Today’s Motto: ‘Laughter is carbonated holiness’
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 History Book!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !
On this day, 05 Dec….
1846 – Gun cotton patent. Christian Frederick Schönbein of Basle, Switzerland, was issued a U.S. Patent for guncotton titled “Improvement in Preparation of Cotton-Wool and Other
Substances as Substitutes for Gunpowder”.
11929 – 1st U.S. nudist organisation (American League for Physical Culture, New York City).
1943 – Japanese bombing of Calcutta during World War II (pic credit-getty images).
1946 – Establishment of the Home Guard organisation in India.
1950 – Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India, a relationship that continued until its full merger into the India
n Union in 1975. Mount Kangchenjunga at 8,586 m, is second only to Mt. Everest, (Tibet).
1990 – Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in pu
blic for 1st time in 2 years. India born author has written many bold but controversial novels like Satanic Verses, based on anomalies Muslim religion and traditions; Midnights Children about PM Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in 1975-77.He lives in Britain.
Born…. 1905 – Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He was close to PM Jawaharlal Nehru, initially wanted J&K to remain as independent state, though after Pak military clandstinely entered the state and the State merged with India, he got himself the post of Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir under special status Article 370 and Nehru going to UN for settling the issue. His son Farooq and grandson Omar Abdullah have also been main poitical force and gained CM’s post most of the time.
1931 – Admiral Jayant G. Nadkarni, former Chief of Indian Navy from Dec. 01, 1987 to Nov. 30, 1990.
1932 – Nad
ira, Baghdad (Iraq) born veteran Indian film actress. She played memorable roles in films like Aan, Awara, Shri 420, Barsaat, Pakizaah, Hanste Zakham, Julie, Josh etc. between 1950- 2000. She has won Filmfare Best Supporting Actress award in 1975 (film Julie(.
1935 – General Bipin Chandra Josh
i, was 16th Chief of Indian Army from July 01, 1993 to Nov. 18, 1994.
1985 – Shikhar Dhawan, former Delhi and India cricket team Captain is a left-hand opening batsman. A great ODI cricketer, known as Gabbar Singh for his style and 
comeback grit. He has 7 Test 17 ODI and 30 First Class centuries to his record. Also played Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Charges Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Punjab Ki
ngs I in IPL format. He was awarded Arjuna Puruskar in 2021 for sports.
RIP…. 1950 – Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher.
2013 – Nelson Mandela, former South African President and an anti-Apartheid icon. He spent 27 years in British jails in South Africa for fighting for Blacks’ Rights. 2016 – Jayalalithaa, a renowned film actress turned influential politician and the six-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (14 years) between 1991 to 2012. Popularly known as Amma, she acted in mostly Tamil, Telugu, Kannada films opposite her mentor MG Ramachandran and NT Rama Rao. She entered politics by splitting DMK alongwith MGR and co-founded AIDMK. She also pplayed crucial role in Central politics by supporting AB Vajpayee led NDA govt. in 1998,though she withdrew sopport soon leading to mid-term elections to Lok Sabha. Though NDA got to form the govt. she stayed with the Opposition having won 10 Lok Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu. She controlled AIDMK and MGR’s legacy but had many controversies Vs MGR’s wife Janaki and later with her close friend VS Sasikala and cases of corruption. She had won several state film awards, Filmfare award and international honours.
You may have known…. Recent surveys show increasing support for live-in relationships among youth, with some indic
ating a significant portion see it as a step toward marriage, while 26% may prefer a lifelong cohabiting arrangement over marriage. {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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