THOUGHT OF THE DAY
"Time is the most precious resource, never take it for granted. The moment that go by never come back, so always make judicious use of your time.
THE NATIONAL FOREST MARTYRS DAY
The National Forest Martyrs Day is observed to commemorate the Khejarli massacre, which took place on September 11 in 1730. During the massacre, Rajasthan’s Maharaja Abhay Singh started cutting the Khejarli trees, which were considered as a sacred tree in the Bishnoi community in Khejarli village in Rajastha
Events that took place on this day in history 11 September
*In 1893,
First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held in Chicago, Indian monk Swani Vivekananda gives influential speech.Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) is best known in the United States for his groundbreaking speech to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in which he introduced Hinduism to America and called for religious tolerance and an end to fanaticism.
*In 1906,
Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 11 September
*In 1950,
Mohan Bhagwat ,
born 11 September 1950) is the 6th Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist and cultural organisation based in India. He was chosen as the successor to K. S. Sudarshan in March 2009.
*In 1970,
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya was an Indian folk singer and researcher. He was born and raised in Silchar, Assam. He went on to study comparative literature at Jadavpur University. His musical inspiration was his uncle Ananta Bhattacharya.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 11 September
*In 1987,
Mahadevi Varma, was an Indian Hindi-language poet and a novelist. She is considered one of the four major pillars of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. Poet Nirala had once called her "Saraswati in the vast temple of Hindi Literature".
*In 1921,
Subramanya Bharathi was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist, social reformer