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On this day, 01 Sep….

1689 – Russia began taxing men’s beards.

1798 – England signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad (pic from Nizam Hyd. Museum).

1858 – The first transatlantic cable failed after less than 1 month of service.

1887 – Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. His legacy also lives on in his trademark of a picture of a dog listening to “his master’s voice” issuing from a gramophone.

1914 – The Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) became extinct as the last surviving bird of the colourful native American species of dove died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
1914 – Germany attacks Poland – start of World War II.

1939 -Adolf  Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill (Photo credit- Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

1945 – Japan surrenders ending WW II.

1947 – Indian Standard Time was adopted (+5.30 hrs, ahead of Greenwich Mean Time).

1953 – On the Doomsday Clock on the Sep 1953 cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist the hands were set at two minutes to midnight—the closest to nuclear Doomsday (midnight) they have ever been. On later covers, the minute hand was moved up and back over the years, reflecting increasing or lessening urgency of concern for humanity’s catastrophic destruction.

1956 – Indian state of Tripura becomes a separate state territory. Tripurs  kingdom, as it was called ealier, has an ancient history back to Mahabharta, ruled by Chandravanshi Kshatriyas. In medieval history (5th-15th century),  Raja Ratna Manikya  sought help from Bengal Sultan for getting his throne, then Raja Dhanya Manikya  in  1512, sent his General Chuchug Rai, to attack and captured the important Moughal garrison at Chittagong. British captured parts of the kingdom in 1761 and later  appointed an agent in its Darbar.  The state merged with India on Sept 15, 1949 and in 1956 Indian govt. made it a state separate  from Assam (pic credit-indianewsreader.com)

1956 – Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.

1976 – Indira Gandhi takes sweeping new powers of governance, during Emergency.

1985 – Discovery of Titanic wreck at a depth of about 13,000 feet.

2014 – Nalanda University begins its first academic year, on the site of the world’s oldest university, a Buddhist monastic institution that operated 427 to 1197 CE.

2014 – Pakistani protesters seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif briefly take over the state television station and shut it down; soldiers and paramilitary forces later regained control and restored operation.

Born…. 1908 – KN Singh, Bollywood actor, mostly played villain or police cop roles.  He axted in about 200 films from 1936 to 1980s. His famous films are Sunehra Sansar, Sikandar, Prithvi Vallabh, Barsaat Ki Raat,  Jwar Bhata, Baghwan, Humayun, Awara, Jaal, CID, Howrah Bridge, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Amrapali, Mera Saya,  An Evening in Paris, Haathi Mere saathi, Mere Jivan Saathi, Loafer,  Woh Din Ayega, Ajooba  (1991)  etc.  He received many honors and film awards as villain.

1915 – Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer. He wrote stories/scripts  for many jubilee films  Badi  Behn, Daag, Abhimaan, Anupama, Satyakam,  Madhumati, Aas Ka Panchhi, Bombai Ka Baabu, Ek Chadar Maili Si, Anuradha, Dastak, Phagun, Garam Coat, Mirza Ghalib, Devdas,  etc.   He won Sahitya Akademi Award and Mirza Ghalib award for literature and  3 Filmfare awards. His son Narender Bedi was also a film story/script writer.

1949 – P.A. Sangma, Meghalaya  politician who became 4th Chief Minister of the state and later Lok Sabha Speaker between1 996-98. He was also Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting. He later joined NDA later and faught  President’s  election in 2012 but lost  to  Pranab Mukherjee. He was honoured  with  Padma Vibhushan in 2017.His  son Konrad Sangama  is the current  CM of  Meghalaya.

1973 – Ram Kapoor, model, TV serial actor. Known for serials Kasm Se, Bade Achhee Lagte Hain,Dil Ki Baaten, Hamshals and some films. He was one of the highest paid  actor in serials.  His net worth is estimated at Rs. 135 crores.

RIP…. 1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years  110 days (1643-1715) the longest of any major European monarch. (He was married twice but had many mistresses and 13 kids).

1999 – Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram.

You may have known…. The earliest mentions of irrigation are found in Rigveda. The Veda mentions only well-style irrigation, where kupa and avata wells once dug are stated to be always full of water, from  which varatra (rope strap) and cakra (wheel) pull kosa (pails) of water. This water was, state the Vedas, led into surmi susira (broad channels) and from there into khanitrima (diverting channels) into fields.

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