Today’s Motto: ‘Wise people never miss a good chance to shut up’

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

On this day, 25 Jan….

1565 – Battle at Talikota: the Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar’s army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India.

1914 – An Indian mass meeting in Durban unanimously endorse the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters.

1945 – Grand Rapids became the first U.S. city to begin fluoridating the drinking water.

1950 – The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.

1955 – Columbia University scientists developed an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years.

1957 – Kashmir becomes Indian State thru’ an Assembly Resolution and Indian President’s  stamp.

1971 – Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian State.

1981 – Mao’s widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death.

2000 – The Centre begins the process of privatising the country’s domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and also approves the sale of majority equity in Modern Foods India Limited.

2005 – A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.

Born….

1917 – Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun. He joined Azad Hind Fauz in  North Estern sector and  fought the British army in Tripura, Andeman Nicobar islands.

1958 – Kavita Krishnamurthy, popular Indian  singer with a very versatile voice. She sang many popular songs and Bhajans  in Hindi, Tamil, Malyalam, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri and many other languages. Devdas, Rockstar, Ham Dil De Chuke Sanam, Koi Mil Gaya etc. said to have done 50,000 songs. She won Filmfare, Zee Cine, Mirchi and a National Film award.

1988 – Cheteshwar Pujara, very successful Indian batsman, especially on Australian pitches. .

You may have known….

During the British Raj, the amount of irrigated land multiplied by nearly a factor of eight. ( Much of the increase in irrigation during British colonial era was targeted at dedicated poppy and opium farms in India, for exports to China).  Poppy plant  is grown mostly in cooler, climate  on  foothills of  North Indian states,  POK, Afghanistan etc. during the Spring season.

 

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