Today’s Motto: ‘When you’re the most happening person at the party,…..

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

On this day, 04 Apr….

1786 – In British Parliament, member  Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against   Warren Hastings, the first Governor General of Fort Williams, Bengal Presidency in India..

1828 – Casparus van Wooden patented chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam).

1899 – A gas burner was patented by Benjamin F. Jackson, a black American inventor (No. 622,482). His design improved the equal distribution of air under pressure to ensure more complete combusion of the fuel gas (pic credit-www.findagrave.com).

1918 – Battle of Somme ends. (It was one of the largest battles of World War I, in which more than1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history. The British and French forces were arraigned opposite the Germans).

1926 – Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.

1932 – Professor C. Glen King of the University of Pittsburgh isolated vitamin C, a medical and scientific breakthrough, after five years of effort.

1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader of the American civil rights movement, was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first total artificial heart.

1997 – World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world’s fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1,318 trillion.

2012 – German Nobel Laureate, Günter Grass, publishes controversial poem that claims Israel is plotting to wipe out Iran. He was an established writer, journalist, novelist,  playwrite, graphic artist, political activist. He was taken as prisoner of war in WWII by Ametrican forces.  Won Nobel Prize in 1999.  (pic credit-akok,11111111111blogspot.com).

Born….1904 – Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker. (His memorable hits include “Ek Bangla Bane Nayara”, “Diya Jalao” etc).

1932 – Bapu Nadkarni  (Rameshchandra Gangaram),  Indian all-ronder.   India’s  dreaded  slow left-arm  spinner (1956-68). The most economical  bowler of Indian  cricket.  He has records  of 32-24-32-0  and  34-24-24-1 in 1960-61  series against Pakistan  in Kanpur,  Delhi  respectively. He also delivered  131 dot-balls over  114-minute bowlings pell. He also scored 52* and 122* in Test cricket and  283* in a Ranji Trophy match for Bombay. Was also  member of BCCI for sometime.  Bapu  was  awarded  CK Nayudu  Lifetime  Acheivement  award  in 2012.

1957 – Joaquín Guzmán Loera. Called El Chapo, the famous drug lord of Maxico.  Powerful mleader of Sinaloa cartel, has 4 wives and net worth of $ 1 billion.

1972 – lisa Ray, Canadian-Indian  model and actress. Did modelling for Bombnay Dying and Lakme brands during 1960s. She did films like Hanste Khelte, Defendor, I Can’t Think Straight, Water, Kasoor etc. A Cancer-survivor, she is a holistic Health promotor and stem-cell therapy  activist. She also worked the Discovery Channel India and other TV series.

You may have known…. Indian mathematician  Srinivasa Ramanujan  (Aiyanger)  calculated the exact  value of pi (π)   and used in  circular calculations, and  Astronomical calculations in the Shatapatha Brahmana (ca. 4th century BC) use a fractional approximation of 339/108 ≈ 3.139 (an accuracy of 9×10−4). Other Indian sources by about 150 BC treat π as √10 ≈ 3.1622). The sumbol  Pi (π)  is taken from Babylonian  books and later in 18th century mathematicians. Ramanujan’s works  on Pure Mathamatics  were recognised by making him  the youngest  Fellow of Royal Society  of England. He died at a young age of 32. 

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