Today’s Motto: ‘Life is like weather, has the sweetness of winter cold as well as the warmth of summer’
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 Books!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !
On this day, 27 Feb….
(World NGO Day: Recognised internationally and in India, Also celebrated annually Marathi Language Day in Maharashtraas as Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din to mark the birth anniversary of the eminent Marathi poet and playwright V.V. Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj), who was born on February 27, 1912. Schools and colleges across Maharashtra and Goa host special assemblies, poetry recitations (Kavi Sammelans), essay competitions, and cultural performances like Powada or traditional dances).
1803 – Big fire raged through Bombai (comprising seven islands), destroying almost a third of the city’s houses. Densely populated, it was devastated, and in its aftermath authorities pushed through major changes, g
reatly altering the urban landscape and uprooting communities. Ironically, considering the post-fire desire for space and expansion, Mumbai today is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. 1867 – Dr. William G. Bonwill of US invented the dental mallet while watching a telegraph key so
under operate in a Philadelphia hotel (pic credit-findagrave.com).
1879 – Sccharin, the artificial sweetener, was discovered by Constantin Fahlberg.
2002 – A tragic incident occurred when the Sabarmati Express was set on fire near Godhra station in Gujarat. The fire killed 59 Hindu pilgrims (karsevaks) returning from Ayodhya, an event 
that triggered widespread communal riots across the state (pic credit-deccanchronicle.com).
2012 – WikiLeaks begins disclosing five million emails from the private intelligencecompany Stratfor.
2019 – Following the Balakot airstrike, a major aerial skirmish took place between the Indian and Pakistan Air Forces. During this engagement, Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured after his MiG-21 was downed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir; he was later returned to India.
2019 – Smallest baby boy ever born to be later successfully released, goes home, after original birth weight of 268g (9.45oz) from Tokyo hospital (pic credit-fity.club).
Born…. 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress, started as a child actor at young age of 8 yea
rs to become one of the greatest Hollywood celebrity. She did about 155 films like her top-notcher Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966) , A Place in the Sun, Suddenly, Last Summer, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, There Must be a Pony, Giant, The Flintstones, God The Devil, and Bob, These Old Broads (2011). She married 8 times. Won Academy Award 4 times, BAFTA Fellowship, Screen Actors’ Guild Lifetime Achievement and several other awards. (pic credit-getty images).
1952 – Prakash Jha, award-winning Indian filmmaker known for socio-political dramas, and crime highlighting films 
such as Raajneeti and Gangaajal, Damul, Mrityudand, Apharan, etc. and documentary Faces After the Storm, which won him a National Film award. He won a Filmfare and Apasar award for best dialogues in Aarakshan (pic credit- imdb.com).
1990 – Inderjit Banerji. Bollywood film actor. Has acted in over 80 films in Hindi and Bengali. RIP…. 1892 – Louis Vuitton. French enttepreneur, who launched his fashio 
n and perfumes chain presently operating over 460 stores in 80 countries. The company’s estimated net worth as Wednesday is $ 304.4 B (pic credit-britannica.com).
1931 – Chandra Shekhar Azad, the iconic revolutionary leader of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), trhewmain brain behind Kakori train loot for helping finance freedom fighters. He died in Alfred Park (now Chandra Shekhar Azad Park) in Prayagraj, fter a long shootout with British police. Azad shot himself with his last bullet to fulfil his pledge of never being captured alive. He is c
onsidered to be the mentor of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. 1964 – The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1964 – Anna Julia Roberts. American authoer, educator, socialogist, speaker and activist for 
Blacks Rights and Liberation.
1997 – Shyamalal Babu Rai, known as Indeevar (Indeewar), was one of the leading 
Hindi film lyricist of evergreen Love songs in 300 films between 1960s to the mid-1990s. While he wrote many songs, notable ones are Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda (Amanush), Zindagi Ka Safar, Hai Ye Kaisa Safar (Safar), “Kasme Waade Pyar Wafa” (Upkar), “Phool Tumhe Bheja Hai Khat Mein” (Saraswatichandra), and “Hothon Se Chhoo Lo Tum” (Prem Geet) etc. He was awarded Filmfare for Anamika film song and nominated 4 times. Amanush movie song has been viewed by a record over 21 million views. 1998 – Britain’s House of Lords agrees to end 1,000 years of male precedence by giving a monarch’s first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first born son.
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10 – Nanaji Deshmukh, renowned social activist and RSS leader. Born as Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh in Prabhani, Maharashtra, he is known as Nanaji Deshmukh, was an Indian social activist and politician. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance (pic credit-dnaindia.com).
2013 – Dale Robertson. American TV and Hollywood actor. Known for The One-eyed Soldiers, Son of Sindbad, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, J.J. Starbuck etc.
You may have known…. Estimates suggest there are approximately 300,000 to 400,000 active mosques in I
ndia, a figure often cited as the highest number of mosques in any single country. Many of these were raised over Hindu plaves of worship by Muslim rulers. Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi is one such example. Despite having a Hindu-majority population, India’s large Muslim population (second or third largest in the world) and more mosques India.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
