We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.
On this day, 09 Dec....
1658 - Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
1845 - Silver suture. J. Marion Sims began his experiments to use a fine silver wire for sutures. In his era, the suture materials used for vaginal tears, mostly silk and catgut, absorbed bodily fluid, caused inflammation around the wounds, promoting horrible infections that would never heal. So he used a fine silver wire he had drawn by a jeweller. Sims successfully performed a vesico-vaginal fistula operation on 21 Jun 1849
1884 - The first U.S. patent for ball-bearing roller skates was issued to Levant M. Richardson of the Richardson Skate Company, Chicago. This design allowed until then unseen speed.
1902 - The first U.S. stamp to show a bicycle in its design was issued. This blue 10-cent Special Delivery "Messenger on Bicycle" stamp showed in a small way how technology was coming in America's future, because it replaced earlier issues of a design showing a "running" messenger.
1921 - Tetraethyl lead was first given a laboratory test as an anti-knock additive to gasoline fuel. The knock in the one-cylinder laboratory engine was utterly silenced. Even at a strength of only 2-3g grams per gallon, it had a remarkable ability to quiet the relentless knocking.
1946 - The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
1947 - India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed.
1968 - The first demonstration of the use of a computer mouse was given at the American Federation of Information Processing Societies' Fall Joint Computer Conference at Stanford University, California.
2010 - Pakistani media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India.
Born....
1484 - Surdas, blind Hindi bard and singer.
1825 - Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny.
1945 - Shatrughan Sinha, actor, politician.
1946 - Sonia Gandhi, politician and Chairperson of Indian National Congress.
1975 - Dino Morea, actor.
1981 - Dia Mirza, actor.
You may have known....
Roadways coverage (km): India: - 3,320,410 China: - 3,860,800
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan
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