Today’s Motto: Never giving or taking an excuse is the mantra of success

On this day, 14 Feb….
(February 14th in India is predominantly remembered as a “Black Day” marking the tragic 2019

Pulwama terror attack).

(In several Indian states, including Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, February 14 is promoted as Matru-Pitru Pujan Diwas {Parents’ Worship Day} as an alternative to Valentine’s Day).

1556 – Following the death of his father Humayun, 13-year-old Akbar was crowned ruler of the Mugha

l Empire in Kalanaur, Punjab.

1628 – Following the death of Jahangir, Shah Jahan was formally enthroned in Agra.   

1978 – The first “micro on a chip” (microprocessor) was patented.

1989 – Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for

Bhopol disaster.

 

 1993 -Kapil Dev became the first cricketer to achieve the double of 4,000 runs and 400 wickets in Test cricket.

1998 – 13 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president

Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.

2005 – Online video-sharing site YouTube is founded in San Mateo, California, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.

2019 – Pulwama Attack: A suicide bomber targeted a CRPF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, causing the death of 40 soldiers. (This led to India’s retaliatory Balakot Airstrike on February 26).

Born….

1483 – Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah founder of Mughal dynasty in India. Was born in Fergana (modern-day Uzbekistan).

 

1932 – Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, often called the “Venus of Indian Cinema”.

1952 – Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj, Indian foreign Mnister.

You may have known….

Kanchenjunga 8,598 m is the highest point in India.

 

 {compiled by Lt Gen,(R) Raj kadyan}