Today’s Motto: ‘Instead of sitting and waiting for inspiration, just get up and go to work’
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to p!erform 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 Sep ….
1846 – Dentist Dr. William TG Morton used an experimental anesthetic, ether, for the 
first time.
1963 – The USSR openly lauded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan’s motives.
1981 – Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
1982 – Aviators H. Ross Perot and Jay Colburn completed their 29 days, 3 hours, and 8 minutes circumnavigation of the 
world in a helicopter (pic credit-Financial Times, UK).
1993 – 6.4 earthquake at Latur, Maharashtra, 28,000 killed.
1996 – Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government’s decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
2005 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2017 – Indonesian man survives a fight with giant python 7.8m long.
Born…. 1149 – Chand Bardai, famous blind poet, expert archer and friend com
mander of Prithviraj Chauhan. He was taken prisoner by Mughal raider Mohammed Gauri alongwith Prithviraj Chauhan, king of Kannauj. He guided blindeed Prithviraj in a challenge fight with Ghauri, to kill Ghauri by estimatig distance between the two. His legendary verse “चार बांस चौबीस गज, अंगुल अष्ट प्रमाण, ता ऊपर सुल्तान है मत चुके चौहान।” helped Chauhan nkill the mughal raider. He composed famouus epic Prithviraj Raso, having 10,000 Dohas (verses) depicting King Prithviraj’s biography.
1207 – Rumi. Famous Persian Sufi poet, writer and philosopher. Great poet who wrote in Persian, Turkish, Arabian, Greek. Born in today’s Tajikistan, he travelled places in Central Asia, Iran , Balkh (Afghanistan) etc.
1881 -Deew
an Bahadur Sir S Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, educationist, banker, famous musician, social worker and founder Governor of the Imperial Bank of India and founder of Annamalai University.
1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, legendary Bengal and Bollywood film scriptwriter, director lnown for several satirical, comedy and entertaining movies like Musafir,,Anari, Majhli Didi, Chaitali, Guddi, Satyakam, Chupke-Chupke, Anand, Abhimaan, Namak Haraam, Golmaal, Aashirwad, Baawerchi, Khoobsoorat, Kissi Se Na Kehna, Jhoot Bole Kauwa Kate etc. He won 8 Filmfare, One Lifetime Acheivement award, Padma Vibhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke award. He also got Nomination for Golden Bear, other 
International awards. He was also Chairman of CBFC, NBFC.
1972 – Shaan (Shantanu Mukherjee), famous playbacksinger, composer, actor and TV host. .Started singing at age 13 and went on sing popular songs in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Kannada and Telugu languages. He has won 2 Filmfare and an IIFA award (pic credit-in-pinterest.com).
RIP…. 1985 – Charles Francis Richter, an American seismologist who devised the Richter Scale that measures earthquake magnitudes.
2001 – Madhavrao Scindia. scion of erstwhile Gwalior state and son of last ruler Jiwajirao Scindia, was elected Bhartiya Jan Sangh ticket in 1971 from Guna ran away to England during Emergency of 1975 but later joined Congress to become MP from Guna and Gwalior on Congress ticket. He was Union Minister for Railways and Civil Aviation in 
successive govts. of Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao. He ded in a private aeroplane crash during election campaigning. His son Jyotiradidya is the current Central Minister for Communication in NDA govt.
Yoy may have known….
In 2011 the number of Indian women with technical diplomas (not degrees) stood at nearly 19 million, up 146% in a decade. Compare this to non-technical diploma which is held by just 0.34 million (3.4 lakh). 
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. R) Raj Kadyan}
