Wednesday 10 February 2016

On this day 10 Feb - Lt Gen Raj Kadyan

Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.

On this day, 10 Feb....

1837 - Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is fatally injured in a duel with French officer Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin  was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era, who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. He published his first poem at age fifteen. His most famous play  was the drama Boris Godunov. Pushkin was fatally wounded in duel with the above French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment who attempted to seduce the poet's wife, Natalya Pushkina).

1863 - The first U.S. patent on a fire extinguishing system for buildings was granted to Alanson Crane.   The patent drawing   showed a longitudinal vertical section of a building.  The innovation catered for flooding the building through pre-laid pipes and extinguish the fire. 

1915 - US President Wilson protests to Britain on the use of US flags on British merchant ships to deceive the Germans.

1931 - New Delhi becomes capital of India.

1952 - India holds its first general election: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru remains in power.

1958 -  Radar signals were bounced off the planet Venus by MIT engineers at Lincoln Laboratories in experiments.

1961 - The Niagara Falls hydroelectric project, the largest (at the time) hydroelectric facility in the Western world, was officially opened.

1979 - Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

1992 - Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.

RIP....

1921 - Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner. He had discovered X-Ray.

You may have known....

Mango is the national fruit of India. Described as the "Food of the Gods", in the sacred Vedas. India is the world's biggest producer and consumer of mangoes; the fruit is grown almost in all parts of the country.

Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan

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