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On this day, Sept. 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 originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm 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).
1915 – A transcontinental radio telephone demonstration was given in New York City.
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.
2014 – Afghan officials signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence.
Born….
1906 – Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher.
1932 – Mehmood, actor.
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.
Titbits….
1984 – Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic.
You may have known….
USB was developed by an Indian-American computer architect – Ajay V Bhatt.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
{compiled by Lt. Col. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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