Today’s Motto: ‘Choice, not chance, determines your destiny’

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

On this day,  Sep. 06………

1774 – British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conquer Pune.

1879 – Telephone Company Ltd opened the first public British telephone exchange in London using Edison’s system. The exchange served just eight subscribers. (The service was in effect an exclusive club, to which members paid a subscription – hence the origin of the term “subscriber).”

1892 – The first gasoline tractor to be sold in the U.S.

1916 – 1st true supermarket, the “Piggly Wiggly” is opened in Memphis, Tennessee, US.

1920 – 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight (Boxing).

1941 – All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star.

1965 – Official beginning of the Indo-Pakistani War. (It was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan’s Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule. India retaliated by launching a full-scale military attack on West Pakistan. The seventeen-day war witnessed the largest engagement of armoured vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II).

1997 – Princess Diana was laid to rest on her family estate at Althorp, following a royal ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey that was watched or listened to by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide.

2017 Mother Teresa declared co-patron saint of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta alongside St. Francis Xavier.

2018 – India’s Supreme Court legalizes gay sex, overturning a colonial law.

Born….

1889 – Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, lawyer  and leader.

1929 – Yash Johar, Bollywood film producer/director. Dostana, Duniya, Muqaddar Ka Faisla, Agnipath, Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Kal Ho Na Ho. Won Zee Cine, Filmfare and several awards.

1949 – Rakesh Roshan, film actor and producer. Acted in Kaam Chor, Karan Arjun, Khoon Bhari Maang. Koyla, Karan Arjun. Produced /Directed Koi Mil Gaya series, Krish series,Defender etc. Won 4 Filmfare and 3 nominations.  Also IFFI and GIFFA  awards.

RIP….

1970 – Arthur William Sidney Herrington, American engineer and manufacturer who developed a series of military vehicles, the best known of which was the World War II jeep.

1972 – Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player. Known as Indian Sarod vadan from Maihar Gharana. Awarded Sangeet Natak Akademy in 1952,  Padam Bhushan in 1958 and Padam Vibhushan in 1971.  (pic credit-Boloji; video from Akashvani Sangeet Sangrahalya).

You may have known….

Food Rolling: In southern Karnataka this ritual occurs during “Made Snana” ceremony in Kukke Subrahmanya  Mutt. Dalits or the people belonging to lower castes roll over the banana leaves spread on the ground used by the Brahmins during the meals. Each year about 3500 devotes participate in this controversial practice. This ritual is thought to cure skin disease. (In 1979 the “Made Snana” was abolished, but was soon reinstated because of the protests of the devotees).

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