Today’s Motto: ‘The art of communication is the language of leadership’
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, Sep. 29……….
1708 – British East India Company and New East India company merged.
1760 – Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.
1793 – Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine. Most historians believe that tennis origin
ated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the pal
m of the hand hence the name jeu de paume (“game of the palm”). It was not until the 16th century that rackets came into use, and the game began to be called “Tennis.” It was popular in England and France and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real or royal tennis ( Ira Vatsain is the latest emerging junior tennis player from India-SA)).
1977 – India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
1981 – Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
1993 – National Human Rights Commission set up.
2000 – Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. 
Hemu Adhikari. He was right hand batsman and left arm spin bowler, made debut in 1936-37 . Scored about 10,000 first class runs, took 50 wickets and 100 catches.
2020 – Scientists confirm the existence of three new underground lakes on Mars using radar on Esa’s Mars Express spacecraft.
Born….
1932 – Mehmood, most prolific film actor/director/producer, mostly appearing in comic roles in films like Padosan, Bombay to
Goa, Kunwara Baap, Gumnam, Bhoot Bangla, Saadhu Aur Shaitan, Do Phool, Pyasa, Johar Mehmood in Goa, Aarzoo etc. He was nominated 25 times for awards including 4 Filmfare and National awards. Acted in about 300 films .
1995 – Sasha Lane. Ametcan actor, known for roles in American Honey, Hunter C-20 series. Awarded American Independent Film awards on debut in 2016 and more. (Pic c
redit -Rex via Shutterstock )
RIP….
1833 – Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and
politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England.
1913 – Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, a German engineer who invented the internal-combustion engine that bears his name.
You may have known….
Exorcism by marriage: Indians believe in spirits, and lots of them. Many are a superstitious lot, with several prejudices. Horoscope is pretty elaborate in India, with several aspects taken into consideration like day, date, time, etc., down to probably the very nanosecond of birth. Accordingly, some women are 
said to have “mangal dosh”: such women are said to endanger the life of her husband. To ex
orcise her, the shocking ritual in India is to get the woman married to a tree. Another way to exorcise a maglik woman is to get her married to an animal instead of a tree. This mindless ritual is also used to rid the woman of spirits which she is believed to possess, if she is born with a deformity, cleft lip, tooth, etc. With spread of 
education, this tradition is hopefully on its way out. (pic credit-Adobe Stock and Eashwar Bhakti)
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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