Today’s Motto: ‘When an old man dies, a library goes with him’
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 Books!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !
On this day, 21 Jan….
1790 – Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed the guillotine to the newly formed National Assembly
of Paris as a “humane” method of execution. Three years later, in 1793, King Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine, for treason. The last person guillotined in France was Hamida Djandoubi, on 10 September 1977. Dr. Guillotin was a French physician, politician and freemeson.
1853 – Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, US.
1952 – Indian National Congress (INC) party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of PM Jawaharlal Nehru. During 1951-52 Lok Sabha Elections to 489 seats were held over about 8 months with about 
45% of the eligible voting population using their Right to Vote. INC won 364 seats while Communist Party of India won 16 seats, as a runner-up. 14 National parties out of total 53 political parties, contested the election. JP Narain-RM Lohia’s Socialist Party got 11, JB Kriplani’s Kisan Mazdoor Party won 9 and Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha won 4 seats, while Swami Karpatri’s Ram Rajya Parishad got elected from 3 seats.
1954 – The first atomic submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus, was launched at G
roton, Connecticut. Because of the nuclear power plant, the Nautilus could stay submerged for months at a time.
1976 – Commercial supersonic passenger service began with two simultaneous Concorde jet airplane flights (pic credit-Britannica).
1985 – Britain’s f
irst test-tube triplets – a girl and two boys – were born to a couple in London by IVF procedure. The babies have survived under extracare and medical supervision. A triplet has also born to a couple thru’ IVF in 27 weeks in Visakhaptnam in 2020 (pic credit-shutterstock.com).
1958 – The Copyright Act came into effect in India.
1994 – India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
1999 – Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party’s protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket 
matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister L K Advani, in Mumbai.
2008 – India successf
ully launched an Israeli spy satellite (TecSAR) into polar orbit using the PSLV-C10 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Born…. 1863 – Swami Brahmananda, Indian sanyasi, philosopher and called the Spiritual Son of Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans. He wrote several books on Sanatan Dharam and meditation like A Guide 
to Spiritual Life, Spiritual Teachings of Swami Brahmananda. He was the first President of Ramakrishna Order.
1986 – Sushant Singh Rajput, popular Indian actor who did several successful films like Shuddh Desi Romance, Kai Po Che, PK, Kedarnath, Drive, MS Dhoni, Rabta, The Untold Story, Chhichhore, Dil Bechara etc. He also did some TV serials like Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil, Pavitra Rishta etc. He enrolled for IIT with AIR 7 in DCE in 2003 but dropped out for film career. He won a Filmfare, IFF Melbourne and Screen Film award. He’s believed to have suffered from some depression and bipolar disorder, and was found hanging in his flat on June 14, 2020.
RIP…. 1945 – Ras Bihari Bose, eminent Indian revolutionary leader, who played a key role in the Ghadar Mutiny and later helped establish the Indian Independence League in Japan. He was among the conspirators of attack on Viceroy Lord Hardinge in 1912 and organisers 
of Gaddar Party in 1915 and Azad Hind Fauz in 1942 under leadership of Mohan Singh and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. 1950 – Celebrated author George Orwell (born in Motihari, India) died in London after a long battle with tuberculosis. Eric Arthur Blair (real name) , was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. He wrote the political fable Animal Farm (1944), the anti-utopian novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the unorthodox political treatise The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), Burmese Days, Shooting an Elephant etc. and the autobiographical Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), which contains essays that recount his life in empirical environment, though he opposed British rule over India.
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83 – Admiral RD Katari, the first Indian to serve as the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy. He was the Naval Chief from April 22, 1958 to June 04, 1962. He was also the first cadet to be awarded Viceroy’s Gold Medal in 1927.
2016 – Mrinalini Sarabhai, the legendary classical dancer and Padma Bhushan. Wife of Vikra
m Sarabhai, the Father of India Space program, Mrinalini was a skilled dance/music choreographer and instructor. She was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad.
You may have known…. The 18 member unions of Amul procure approximately 300 to 350 lakh 
litres of milk per day. This translates to roughly 12.7 million tonnes per year.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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