Today’s Motto: ‘Life always busts the boundaries of formulas’
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, 25 Nov ….
(Every year on November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is observed. This day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993).
1839 – Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying city of Coringa across the shores of Madras Presidency (present day Andhra Pradesh). Storm waves sweep the island near the mouth of Godavari River, destroying 20,000 ships and killing an estimated 300,000 people.
1834 – Allahabad High Court inaugurated. It was shfted to Agra in 1835 but in 1875 it was shifted back to Allahabad (now Prayagraj).
1948 – Cable television was invented by Leroy “Ed” Parsons of US (pic credit-syndeoinstitue.org).
1948 – National Cadet Corps was first established.
2009 – A Pakistan court charges seven suspects involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
2021 – India has more girls than boys for the first time in history, and its population boom is ending, according to a new government survey.
Born….1844 – Karl Friedrich Benz was a German mechanical engineer who designed and in 1885 built the world’s first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
1879 – Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani (Sadhu Vaswani), professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer. Born in Hyderabad (Sindh), he was the founder of 
Mira Movement for Education. As a young boy, he had converted to Christianity in Bengal, but in 1907 after he studied Upnishdas and Vedas, he re-converted to Hindu/Sanatan religion. He travelled to Berlin in August 1910 alongwith his Guru Sri Promotholal Sen to attend Welt Congress (World Congress of Religions). He participated in Mahatma Gandhi’s call for Non-Cooperation Movement in 1940s and migrated to Pune (India) in 1948. He wrote many books, including India Arisen; Awake, Young India!; India’s Adventure; India in Chains; The Secret of Asia; My Motherland; Builders of Tomorrow; and Apostles of Freedom. He believed in vegetarianism, his borthday is celebrated as Meatless Day by his followers. Indian govt. issued a postal 
stamp in his memory in 2011 and a Museum is built in Pune to spread his teachings.
1929 – Surinder Kaur, Punjabi and Hindi folk songwriter. She sang evergreen songs like Kala Doria, Bajre Da Sitta, Akhiyan ch Toon Vasda, Chann Kithe Guzari ye Raat, Suhe we Cheere Waliya etc. (Video credit-Saregama Music)
1966 – Roopa Ganguli, Bengali and Bollywood actor and BJP politician. Known for playing epic role of Draupadi in BR Chopra’s TV serial Mahabharat telecast from October 02, 1988 onwards. Has been awarded National Film award for singing in Bengali film, BFJA award, Smita Patil awards and many more. (pic credit-filmibeat.com)
1977 – Dilip Tirkey, Former Indian Hockey team captain who played in 400 over International matched and 3 Olympics from 14996 onwards. He’s the current President of Hockey India and has been awarded Padam Shri (pic credit-Sambad English).
1978 – Rakhi Sawant, romantic and lively Bollywood and TV actor, dancer and model. Acted in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu films like Joru Ka Gulam, Jis Desh Mein Ga
nga Rehta Hai, Dil Bole Hadippa, Mumbai Can Dance Saala etc. She has won some dance awards and appreciations… !
1982 – Jhulan Nishit Goswami, cricketer. With her superb bowling, she was known as ‘Nadia Express’. She is the highest wicket-taker in one-day international cricket.
RIP…. 1975 – Chandulal Jaisinghbhai Shah, a famous director, produce
r and screenwriter of Hindi cinema. He established Ranjit Studios in 1929 in Bombay with help from Vithaldas Thakoredas. His brother JD shah was a writer of mythological film scripts. Chandulal directed Vimla in 1925, Panch Danda, Madhav Kam Kundala later. He also worked for Bombay stock Exchange. He intruduced legendary actress Sulochana in the film Typist Girl in 1926. Some of successful film from his studio include Sati Savitri (1932), Barrister’s Wife (1935), The Secretary (1938), Achhut (1940), Tansen (1943), Moorti (1943) and Jogan (1950). He directed first film Paapi with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in 1953 which didn’t do well. Then he started investing in Horse Racing and lost all his fortune. He was the first president of Film Federation of India.
1984 – Yashwantrao B. Chavhan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 1956-62 and became Deputy Prime
Minister under PM Chandhary Charan Singh. . He was close to Mrs Indira Gandhi during 1970-77 and worked as Minister for Home, Defence and External Affairs.
1987 – Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military decoration, for his bravery in Sri Lanka (during IPKF operation against LTTE insurgency there).
You may have known…. India’s birth rate was 18.4 per 1,000 population in 2023, a decrease from 19.1 in 2022 and a significant drop from 36.9 in 1971. The rate remains higher in rural areas (20.3 in 2023) than in urban areas (14.9 in 2023). 2. 
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. It has a short life span of 3-5 years. It can fly bac
kwards and change direction within seconds. {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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