Today’s Motto: ‘There is no bigger loss in life than loss of dreams’

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

On this day, 08 Apr….

1759 – British troops chase French out of Masulipatam.

1831 – Legendary philiosopher and social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy  starts his England tour.

1879 – Milk was sold in glass bottles for the first time in the U.S. They were introduced by the Echo Farms Dairy Co. of New York.

1929 – Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.

1950 – Nehru-Liaqat  Ali Accord signed. It was  signed after 6 days of parleys, for  protecting minoritity rights in each country, for those who opted for staying either in India or Pakistan after  Partition of India in 1947. Though India has followed it in spirit and law as minority muslims have grown  from mere 30 lakhs to over 20 crores, while in Pakistan  most of the Hindus have been  converted tino Islam or killed or  left Pakistan in disctress due to attrocities. (reduced from  3 lakhs to a few thosands today).

1953 – The first 3D motion picture produced and released by a major company, Man in the Dark, op ened at the Globe Theater in New York City.

1964 – NASA launches Gemini-1 rocket into space.

1973 – India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.

1997 – Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.

Born…. 1925 – Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous classical  music director and singer.  He had a unique style in Nirgun Ragas, Shudh Shyam, Miyan Malhar, Kukumbh Bilawal, Bhim Plassi,  Malkaus etc.  and wasn’t tied to any gharana. He performed  vocal in  spiritual and folk to the delight of thousands of his fans and well wisherts. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1990.  (pic credit-thehindu.com).  

1972 – Tannaz Irani. Popular Bollywood and TV  actor, model. She has acted in Yeh Meri Life Hai,  Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Main Prem Ki Deevani, etc. She plays comic and family roles with dialogue delivery with a punch (pic credit-luxestar.co.in).

RIP….1857 — Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of war of independence against the British Empire.

1894 – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song ‘Vande Mataram‘. (Some of his other popular  writings are ‘Anandmath‘  Durgeshnandini, Mrinalini,  Bishbriksha, Devi Chaudhurani and ‘Kapal Kundala‘).

You may have known…. India’s billionaires, whose fortunes are closely tied to a rapidly growing economy, saw their wealth decline by 9 percent or $100 billion in  2025 in the Forbes list of India’s 100 Richest. India’s richest Mukesh Ambani remains a ‘centibillionaire’ with a net worth of $105 billion. All in all India’s 100 richest have a combined net wealth of $1 trillion, equal to the GDP of Switzerland.

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