Today’s Motto: ‘Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it’

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

On this day, 08 Nov….

Every year on November 8, coffee lovers celebrate National Cappuccino Day, a nod to the rich Italian tradition. The cappuccino, dating back to the early 1800s, is named after the brown robes of the Capuchin friars, reflecting its unique blend of espresso with the cloud-like foam of steamed milk on top (pic credit-Pexels).

1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen first observed what would later become known as X-rays.

1947 – Junagadh accedes to India Union (pic ccredit-Wikipedia).

1990 – Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government.

2013 – Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210.

2014 – Mikhail Gorbachev warns that tensions between America and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new Cold War.

2016 – PM Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes during an unscheduled live televised address, cancelling 86% of the notes in circulation in a Battle against Corruptionand Black Money (pic credit-LinkedIn).

2022 – Actor Chris Evans named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, says “My mom will be so happy”.

Born….

1927 – Lal Krishna Advani, great patriot,  RSS pracharak  and politician. Was Bhartiya Jan Sangh leader and co-founder of Bhartiya Janata Party, alongwith AB Vajpayee. He served as BJP President for longest ever period taking BJP from 2 Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to  182  in 1998  and helped form the 2nd NDA  Govt. led by late Atal Behari Vajpayee in 1998 for 13 months . He led Rath Yatra from  to Ayodhya in  1990 which led to demolition of Babri Masjid structure in 1992.  Was elected to Lok Sabha 7 times and Rajya Sabha 4  terms.  Served as 7th Dy. Prime Minister of India from  2002 to 2004-.

1947 – Usha Uthup, Bengali/Tamil  and Bollywood  pop, zazz and film singer. Has sung in         many Indian languages and won Filmfare  awards 4  times  and was  awarded  Padam Bhushan  by Govt.ofIndia.

RIP….

1661 – Guru Har Rai. Second son Har Kishan became the 7th Sikh Guru age of 14 years  and remained Guru for 17 years until his death on Oct.  6, 1661. He was a spiritual leader and nationalist in his preachings.

1960 – Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee OBE. (the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force), died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo). He was awarded  several honors and awards.

You may have known….

Navratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped.
The festival is celebrated across the length and breadth of India in some varied forms. But in some parts of India (Gujarat and South India) on the ninth day of the festival, weapons and tools are worshipped!                                                  Shri Ram also fought his  yudh against Ravan  to get back his wife Sita from Ravan’s captivity in Sri Lanka, during Navratras and won on 10th navratra, called Dashhara (cutting down his 10 heads with  his astra-shatras),  Ram-Lakshman  were victorious with  the help of Hanuman, Sugriv and their vanar sena. 

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