Today’s Motto: ‘Never lose hope. Remember, Storms never last forever’

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

On this day,  Sep . 13…….

1833 – The first imported shipment of ice arrived in Calcutta from Boston, U.S. in the specially insulated hold of the Clipper Tuscany. The ice, in 2 – 3 cu. ft. blocks, had been cut from local lakes in winter, and stored since then. During the over four month voyage, about 80 tons was lost, but in the Indian unit of weight, the amount that arrived was about 3,000 maund. It was priced at four annas per seer. At first, sales were disappointing, until the local residents became accustomed to this novelty for cooling drinks. India became a profitable export market (pic credit-Heritage Lab). 

1849 – 1st U.S. prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy).

1899 – The first American automobile fatality from a streetcar in New York City.

1906 – 1st airplane flight in Europe.

1970 – IBM announces System 370 computer (pic credit-Forbes).

1971 – World Hockey Association forms.

1992 – Indian government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.

2000 – Indian Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.

2013 – Bharatiya Janata Party names Narendra Modi as their leader in the next General Election (Lok Sabha).

2018 – Nearly 36.6%)of all female suicides occur in India according to report published in “The Lancet”.

2023 – North Korea’s Kim Jong-un meets with Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny space centre, eastern Russia in suspected arms deal (pic credit-Rueters).

Born Today:  1973- Mahima Chaudhary,  famous model and Bollywood actor, known for films Pardes, Di Hai Tumhara, Dhadkan, Daag, Baghban, Dil Kya Kare,  Sandwich, Emergency etc. Has won a Zee Cine, StarDust and Filmfare award, and several nominations.

RIP….

1984 – Swami Brahmanand. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.

You may have known….

Mundas, Jharkhand:This tribe from Jharkhand is small in number but has achieved distinguished feats. The members of the tribe are not backward or restricted to their villages and have earned laurels in the fields of sports, politics, literature, revolutionaries, etc. Ram Dayal Munda, a member of the tribe, has been awarded the  Padma Shri award too. However, one unique thing about the tribe is how they derived their surnames. The names are derived from the legends of the past. For eg: The surname Dodrai is attributed to the lineage of the man who once ventured into the forest in search of honey. He found honey in the hollow of a tree but in trying to extract it, his hair and body were completely smeared with the liquid. The villagers carried him home and used 7 vessels of oil to clean and soften his hair. Since then, his name became Dodrai and his lineage acquired the surname! Each Munda surname has such tales behind their inception.

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