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On this day, 19 Sep ….

1893 – New Zealand becoming the first country to grant women the right to vote.

1950 – U. N. General  Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China to UN Security Council.  In fact, India was offered  UNSC  membership by with Veto Power as P-5  group,  by  USA and USSR  but  our Prime Minister  JL Nehru   rejected the offer and  pressed for Communist China  as member of P-5 in Uited Nations in its place.  India was then   offered 6th position, but was declined by PM  Nehru.

1965 – Chinese government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.

2000 – Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic Bronze Medal at the Sydney Olympics. She lifted 110 kg in Snatch  and  130 kg in Clean & Jerk.  She was the only Indian medalist in 2000 Olympics. She had earlier won Asian and Commonwealth medals too. She was awarded  Padma Shri,  Arjuna and  Rajiv Gandhi  Khel Ratna Puruskar.

2014 – Crowds line up at retailers across the U.S. as the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are offered for sale; buyers are seeking to be some of the first to own the devices, which may be shipped as late as November for those who pre-ordered online.

2019 – North America has lost 3 billion birds (29%) since 1970 according to analysis published in “Science”.

2022 – Scientists discover the site of the Amazon’s tallest tree, an angelim vermelho, which is 290 ft tall and 32 ft wide trunk, in Iratapuru River Nature Reserve, northern Brazil. Later more trees were discovered  in other jungles, the tallest being  Hyperion, Coast Redwood  (360  ft, 16 ft wide trunk) near California.

Born…. 1839 – George Cadbury, English businessman, Quaker, social reformer who started making   Chocolate from Dairy Milk in   and his father  John  Cadbury,  in 1824  and  later  expanded the brand  by adding  rose, egg, creame  and other fragrances at his form  Bournville. It has franchises in many countries world over.

1933 – General Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Indian  Army  Chief  from 1990 to 1993. He was later appointed Governor of Punjab 2004-10.

1958 – Lucky Ali (Maqsood Muhammed Ali) , famous singer son of  popular comedian  actor, director, producer Mehmood. He became famous with  a song in film Sholey and albums Suno, Sifr,  Aks etc.

1965 – Sunita Williams. Ohio, America born Astronaught  to NRI family.  Went on 3 Space missions  by NASA.  She did 9 spacewalkls during her  journies  into space.

1976 – Isha Koppikar, model, for Coke, La O’real, Rexona,  Camay watches etc.  Bollywood  actor who worked in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi  and Kannada films viz., Ek Tha Dil, Ek Thi Dhadkan, Kadhai Kavidhai, Surya Vamsha, Fiza, Rahul, Pyar Ishq Aur Mohabbat Company, Dil Ka Rishta   etc.  She won Filmfare South on Debut in 1997 and Miss Talent Crown in Miss India Contest 1995.

1984 – Kavya Madhavan, popular Malayalam actress.  Started  as  a  child artist  in 1991  and  went  on to  play lead roles  in  South films  with Dilip,  Mohanlal, Manmoothy and other winning several Filmfare South and other Kerala, Tamil Nadu  state awards.,

You may have known….  India’s net irrigated area grew from approximately 22.6 million hectares in 1951 to about 71.6 million hectares by 2018-19, representing a significant increase from its potential of 90 million hectares in 1995. Despite this substantial growth, there remains a considerable gap between the created irrigation potential and the actual net irrigated land, partly due to issues such as unreliable electricity supply for pumps and inadequate maintenance of infrastructure.

       {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R)  Raj Kadyan}