Today’s Motto: No fight is holier than a fight for our dreams.

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

On this day, 11 Mar….
*National Dream Day. With unwavering determination and a spark of ambition, anyone can turn their deepest passions into a fulfilling Reality!

105 – Ts’ai Lun invented paper, made from bamboo, mulberry, and other fibers, along with fish nets and rags (pic credit-karbobaca.com).

1784 – Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.

1795 – Battle at Kurla, India: Mahrathas beat Mongols (pic credit-www.adda247.com)

1811 – The Luddite riots began in Nottingham, England. There was poverty and misery, made worse by the new inventions – machinery which could do jobs better and faster than people.

1881 – Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore (pic credit-ibcom.org).

1892 – 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachuetts).

1918 – The first cases of “Spanish Influenza” in the U.S. were reported. It became the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 – until it disappeared as mysteriously as it had begun. Worldwide, up to 40 million people died in its wake.

2011 – Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami’s are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean. It caused 15,894 deaths, 6,152 injured and 2,562 people missing.

2019 – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.”

Born…. 1903 – General MM Shrinagesh,  3rd  Army Chief of India from  May 7, 1955 to May  14, 1957.   He opposed  use of Army for labour and other civil activities by PM Nehru.  He also officiated as Governor of Assam (Oct. 1959 – Sept. 1962)

1931 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian media mogul. He founded Fox News Network,  NewsCorp, Sky Italia, 21st century Fox, Fox Broadcasting  TV Stations). 

1991 – Poonam Pandey, India  model, TV  and film actress. Known for her roles in Nasha, Khatron Ke Khiladi,  Lock Upp serial, AA Gaya Hero, Malinji &n Co., Touch  the Fire Comedy etc. She’s known for comic acts and statements in the social  media. (pic credit-wallpapersden.com)

RIP…. 1689 – Sambhaji, Shivaji’s successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan . He was the eldest son Shivaji Maratha and a great fighter. He  once over powered a fierce lion  attacking  village folk in his  kingdom. He ruled large parts of Maharashtra, Mysore,  Madhya Bharat from 1680-89. (pic credit-artist Teju. Jangid)

Titbits….   1302 – Romeo and Juliet’s wedding day, according to Shakespeare. The Italian youth lovers believed to have had a tragic romance story in 1550s by Matteo Bandeleo;   later retold  by Arther Brooke and  William Painter. Shakespeare is believed to have borrowed  the story plot and  changed into theatric drama tale.(digital image  credit- John Massey Wright – Folger Shakespeare Library)

You may have known….

India is second only to the USA when it comes to speaking English with around 125 million people speaking the language, which is only 10% of our population. This is expected to grow by quite a margin in the coming years.

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