Today’s Motto: ‘Life is not a wish-granting factory’
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 the History Books!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, 20 Jun….
712 – Muhammad of Bin Quasim, Arab raider, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawari (pic credit-islamicchronicls.com).
1756 – A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the “”Black Hole of Calcutta.”” Most of them died.
1791 –
King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution (pic credit-the famouspeople.com).
1840 – Samuel F.B. Morse received a patent for telegraphy signals.
1858 – Gwalior fort was captured by British troops and the first In
dian Sepoy Mutiny officially came to an end.
1756 – Siraj ud-Daulah Nawab of Bengal takes control of Calcutta from the British.
1873 – Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) of India was established in Calcutta.
1899 – Black American inventor Wesley Johnson was issued a patent for a “Velocipede”. Although conventional in appearance in a side view, the innovation claimed was to use two wheels separated by four to six inches in the front fork, and two wheels in similar fashion at the back. The patent claimed this gives better stability and safety, especially for those first learning to balance and ride a bicycle, the timid, elderly or the invalid. Further, it said, corners could be turned on slippery ground with better stability.
1918 – The X-ray expert Dr. Eugene W. Caldwell, died of X-ray burns, in New York.
1921 – At 
the Imperial Conference in London, V.S. Srinivasa Sastri puts forward a case for the granting of full citizenship rights to Indians in South Africa and other British colonies (pic credit-madrasmusings.com).
1967 – Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into the USnited States Armed services. USA has a law which manadates that every able-bodies citizen to spend 2-3 years in the Armed Forces.
1977 – The $7.7 billion trans-Alaskan oil pipeline opened. The project links oil fields in Prudhoe Bay to the shipping port of Valdez, where oil arrives 38 days later. Because of the earth’s heat at greater depths, oil pumped from the Prudhoe Bay field, (which is 10,000-to-20,000 feet deep, is at about 145 to 180 degrees F. Using heat exchangers that work like a car’s radiator, the oil companies cool the oil to about 120 degrees before it enters the pipeline. The pipe is a tube of 1/2-inch thick steel with a diameter of 48 inches, wrapped with four inches of fiber glass insulation and a cover of 
aluminum sheet metal.
1979 – 32 solar panels on the White House roof, installed by the Carter administration, were dedicated by President Carter
1994 – Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists.
1996 – Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on ‘Global Ban On Nuclear Testing’ that it won’t sign the CTBT.
2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years (royalty free).
2020 – Historic dust cloud from the Sahara desert reaches the Caribbean, largest for half a century.
Born….1869 – Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry.
1936 – Sushma Seth, stage, film and television actress. She started her career in the 1950s directing theatre plays. and teaching fine arts. Her first film Junoon directed by Shyam Benegal established her in Bollywood. Films like Chann Pardesi (Punjabi), Tawaif, Silsila, Prem Rog, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Chandni, Deewana, Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham Millie and Kal Ho Na Ho has her in impressive roles. She also acted in TV serials Ham Log, Dekh Bhai Dekh. She was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. She won a Filmfare nomination for 
supporting role ad other accolades. Her daughter Divya Seth is also a TV and film actor.
1952 – Vikram Seth, Indian novelist, poet, story-teller. He edited Doon School Weekly. Seth has written famous novels like Highway, A Suitable Boy, Hardtalk Extra, Omnibus, A Suitable Girl, The Golden Gate etc. He won Sahitya Akademu Award, Padma Shri, Pravasi Bhartiya Samman, WH Smith Literary award etc.
RIP…. 1987 – Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds. internationally renowned expert of bird care and watching behavoiur of migratory birds in Konkan and other regions. He has established a bird sanctuary in Chorao, Goa in over 1.80 Sqkm area.
1997 – Basu Bhattacharya, legendary Bengal and Bollwood film-maker. Known for classical love story and lyrical marvel film Teesri Kasam in 1966, for which he won a National Film Award starring Raj Kapoor, Vaheeda Rehman. He also produced, directed Sparsh, Aaavishkar. Madhumati, Sujata, Uski Kahani, Anubhav, Panchvati, Ek Saas Zindgi, Astha etc. were his most popular films. He won several other world honours.
You may have known…. 
According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of Diamonds to the world. Most of the
se were found in Golconda mines, in the Godavari-Krishna delta region of Andhra Pradesh,. {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
