Today’s Motto: ‘Success is seldom achieved without a failure’
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, 12 Oct….
1901 – Theod
ore Roosevelt renames “Executive Mansion,” “The White House”. Situated in Washington in about 18 acres of space, it houses the official Residence and work place of all US presidents since 1800 AD (first occupied by President John Adams). (Pic credit- GraphicaArtis/Getty Images).
1967 – National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the propo
sal to a permanent merger of the state with India. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq was the Chief Minister of the state then.
1998 – Ms Sushma Swaraj is sworn in as the 5th Chief Minister of Delhi, replacing Sahib Singh Verma. She lasted just 3 months as her party Bhartiya Janta Party lost Delhi Assembly elections to Indian National Congress (I). Sheila Dikshit became the CM after her. She was later elected to Lok Sabha (5 times) from, New Delhi and Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh and was Indian I&B Minister PM Vajpayee Governmernt and later External Affairs Minist
er in PM Modi govt. between 2014-19.
1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup. He was Army chief but dismissed the PM Nawaz Shariff govt. while he was touring Sri Lanka and became Chief Executive under nartial law. Musharraf was responsbilbe for waging a war with India in Kargil in 1999 which Pak lost badly. He remained Pak president upto 2008, when he fled to Dubai and stayed there nutil death in 2023.
Born…. 1911 – Vijay Madhavji Merchant Thackersey, an all-time great Indian batsman and medium pacer. Played for India between 1929 to 1951 with an average of 71.64 and 150 ODIs scoring 13,470 runs with 45 centuries, 11 double and 51 half-centuries. He was more successful against Aistralia as well and 2nd only to Don Bradman’s record of averages. A tournament called Vijay Merchant Trophy for Under-16 Crickters was established in his memory. He was also appointed Bombay Sheriff in 1970.
RIP…. 1967 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as “Dauntless Dr. Lohia”, freedom fighter, 
social reformer and socialist leader. He had co-founded the ‘Praja Socialist Party’ in 1952 alongwith Acharya JB Kriplani. He led a movement for liberation of Goa from Portugese rule in 1946.
Titbits…. 1823 – Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats, a waterproof cover made of textile and rubber (neptha distillate) to save from rainwater. 
You may have known…. Ants, both larvae and adult, are eaten in many countries. Ants contain fiber, vitamins, and minerals such as iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and phosphorus. {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
