Today’s Motto: ‘It is better to be hated for What You Are, than to be loved for What You Are Not’

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

1529 – Babur defeated the Afghan Chiefs in the Battle of Ghagra basin (river starting from  Tibet (Mansarovar Lake) and  known as Sarayu  near Awadh (U.P.).

1840 – The adhesive postage stamp was first sold in Great Britain (pic credit-pinterest.co.uk).

1851 – A U.S. patent was issued to John Gorrie for his invention of an “Improved Process for the Artificial Production of Ice”. This was the first U.S. patent issued for a mechanical refrigerator. His British patent, was granted earlier on 22 Aug 1850.

1857 – The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose Sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence. Mangal Pandey was the first leader who ignited India’s Independence Movement in 19857.

1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

1891 – U.S. President Benjamin Harrison had the first electric lights installed in the White House. Irwin H. “Ike”, the electrician who came to do the work, was retained as the White House electrician to operate the lights because the President’s family was afraid of getting shocked. The large lanterns on the great white pillars of the front portico remained unchanged, lit by gas. Each night, a man used a ladder to light each lamp. The society page of the 13 Dec 1891 New York Times declared “Long may it be before the vandal march of progress reaches these quaint old lanterns to destroy their picturesqueness by the introduction of electricity” (pic credit-wikipedia.com)

1896 – The Aerodrome No. 5 made the first successful flight of an unpiloted, engine-driven, heavier-than-air craft of substantial size. Its first flight travelled 3,300-ft.

1916 – The first U.S. radio telephone ship-to-shore conversation was made. The Secretary of the Navy gave orders for the next day’s movement to the captain of the battleship. These orders were the first occasion that a ship of the Navy was ever operated direct from the department by wireless telephone. The result of these tests was so satisfactory that the department arranged for continuous direct long-distance service by telephone and telegraph circuits between the department and the principal navy yards (pic credit-sklp.fotex.pl).

1948 – India rejected the Security Council’s plan for UN supervision over Plebiscite in Kashmir (on Pak suggestion).

1953 – A heart-lung machine designed by Dr. John Heysham Gibbon was used to successfully complete the first open-heart surgery, on patient Cecelia Bavolek, demonstrating that an artificial device can tempor arily mimic the functions of the heart. He was awarded Alma Mater award by his Unversity of Princeton (pic credit-ThoughtCo.)

2015 – In response to terrorist dangers such as the January shootings at French satire magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’, the French National Assembly passes a law to expand the government’s surveillance powers; critics warn that the act will violate civil liberties (pic credit-jrmora.com).

Born…. 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian father of psychoanalysis.  He wrote theories on physiology and neurology. He wrote books like Interpretation pof Dreams, Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Totem & Taboo, Civilisation and it Discontents etc.  He convinced   his friend physician  Max Schur to give him a heavy dose of morphine, as he was suffering from acute pain due to mouth cancer.  (pic credit-alcandelabrcr.com)

1861 – Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress. He was father of  India’s first Prime Minister  Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

1983 – Gagan Narang, Indian shooter  who got Air Rifle event Bronze in Olympic 2012. He had won Gold medals at Asian and Commomwaelth Games  and was awarded  with  Padma Bhushan  and  Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award. (pic credit-Sportsmatik).

RIP…. 1589 – Mian Tansen, legendary singer of Akbar’s court. He could cause Rain, Fire and Basant with his classical Ragas.

1922 – Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur (pic credit-India.com).

1952 – Maria Montessori, pioneer in modern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techniques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education (pic credit-Wikipedia).

You may have known….  1.  From 1907 to 1940 American women could lose their citizenship for marrying non-American men.

   2.    Each year 2,500 Cr worth of  human hair is bought and sold in India.                                                                                                                                                       {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}