Today’s Motto: ‘Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility’
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 History Book!
This is Your Day: TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, 30 Dec….
1803 – East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
1906 – The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca by a group of big landlord
s which included Aga Khan III, The Nawab of Dacca and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk-Salimullah. They supported the Partition of Bengal and called for separate Muslim electorates and other safeguard for Muslims (pic credit-Britannica).
1930 – First photograph showing the curvature of the Earth was taken.
1943 – Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1947 – India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter.
1949 – India recognises People’s Republic of China.
1959 – The first U.S. ballistic missile submarine, the nuclear-powered U.S.S. George Washington, was commissioned.
2006 – Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad.
2016- Last day Indians are able to deposit in banks 500 and 1,000 rupee notes which were scrapped only 50 days earlier in an anti-corruption measure.
Born….
1884- Hideki Tojo. Japanese General who fought the Chinese aggression and US, Allies forces
in WWII 1941-44 brilliantly, also served as Prime Minister.
1956 – Sheryl
Lee Ralph. American actress. Known for roles of Dreamgirls in Broadway, The Distinguished, TV serials It’s A Living, Monisha, The Fabulous Four etc.
1865 – Rudyard Kipling, English litterateur and author, born in Bombay.
1968 – Sabir Bhatia, is an Indian entrepreneur who founded the webmail company Hotmail.com. He sold it to Microsoft Gmail.com and other followed later.
1975 – Eldrick Tont ‘Tiger’ Woods, golfer (16 Majors and 74 PGA wins).
RIP….
1971 – Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai; he was the father of the Indian space programme. He became chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (May 1966).
1975- Dushyant Kumar (Tyagi). Popular Hindi, Urdu poet who is famous during 20th century 
for Patriotic poems, ghazals and writings. collerctyions likle Saaye Mein Dhoop, Masnn ki Kaun Sune etc.
You may have known….
During the year 1881, three men served as President of the United States: Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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