Today’s Motto: ‘The only limit to what we can achieve is in our minds’
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book!
This is Your Day: TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, 02 Jan….
1754 – Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1757 – After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the “”Black Hole”” to imprison British captives.
1936 – The first electron tube to enable night vision was described, in St Louis, US.
1944 – 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol).
1947 – Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengal appealing halt to Hindu-Muslim rioting post-Partition in India.
1994 – Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
2019 – Two women become the first to ever enter India’s Sabarimala shrine in Kerala 
State, after law change, prompting protests.
Born….1727 – James Wolfe. British General known for military service reforms in UK. He won a war over French in Plains of Abraham, Quebec in 1759.
1920 – Isaac Asimov. American science fiction writer who wrote or editeds over 500 books like Nightfall, I. Robot, Foundation, The Last Question, The ZEnd of Eternity, Foundation and Empire etc. He was honored with Hugo Award, Science Fiction Chronicle 
Readers’ Award and World Fantasy Awards etc. (pic credit-Britannica).
1932 – Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and politician, born in Sangrur’s backward Gadarhiani village. He was also President of Akali Dal during 1960s and 1970s before Surjit Singh Barnala and Prakash Singh Badal emerged as to
p Sikh leaders. He signed a peace agreement with PM Rajiv Gandhi on July 24, 1985 to stop militancy in Punjab. He was later assasinated on Aug. 20, 1985 by a militant.
1936 – Roger Miller. Amewrican singer, songwriter known for popular sings King of the Road, Dang Me and England Swings etc. He won 11 Grammy Awards, Broadway’s Tony awards etc.
You may have known….
India has the 2nd largest agricultural land in the world. Only, the United States has more agricultural land than India. However, India’s agricultural productivity is low compared to that of China and many other countries in the
world. It’s all due to traditional methods of farming, lack of scientific agro marketing and short of irrigation system in most regions. About 65% of Indian population is engaged directly or indirectly in Agriculture sectors and contribution to annual GDP is about 15-18% (down from 80% in 1947). 
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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