Punar Yatra or Bahuda Yatra, the sacred return journey of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Goddess Subhadra from the Gundicha Temple back to the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri. After spending seven days at the Gundicha Temple, the deities will embark on their homeward journey atop their massive wooden chariots: Nandighosha (Jagannath), Taladhwaja (Balabhadra), and Darpadalan (Subhadra). The actual return journey, filled with devotional music, chants, and the pulling of the grand chariots by thousands of devotees.
1687- Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. It was published by the Royal Society in England.
1841- Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough.
1945- The United Kingdom holds its first general election in 10 years, which would be won by Clement Attlee's Labour Party.
1954- The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.
1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
1980- Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976 to 1980).
1994- Jeff Bezos founds Amazon, an American multinational technology company.
1996- Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
2012- The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).
2016- The Juno space probe arrives at Jupiter and begins a 20-month survey of the planet.
Famous people who had birthdays on this day:
1886- Jagadish Gupta was an Indian poet, novelist and short story writer. He was one of the major exponents of modern Bengali literature.
1901- Birendranath Sircar was an Indian film producer and the founder of New Theatres Calcutta. He was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1970.
1946- Ram Vilas Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. He took over the charge of the Railway Minister in the Government headed by H D Deve Gowda in June 1996.
1947- Lalji Singh was an Indian scientist who worked in the field of DNA fingerprinting technology in India. He served as the 25th Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
1949- Shivshankar Menon is a retired Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who served as National Security Advisor of India to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He had previously served as the Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
1982- Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He also hosted Zee TV's singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012.
1995- Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton player. She is the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1965- BanBihari Mukhopadhyay was a physician as well as Bengali novelist, cartoonist and social worker.
1977- Gopalan Narasimhan was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of 'The Hindu' from 1959 until his death in 1977.
2007- Subhendu Chatterjee was an Indian physician and actor, who is known for acting in Bengali television and films.
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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