Today’s Motto: ‘Only those with courage to leave the shore can discover new oceans’

This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !

On this day, 28 Sep ….

1984 – 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi).

1985 – The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named “Trishna”, sailed off from Bombay. (It circumnavigated the globe from 1985 to 1987. Col T. P. S. Chowdhary, AVSM, was the Team Manager.

2008 – SpaceX launches the first privately developed spacecraft, Falcon 1, into orbit.

Born….551 BC – Confucius, Chinese philosopher, teacher,  traveller and founder of Confucianism. Also called Kong Fuzi,   emphasized personal and governmental morality, harmonious social relationships, righteousness, kindness, sincerity, and a ruler’s responsibilities to lead by virtue. He was adviser to the Kingdom of Lu, but was exiled for getting more popularity than the king. He was later on worshipped and temples raised in his memory, his  descendents also  honoured.

1838 – Sai Baba of Shirdi (Maharashtra). Indian  spiritual  master  and  known to  have  magic  cures  and  solutions to  health and life  problems.He was belived to  be a Muslim  but  reverred  by  Hindus  and  all  communities alike.  Shirdi town is totally converted into a tourist and Sai Baba town, there are several Sai temples across  India.

1907 – Shaheed-e-Azam  Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (details given in yesterday’s  Motto by mistake).

1929 – Lata Mangeshkar, legendary  playback singer, music  composer.  Crowned as the Queen of Melody and  Voice of the Millenium, was the daughter of a music teacher who died early leaving the family  burden on her shoulders. she had three  popular singer  sisters Asha, Usha Meena  and a brother  Hridaynath Mangeshkar. She ruled  music world for about 80 years from 1942 to  2020, singing  in 36 languages  solo and in duet, chorus,  Bhajans, Ghazals and English carols etc. She was honoured by Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1989, Bharatb Ratna in 2001, listing on Guinness Book of Records, National Order of the Legion of Honour and  various Western music awards for  singing over 50,000 songs most of them are evergreen valuable melodies. She died of Covid-19 and  health complications on Feb. 06, 2022.

1982 – Abhinav Bindra, ace Indian  shooter, descendent of  legendary commander Hari Singh Nalwa. He is the first Olympic Gold winner in Beizing 2008 apart from World Championship 2006, 7 medals at Commonwealth Games and  3 at Asia Games during his  athletics career. he now runs an Academy in Chandigarh and other businesses. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, Major Dhyan Khel Ratna and other honours. He also wrote his biography and other books on  sports.

1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, grandson of legendary actor, director/producer  Raj Kapoor and son of  popular actors  Rishi Kapoor-Neetu Singh. He has acted in Wake Up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Black, Saavariya,  Rajneeti, Rockstar, Barfi,  Sanju etc. He has won 7 Filmfare and several other awards. (pic credit-wikipedia.com).

1985 – Mouni Roy, popular Bengali and Bollywood actress, singer  known for roles in  TV serials Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, Kyun Ki saas Bhi Kabhie Bahu Thi and some films like Pati Patni aur Woh, Do Sahaliyan, Naagin, Mahayodha Ram, Made in China etc. She has won IIFA awards, Zee Cine, Star Screen and nominations to Filmfare twice.

You may have known…. In 2001-2011 decade, the number of women with teachers’ training graduate degrees increased by 122%. while the rise of those with degrees in nursing/medicine was a staggering 157%. However, this is expected because these disciplines are dominated by women, though the scale of increase is phenomenal.                                                                                                        {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R)  Raj Kadyan}