Today’s Motto: ‘Inward achievement also changes outer reality’

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

On this day,  Sept. 15……… ….

1846 – Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal , and paves the way for establishment of Rana Dynasty. He remains one of the most important figures in Nepalese history, though modern historians have also blamed Jung Bahadur for setting up the dictatorship that repressed the nation for 104 years from 1903 BS to 2007 BS and left it in a primitive economic condition.

1916 – Britain’s 1st use of tanks in Battle of Somme. (During the Battle of the Somme, the British launched a major offensive against the Germans, employing tanks for the first time in history.

1928 – Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza.

1950 – During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea.

1952 – European Parliament forms in Strasbourg.

1953 – Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation’s (UNO) General Assembly.

1965 – President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.

1998 – The rings around the planet Jupiter were declared to be made of dust from the impacts of cosmic bodies that crashed into Jupiter’s moons. The idea came from studies of the rings made by scientists at several institutions.

2012 – Japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

2021 – US, UK and Australia announce trilateral security partnership Aukus, to counteract influence of China, including helping Australia build nuclear-powered submarines.

Born….

1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengal’s most prolific story writer, novelist , who wrote Devdas, Charitraheen, Srikanta, Parineeta, Pather Dabi, Palli Samaj, Grihdaha, Barodidi, Swami etc. Was honored with several Bengali literature awards and Filmfare award in 1978.

1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime writer, story teller who was awarded CBE award by British for her writings. She also c-founded the the Detection Club in 1958.

1909 – Thiru Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, ”Anna”, founder of DMK and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, also an editor, writer, orator and patriot. Was born in a weaver community of Kanchipuram.

1912 – Russi Karanjia, popular Indian, free, frank  journalist and publisher/editor  of  Blitz Weekly. He was socialist in theory but lived in posh Malabar Hills of Mumbai. He write famous books God Lives in India, The Mind of a Monarch etc.   Was also nominated to Rajya Sabha once.

1940 – Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, ADC and  Indian Air Force Chief. Headed IAF from 1998-2001, during Kargil War.

You may have known….

The Namaste: The namaste is one of the most popular Indian customs and isn’t really just restricted to the Indian territory anymore. You have Barack Obama, who has been seen doing it on various occasions, or you had Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, greeting everyone with a namaste at the Times’ Square in New York on the first International Yoga Day. But, what’s the significance? The Namaste, or ‘namaskar’, or ‘namaskaara’ is one of the five forms of traditional greetings mentioned in the ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas. It literally translates to “I bow to you”, and greeting one another with it is a way of saying “May our minds meet”, indicated by the folded palms placed before the chest. The word ‘namaha’ can also be translated as ‘na ma’ (not mine), to signify the reductions of one’s ego in the presence of the other (pic credit-Pinterest).

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