World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed on 28 April every year by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) since 2003. This day marks how to improve occupational safety, and health and looks to continue these efforts through several changes like technology, demographics, climate change, etc.
1916- The Indian Home Rule League was founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak at Belgaum (now called Belagavi, Karnataka).
1957- 4th National Film Awards (India): “Kabuliwala” wins the Golden Lotus.
1967- Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
2008- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) created a record by launching 10 satellites simultaneously through PSLV C-9.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1848- Madhusudan Das was an Indian lawyer and social reformer. He was also the first graduate and advocate of Odisha. In Odisha, his birthday is celebrated as the Lawyers' Day on 28 April.
1928- Nilima Sen was a famous Rabindrasangeet singer.
1929- Bhanu Athaiya was an Indian costume designer and painter. She was the first Indian to win an Academy Award.
1937- Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.
1947- Humayun Azad was a Bangladeshi poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, linguist, columnist and professor of Dhaka University.
1982- Koel Mallick (born Rukmini Mallick) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. She is the daughter of actor Ranjit Mallick and Deepa Mallick.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1740- Bajirao I was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He is credited with establishing the Marathas as the supreme power in the Indian subcontinent.
1945- Benito Mussolini was an Italian journalist and politician. He was the Italian prime minister (1922–43) and the first of 20th-century Europe’s fascist dictators.
1992- Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was an Indian historian and writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures.
2002- Khudiram Das was an Indian scholar, educationist, critic, litterateur, an authority on Rabindra literature and linguistic expert.
2021- Anish Deb was an Indian Bengali writer and academician. He was noted for his writings in the science fiction and thriller genre.
Good morning all. Significance of *14th March*: *Events* that took place on this day: *Pi Day* is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant *π (pi).* Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π. It was *founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw,* an employee of the Exploratorium. 1780- American Revolutionary War: *Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte* in Mobile, Alabama. 1794 - *Eli Whitney* is granted a patent for the *cotton gin* (a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds). 1864- *Sir Samuel White Baker* was an English Explorer, author, and administrator who *explored the Upper Nile and discovered Lake Albert.* 1900- *The Gold Standard Act* is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1931- *Alam Ara* was released. It was the first Indian sound film and was directed by Ardeshir Irani. 1939- *Slovakia* declares independe...
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