Today’s Motto: ‘Courage is the price we have to pay for peace’

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

On this day,  Sep. 24…….

622 – Muhammad and his followers completed their Hijra from Mecca to Medina to escape religious persecution.

1853 – 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).

1873 – Establishment of “Satyashodhak Samaj“, (Truth-seeker Movement) at Pune, by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule.

1895 – 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).

1909 – Thomas M. Flaherty filed for a U.S. patent for a traffic signal design. It could be activated by an electric solenoid by a policeman beside the road.

1932 – Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” or Untouchables. (pic credit-OpIndia).     Having differences with Gandhi ji on later 1947 developments,  Ambedkar expressed his opinion on Gandhi’s assasination, just a week after it happened. “My own view is that great men are of great service to their country, but they are also at certain times a great hindrance to the progress of the country. Mr Gandhi had become a positive danger to this country.” 

1932 – Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for “Chatgaon Ammunitions plot”.

1947 – Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir.

1960 – The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was launched in Newport, Virginia.

1997 – I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India’s claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

1999 – The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Allahabad.

2002 – Terrorist strike the Akshardham temple in Gujarat, causing 30 deaths. The dead terrorists proven to have been trained and despatched by the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, based in Pakistan.

2014 – India successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars. At $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior. India also became the first country to enter the Mars orbit in its first attempt.

2018 – Pakyong Airport, India’s 100th airport, is opened in the Himalayan mountains at 1,400 meters.

Born….

1861 – Madame Bhikaji Rustom Cama, mother of the Indian Revolution. From an early age she took interest in social and political work.

1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, coach, and sportscaster. He is the eldest son of legendary Lala Amarnath who scored first everTest  Century for India and as opener in 1933 and captained Indian team in 1952.  Mohinder’s two brother Surinder and Rajinder also played cricket for India.

RIP….

1959 – Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny. and  first Freedon Struggle of India in 1857.

You may have known….

Arranged Marriage: The world dropped the practice of arranged marriages in the 18th century, in most parts of India it still prevails. It’s simple: instead of people selecting their own life partners, everyone else does it for them – parents, distant relatives, friends of relatives, etc. Class, religion, tribe, horoscope, etc: on the basis of these, the third party is sure to find you the perfect match.

In India over 90 % marriages are solemnised through the family contacts and social  consent, and arrangement. Though inter-cast or inter-faith marriages happen among the newer generation, especially among grown-up and earning couples.                                                                                                (pics credit-CNN and  Drteamstime.com)

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