Today’s Motto: ‘Make life a fruitful experiment rather than a struggle for popularity’
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, 22 Jun….
1555 – Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
1897 – Chafekar Bandhu (brothers), Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the India’s revolutionary freedom struggle.
1940 – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose established the ‘Forward Block’ after differences with Congress leaders, Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah. He didn’t approve of India supporting the British in World War-II.
1944 – British 14th Army frees Imphal, Assam (now Manipur) from Japanese supported INA.
1946 – Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Gandhi calls on the South African government to stop ‘hooliganism’ by Whites.
1962 – 1st test flight of a Hovercraft (pic credit-istockphoto.com).
1990 – Nelso
n Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York, saying that nothing, which has happened in South Africa, calls for a revision of the position that the Organisation has taken in its struggle against apartheid; he adds that a democratic, non-racial SA is within reach.
1996 – Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord’s on Test debut in the 2nd Test against En
gland. He established himself as a swashbuckling Opener and later as administrator; becoming BCA President and BCCI President in 2019 (pic credit-pinterest.com).
2004 – A report, based on a 50-year study of a group of almost 35,000 British doctors who smoked, found that almost half of persistent cigarette smokers were killed by their habit, and a quarter died before age 70. Further, those who quit by age 30 had the same life expectancy as a nonsmoker. Even quitting at age 50 saved six more years of life over those who continued smoking. At a
ge 80, 65% of non-smokers were still alive, but only 32% of smokers.
Born….1932 – Amrish Puri, film actor. Veteran Bollywood and Punjabi actor, who mostly played as forceful villainous roles. He started with small roles in Gandhi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and ewent on be a strong charatcer actor in films like Mr. India, Dil Wale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Hulchul, Aitraz, Tarze, Lakshaya, Mujh Se Shaadi Karogi, etc. He also acted in Tamil, Malyalam, etc. He won 7 Filmfare and 20 nominatiopns (pic credit-wikipedia.com).
RIP…. 1994 – L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry. 1994 – A Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, he h
ad the unique distinction of acting in the first talkies of three different languages of Indian cinema; Alam Ara (Hindi), Bhakta Prahlada (Telugu) and Kalidas(Tamil). He also directed/produced films like Jeene Ki Rah, Chhoti Behn, Jai Vijai, Bidai, Ek Duuje Ke Liye (released in June 1981) etc. He won 2 National Film awards starting 1962 and several Filmfare awards. He was awarded Raghupati Venkaiah award for contributing to Telugu cinema and literatrure. (video credit-Prasad Productions)
You may have known…. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. Koyna Dam in 
Aurangabad distt. is built on Godavari in arounf 1914-18 is the la
rgest dams of the state too (pic credit-iskal.com). {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
