of Dalits, workers, exploited and oppressed for centuries, are historical. He never compromised with injustice and always struggled for the honour of Dalits. From student life, he raised his voice against injustice. Babu Jagjivan Ram has a great contribution in the development of parliamentary democracy in India.                                                                                                                                        1916 – Gregory Peck, one of the most popular American actor who  acted in  many Oscar winning movies from 1970 to 1999,  like To Kill a Mockingbird, Roman Holiday and The Guns of Navarone Spellbound, The Omen, The Boys From Brazil etc. He won 5  Academy awards.

1920 – Rafique Zakaria, Indian author. Indian diplomat who represented India at United Nations  twice and muslim politician who joined the first  Maharashtra  ministry.

1977 – Rupali Ganguly, actress who primarily works in Hindi television. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women. She debuted in her father’s film venture Saaheb  at age 7 and then in Balidan. Later she  became popular  in TV serials Sarabhai Vs  Sarabhai, Sanjivni-a Medial Boon, Parvarish, Anupama etc. She has been one of the highest paid TV actors and won 2  ITA Awards, Indian Telly Awards and several nominations.

1996 – Rashmika Mandanna  is a popular romantic  Indian actress who  is working in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu & Hindi films and is rightly been called, ‘Pan-India Actress’. She enjoys a huge fanbase across the nation and has been bestowed with the title,  National Crush of India. She has acted in Geetha Govindam, Dear Comrade, Mission Majnu, Pushpa, The Rise etc. and has won several awards including a Filmfare South and SIMA award. She recently married to her longtime friend and co-star Vijay Deverakonda.

RIP….. 1964 – Douglas MacArthur, US general  who participated in both World  Wars and commanded  Pacific theater in Korea and Phillippines  in WW II. He signed the document of surrender of Japan  on Sept. 02, 1945 and ruled the country for a brief period. He faught US presidential election in 1948  but failed. Later he became Chairman of Remington  Rand before his death in 1964 (pic credit-stablediffusionweb.com).

You may have known…. Indians invented trigonometry, algebra, calculus.  (A landmark in Indian mathematics was the development of the series expansions for trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, and arc, tangent) by mathematicians   like Aryabhatta in 6th century and Bhaskara II , who wrote Sidhant Shiromani ,  in the Kerala school in the 12-15th century CE. Their remarkable work, completed two centuries before the invention of calculus in Europe, provided what is now considered the first example of a power series (apart from geometric series). However, they did not formulate a systematic theory of differentiation and integration, nor is there any direct evidence of their results being transmitted outside  Kerala  and get worldwide recognition, (as India  then  got  socially and administratively  under seige and turmoil).                                                     {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R)  Raj Kadyan}