Today’s Motto: ‘Something that is yours forever, is never considered precious’

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

On this day, 10 Apr….
(Celebrate – World Siblings Day and as World Homeopathy Day).

1633 – Bananas appeared for the first time in Britain (London), imported by a merchant in Bahamas.

1815 – The massive volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora was the most powerful in 1,600 years. It formed a crater 5-miles across on Indonesia’s Sumbawa island, lowered the island by 4,000 feet, and killed 10,000 people. Elsewhere, there were severe storms, excessive rainfall and floods. Widespread famine and disease killed 80,000 more people.

1875 – Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.

1923 – Hitler demands “hatred and more hatred” in Berlin.

1944 – The first synthetic quinine was produced by Dr. Robert Burns Woodward (on his birthday) and Dr. William von Eggers Doering. Quinine, an anti-malarial drug, is an organic chemical.

1955 – Polio vaccine tested a success by Dr. Jonas Salk.

1993 – Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.

1997 – Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.

2016 – Explosions and a fire caused by fireworks at Puttingal Temple in Kerala, India, kills more than 100 and injures nearly 400 (pic credit-indiatimes.com).

2022 – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan removed from power after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament.

Born…. 1894 – Ghanshyam Das Birla,  one of the leading  industrialists of India. A nationalist, philanthropist established Birla Group of  industries encompassing  core items like  textiles, jute, sugar, mining,  cement, media, finance, insurance  and education. He was prompted by MK Gandhi to do business with ethics and also support freedom movement with his resources. He also set up UCO Bank, BITS Pilani, FICCI. He was also honoured with Padma  Bhushan and  Padma  Vibhushan (1957).

1932 – Kishori Amonkar. Legendary Indian classical  vocal singer. Specialist in Thumri and other Hindustani genre. She was honored with Padma Vibhushan in 2002.

1941 – Mani Shankar Aiyer. Former diplomat, author and politician. Was born in Lahore and served as Indian Ambassador to Pakistan. Has been a vociferrous critic of PM Modi and NDA, in favour of his Congress Party.

1944 – Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal. Educationist, politician. Former prefessor of Doaba College, Jalandhar, joined  Bhartiya Janata Party in 1982, became  BJP Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh  twice and Member of Parliament for 3 terms. His son Anurag Thakur is also  5th time MP from Hamirpur (H.P.) and former Union Minister for Info. & Broadcasting.

1952 – Narayan Rane. flameboyant  Maharashtra politician, former CM from Shiv Sena, who shufflled his political allegiance amongst Shiv Sena-Congress-BJP  and  is former Union Minister for MSME and Member Lok Sabha twice.

1964 – Sanjiv Kapoor. Popular celebrity Chef, TV presenter of  recipes and hospitality issues. Entrepreneur His programe Khana Khazana was a grerat hit and he is working fotr NGO -run mid-Day Meal program  covering over 1.8 million children in 14,702 schools across India. He has also written some books of his recipes and nutrition issues (pic credit-Forbe’sIndia).

RIP…. 1995 – Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and former Chief Minister of Bombay.

You may have known….It’s believed the ancient Romans were the first people to use wedding rings in a way resembling the modern custom, although exchanging rings as symbols of eternity or affection dates back even earlier to ancient Egypt and Greece. Roman weddings were not like the elaborate, picturesque affairs of today, however; marriages were often less about romance and more about family alliances and property (pic credit-shadidukan.com).

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