Today’s Motto: ‘Being obsessed in some way is an essential ingredient for long term success’

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

On this day, 09 Nov….

1904 – 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes.

1948 – Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. (Mayurbhanj State (or Morbhanj) was one of the princely states of India of Bhanj dynasty,  during the period of the British Raj. It was one of the largest states of the Eastern States Agency and one of the three states of the Bengal States Agency including Odissa.  (area about 11,000 SqKm and Priviy Purse fixed then Rs. 3.24,000 per annum). The emblem of the state had two peacocks,  representing  the ancestors of the ancient rulers originated from a peafowl’s eyes, according to legend of the state).

1957 – Gordon Gould began to write down the principles of “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,” or, “laser.”

1967 – Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded by Chaudhary Kumbha Ram Arya and Chaudhary Charan Singh. It was later merged into Janata Party in 1977..

1990 – Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned as Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.

2012 – After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China’s western Qinghai Province.

2019 – India’s Supreme Court announces judgment on Ayodhya.

2019 – Kartarpur corridor opens allowing Sikh worshippers from India to access holy site of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan without a visa.

2022 – Archaeologists announce discovery of oldest decipherable sentence on an ivory comb “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” in 1,700 B.C Canaanite script from Tel Lachish, Israel.

Born….

1877 – Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet who wrote the song Saare Jahan se Achcha Hindustan Hamara.  His grandfather was a Sapru Pandit of Kulgam in Kashmir but converted to Islam and shifted to Sialkot. Iqbal studied in Ludwig University in Germany. He wrote nooks in Urdu and persian viz., Shikwa aur Jawab-e-Shikwa,  The Secrets of Self, The Secrets of Selflessness, The Call of the Marching Bell, Javed Nama, Message from the east, Kulliat – e-Iqbal, Gebriel’s Wing, Gift From Hijaz and The Rod of Moses etc.

1924 – Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran Bhajan singer and classdical musician. Known for Bhajan.. Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevay, Basant Bahar etc. 

RIP….

1962 – Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer, also called Maharishi Karve,  whose pioneering contribution to women’s education in India has rarely been surpassed. He  established a  women’s  college called SNDT  Women’s College in Mumbai. He was  honored with Bharat Ratna  in1958.

2005 – KR Narayanan, 10th President of India. (Narayanan began his career in India as a member of the Indian Foreign Service and was referred to by Nehru as “the best diplomat of the country”).

2011 – H. Gobind Khorana, an Indian-American biochemist.  He shared Nobel Prize  in Physiology/Medicine in 1968,   with fellow scientists Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley  “for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.”

You may have known….

Polyandry: Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman can have two or more husbands.
Polyandry has been practised in India and is still practised by a minority. The popular Hindu epic, Mahabharatha provides the first striking example of polyandry, Draupadi, daughter of king of Panchāla being married to five brothers.
Apart from Kinnaur, Polyandry was practised by some south Indian tribes, prevalent among the Todas of Nilgiris, Nairs of Travancore and Ezhavas of Malabar. While polyandrous unions have disappeared from the traditions of many of the groups and tribes, it is still practised by some Paharis especially in Jaunsar Bawar region in Northern India

Polyandry was also practiced in some areas  of  Africa , practiced by Kings to keep their clans together,  but was later banned . 

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