Today’s Motto: ‘Sometimes we need a crisis to realise our potential’

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

On this day, 28 Mar….
(National Black Forest Cake Day: Celebrates the delicious German dessert,  known for its layers of chocolate sponge cake, whipped cream, and cherries).

1556 – Origin of Fasli Era (India). it is the calender  synchronized with harvesting seasons starting Baisakh  (April) month of Hindus. Fasli era is believed to be marked by  Todar Mal, the finance minister of mughal king Akbar (later Shah Jehan)  for agricultural revenue purposes.  Some states still follow the same calender.

1797 – Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received a patent for a washing machine.  Though It is impossible to know exactly who invented the first washing machine and dryer. Some of the patents are so old that nothing is known about the original patent holder. The first British patent for a washing machine was issued in 1691. Not much is known about this machine or the creator. In Germany, Jacob Christian Schäffer published a design for a washing machine in 1767.  In 1782 Henry Sidgier was issued a British patent for a rotating drum washer.

1866 – The first hospital-based ambulance went into service in Cincinati. (The first recorded use of ambulances for emergency purposes dates back to Spain in 1487).

1737 – Marathas defeated Moghuls in the battle of Delhi.

1905 – The radio fax was patented in the U.S. by Cornelius Ehret of Rosemont, Pennsylvania. His device was called “a system for transmitting intelligence.” However, faxing did not become a practical mode of communication until the 1920s, and high-speed faxes were not available until the 1940s.

1949 – English astronomer Fred Hoyle unintentionally coined the term “Big Bang” as a household name, in a scripted radio broadcast on a BBC Programme. He formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper.

1941 – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose escaped from detention and reached Berlin. He escaped from a prison in Calcutta  to Berlin via Nagpur, Kabul and Moscow.

1996 – JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.

2007 – Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga produces unprecedented sequence of 4 wickets in 4 balls, as South Africa scrambles to a 1-wicket Super 8’s ICC World Cup win in Guyana.

badminton chapion. Saina won Olympic Bronze in 2012, apart being honoured withPadma Bhushan,  Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna award and more.

Born….  1904 – Chittoor V. Nagaiah, a multilingual Indian film actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer.  He has acted in Gruhalakshmi, Vande Matram, Sumangali, Devata, Swarge Seema, Vishwamohini, Ramadasu etc. He won a National Award and Filmfare on debut (pic credit-wikipedia.com).

1926 – Pahelam Ratanji “Polly” Umrigar, Indian middle order  batsman and  occasional  pace or off-spin bowler. He played 59 Tests for India, captained  8 Tests with  3,631 runs  and 12 centuries, highest before Suniln Gavaskar overtook his records.  He was the first batsman to score a double century  for India (vs New Zealand).  Umrigar  was also  Executive Secretary of BCCI, a curator and  was awarded Padma Shri  and CK Nayudu Trophy (pic credit-rediff.com)

1975 – Akshaye Khanna. Son of veteran actor Vinod Khanna, Akshaye started his career with Himalaya Putra in 1997 and went on to do successful films like Mohabbat, Border, Kudrat, Aa Ab Laut Chalen, Taal, Dil Chahta Hai, LOC Kargil , Accidental Prime Minister etc. He won a Screen Awasrd on Debut,  2 Filmfare, awards.

1978 – Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997).  Became a model, TV presenter and acted in some films. First cousin of popular actress Sharmila Tagore, she  had a failed  love story which led to her suicide in July 2004.

1954 – Moon Moon Sen, film actress, daughter of legendary Bengali/Bollywood cinema,  Moon Moon is   known for her works in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Marathi films. like Andar Baahar, 100 Days, Zakhmi Dil, Ek Din Achanak etc.  She represented TMC in Lok Sabha during 2014-19.  Thouggh she  supported PM Narendra Modi  in 2015 for doing a good job. She married Bharat Dev Verma, a descendent of Tripura’s Royal family and has two daughters Raima and Riya. also known actresses. She has won a Nandi award and several other film acolades.  (pic credit-bollywoodlife.com).

RIP….1645 – Har Govind Singh, 6th  Sikh Guru.  he built Akal Takhat Saheb building in the  Harmandir complex. He was also called Sachha Padshah for his teachings,  raising military strength against mughal empire  and his outstanding valour.

You may have known…. City Montessori School, Lucknow, was listed  in Guinness Book of World Records in 2023, as the world’s largest school by enrolment, with 61,345 pupils enrolled. and 3,500  teachers.  Established in 1959,  by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi and Bharati Gandhi.

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