Today’s Motto: ‘What is hard to bear will be sweet to remember’

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

On this day,  Sep. 28……..

1785 – Napoleon Bonaparte age16 graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51).

1959 – Explorer VI satellite (launched 7 Aug 1959) revealed an intense radiation belt around Earth and took the first remote imaging TV pictures of Earth meteorological conditions.

1984 – 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi).

1985 – The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named “”Trishna””,  sailed off from Bombay. (The yacht belonging to the Corps of Engineers embarked on circumnavigation of the globe from 1985 to 1987. This was the first such achievement by an Indian crew).

1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Oslo 2 Accord to transfer West Bank to the PLO.

2000 – Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem sparking the outbreak of violence known as the Second Intifada.

2015 – NASA scientists announce the discovery of flowing water on Mars.

Born….

551 BC – Confucius (born as Kong Qiu), Chinese saint, philosopher and founder of Confucianism. Believed to  have  propagated  education for all and  for socio-religious teachings of his era.

1838 – Sai Baba of Shirdi, believed to be born in 1938 in a poor Brahmin family of  Nizam state.  Was worshipped by Hindus, Muslims and people  most faiths for his ‘Vibhutai-magic ash‘ for healing power.  His death also became a mystry, due to disappearance of his body, and flowers found at the place next morning.

1907 – Bhagat Singh,  also called Shaheed-e Azam, the most revered Indian freedom fighter of 20th century. who co-founded a group of revolutionaries, called Hindustan Socialist Republican Assn. to revenge killing of Indian Freedom fighters by British Govt. Was hanged alongwith Rajguru and Sukhdeb in Lahore Jail on March 23, 1931 by the British.

1929 – Lata Mangeshkar,  legendary  playback singer, also known as Swar Kokila  (the Nightingale) for her prolific singing and some  music composition for Bollywood songs, Bhajans, duets and ghazals. Born to a music teacher Deenanath Mangeshkar in Indore, she leads her sisters Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar and brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar, as most popular. She has sung  over 50,000 songs in almost 14 Indian languages and about 2000 films  from 1942 to 2020. She was awarded 3 National,  several Filmfare, Maharashtra Bhushan, Bengal Journalists Assn. and Dada Saheb Phalke awards. Padma Vibhushan (1989) and  Bharat Ratna award in 2001.  (video credit-Suny Music India)

1982 – Abhinav Bindra,  most popular shooter who won Olympic Gold in Beijing Olympics in 2008. Was awarded the Olympoic Order by IOC  in Paris Olympics 2024 and  awarded Arjuna, Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Padma Bhushan by Indian Govt..

1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, Bollywood  actor and Grandson of legendary Raj Kapoor and son of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, both established Bollywood actors.

1985 – Mouni Roy, popular Bengali/Bollywood  model  and actor. Gained popularity with TV  serial Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, playing role of goddess Parvati and other serials.  Recently got married to a known businessman Suraj Namdaar in Jan. 2022. Was awarded and nominated to Filmfare, National and IIFA awards etc.

RIP….

1895 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist who became a founder of microbiology. He created and tested vaccines for diphtheria, cholera, yellow fever, plague, rabies, anthrax, and tuberculosis.

1956 – William Edward Boeing, was an American aviation pioneer who began a lumber business in 1902. His interests shifted to aviation, and he bought his own aircraft. In 1916, Boeing co-founded Pacific Aero Products Company (soon renamed Boeing Airplane Company).  Today it is one of the leading aviation companies of world  with $ 96.74 Billion worth .

You may have known….

Child marriage: In India, the legal marriageable age of a woman is 18, and that of a man is 21. However, this shocking ritual in India is something that is still practised, especially in the rural communities throughout the country. Child marriage was outlawed in 1929, and since then, preventive laws and their revisions have been promulgated. But these have often met with protests, particularly from Muslim communities, who prefer that the decision best be left to their personal law. It is an active political issue in the country. While most of the focus is on underage girls getting married, we often forget to consider those underage boys who are given the responsibility of marriage, much too early.

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