Today’s Motto: ‘Seek respect, not attention’
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 Book!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Sept. 10….. ….
1846 – Elias Howe of Spencer, Massachusetts, received a patent for his hand-cranked sewing machine. Isaac Singer patented one five years later. Howe sued Singer for infringement and won…but by that time Singer was well ahead in the sewing machine business.
1869 – Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan. (Though the origins of the rickshaw are not entirely clear, they seem to be Japanese, and of Tokyo specifically. The most widely accepted theory offers the name of three inventors, and gives 1869 as the date of invention).
1896 – The first successful surgery on heart muscle was performed.
1984 – DNA fingerprinting was discovered by Alec Jeffreys as X-ray films of his tests first revealed the possibility. As he studied the image, at first what he saw seemed just a complicated mess. Then he realised this could be DNA-based biological identification since every person has a unique DNA profile.
1964 – Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) formed.
1966 – Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two indep
endent states.
1977 – The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept.
1999 – Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles.
2007 – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in
exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
2015 – New human-like species – Homo Naledi announced by Scientists and a team of female archaeologists, found deep in caves in South Africa.
Born….
1872 – Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji “Ranji”, Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer. He was referred as 
“The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game”.
1887 – Govind Ballabh Pant. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. Was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1959.
1923 – Ram Jethamalani, veteran Supreme Court lawyer and a minister in AB Vajpayee Govt.
1972 – Anurag Kashyap, popular Bollywood screenwriter, producer. Known for films like Paanch, Black Friday, Dev D, Gulaal, Gangs of Wasseypur, Lust Stories, Ghost Stories, That Girl in Yellow Boots, Bombay Velvet etc. Won 4 Filmfare 
awards, a Govt. of France award, and several nominations.
1980 – Jayam Ravi, Tamil Cinema actor. Son of veteran film editor A Mohan. Won several Filmfare and other awards.
RIP….
1915 – Jatindranath Mukhrjee, (also known as Bagha Jatin), agreat revolutionary, died aft
er being wounded in a pitched battle between the revolutionaries and the police, aided by an army unit, in Balasore.
1920 – Subramhania Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary.
You may have known….
Chenchus, Andhra Pradesh: The Chenchus are a tribe residing mainly in Andhra Pradesh and speak a dialect of the Telugu language known as Chenchu. The Chenchus of Andhra Pradesh are quite forward in their thoughts, compared to the rest of Indian society, when it comes to matters of the h
eart. Chenchu youth are free to marry whoever they wish to. There is no form of parental pressure or aggression. Also, the clan is divided into Gotras (like our caste system), and generally they do not marry within the same Gotra. Unlike our rigid society, Chenchu tribes allow divorce, and widows too are allowed to remarry. Well, maybe our society can take a few ‘lessons’ from them? 
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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