March 17

Albert Einstein completed a scientific study that will revolutionise the world one hundred years ago today. His startling insight into the nature of light would contribute to Einstein's transformation from an anonymous patent clerk to the genius at the heart of twentieth-century physics. Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis — his year of miracles — was 1905, according to scientists. Einstein authored a series of articles that will change the way we perceive the cosmos in a matter of months. They included his special relativity theory and the famous equation E=mc2. His particle theory of light, which formed one of the pillars of modern physics, was explained in his first work. According to popular be
On March 17, 1990, Saina Nehwal was born. She is an Indian politician and professional badminton player who belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was a former world number one and has won 24 international titles, including 10 Superseries crowns. Although she attained the world's second position in 2009, it wasn't until 2015 that she was able to gain the world no. 1 rating, becoming the only female player from India and the second Indian player overall – after Prakash Padukone – to do so. She has competed in three Olympics for India, winning a bronze medal on her second appearance in London in 2012.
On New Year's Day 1990, Jobs proposed with "a bunch of freshly gathered wildflowers." Laurene Powell, a new MBA student, crept to the front of the lecture and struck up a discussion with Jobs, who was sitting next to her. That night, they ended up eating dinner together. On March 18, 1991, they married in a Buddhist ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.
Willis was engaged to actress Brooke Burns for ten months before their breakup in 2004. Moore was there on March 21, 2009, when Bruce Willis married Emma Heming. Clearly, friendly connections have been maintained among all parties involved. His three kids, as well as Moore and Kutcher, were among the visitors. Because the ceremony was not legally binding, the couple married again six days later in a civil ceremony in Beverly Hills.
Timothy Dalton is an English actor who was born on March 21, 1946. He made his cinematic debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter, after beginning his career on stage. He rose to worldwide notoriety as the fourth actor to play fictitious secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series.
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980), popularly known as Ronaldinho Gacho or just Ronaldinho, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who mostly played as an offensive midfielder but was sometimes used as a winger. Ronaldinho, recognised as one of the finest players of his generation and by many as one of the greatest of all time, earned two FIFA World Player of the Year honours as well as a Ballon d'Or. He was a global soccer star known for his technical prowess, inventiveness, dribbling ability and accuracy from free kicks, use of trickery, feints, no-look passes, and overhead kicks, and ability to score and create goals.
Ratna Pathak Shah is well-known for her work in the theatre, television, and Bollywood cinema. She was born in a Gujarati household on March 18, 1957. Her father's name was Baldev Pathak, and her mother, who was also an actress, was Dina Pathak. Supriya Pathak, a well-known actress, is her sister. Ratna Pathak Shah began her career in Bollywood, appearing in the 1983 film Mandi. Her first breakthrough, however, came in 1987 with the film Mirch Masala. Ratna Pathak Shah has also worked in a Russian play and is a co-founder and active member of the Motley Theatre Group.
The India–Bangladesh Pact of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace was a 25-year treaty signed on March 19, 1972, between India and the newly founded state of Bangladesh. The pact was also known as the Indira–Mujib Treaty, after its signatories, India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, India supplied considerable aid, training, and shelter to the exiled government of Bangladesh and the Bengali nationalist Mukti Bahini guerrilla army battling the Pakistani Army. During 1971, between 8 and 10 million migrants streamed into India, heightening tensions between India and Pakistan.
Kurt Russell is one of the few persons in Hollywood who has successfully transitioned from a child actor to an acknowledged 'A' list movie star, and he is often regarded as the most fascinating actor working today. He had his first significant role in the made-for-television biographical film 'Elvis,' which is regarded as one of his best performances. Kurt Russell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA to actor Neil Oliver 'Bing' Russell and dancer Louise Julia.
Alisha Chinai is a popular pop vocalist who is credited with popularising pop music in India. She was born on March 18, 1972, and has revolutionised the Indian music business. Sujata is supposed to be her true name. She is most commonly referred to as the Indian Madonna. So, in this essay, we will provide you with Alisha Chinai's biography. Bappi Lahiri, a well-known music composer and director, discovered Alisha Chinai's vocal potential. Bappi Lahiri and Alisha collaborated on a number of disco tunes that were huge hits and adored by people all over the world.
Manabendra Nath Roy, who lived from March 21, 1887 to January 25, 1954, was an Indian Communist revolutionary, radical activist, and political thinker, as well as a renowned twentieth-century philosopher. Roy established the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India. He was also a delegate to Communist International congresses and Russia's adviser to China. Following Joseph Stalin's ascension to power, Roy quit the mainstream communist movement to pursue an independent radical politics. Vinay Roy was involved in the creation of the Radical Democratic Party in 1940, an organisation in which he was a key figure throughout most of the 1940s.
Khushwant Singh (February 2, 1915 – March 20, 2014) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, diplomat, journalist, and politician. His experiences during India's 1947 partition prompted him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (which was adapted into a film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel. Khushwant Singh received the Padma Bhushan in 1974, but returned it in 1984 in protest at Operation Blue Star, in which the Indian Army stormed Amritsar. In 2007, he received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour.
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, major general in the Russian Air Force, writer, and artist. On March 18, 1965, he became the first person to do a spacewalk, outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft for 12 minutes and 9 seconds during the Voskhod 2 mission. On board were two cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev, who were tasked with performing humanity's first spacewalk. The USSR was in the midst of a golden period of space exploration, and the cosmonauts' mission, apart from the obvious scientific and personal stakes, the possible geopolitical ramifications were enormous.
The High Court of Uttarakhand, India, ruled on March 20, 2017, that "the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, and all their tributaries...are declared as juristic/legal persons/living entities having the status of a legal person with all corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person in order to preserve and conserve river Ganga and Yamuna." The public celebration of this decision derived legitimacy from global discourses and legislative movements granting "rights to Nature," but it ignored other human plans for water, most notably the ambition to centralise control of all basin extractions and uses under a single authority.
Alka Yagnik (born March 20, 1966) is an Indian playback singer who mostly performs in Hindi films. She has been characterised in the media as one of Bollywood's most renowned and successful playback singers. Throughout her four-decade career, she has recorded songs for films and albums in a variety of Indian languages, and she has received numerous awards, including two National Film Awards, two Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer from a total of thirty-six nominations.
He took over a Shell filling station on US Route 25 just outside North Corbin, a little town on the outskirts of the Appalachian Mountains, in 1930. By June, he had transformed a storage into a tiny eating area, complete with his own dining table, where he served passengers delicacies such as steaks and country ham. Sanders Court & Café primarily serviced visitors, so when Interstate 75 was planned to bypass Corbin in 1955, he sold his buildings and travelled the country to sell his chicken idea to restaurant owners.
Shashi Kapoor was a well-known Indian actor and filmmaker who excelled in mainstream Hindi cinema. The actor who rose to prominence at the age of four. His father used to direct and create plays, and he used to act in them. The actor who was destined to become a well-known industry celebrity. It's none other than Shashi Kapoor, the great Bollywood actor. The romantic movie star of the 1970s and 1980s, the heartthrob, the gorgeous actor died at the age of 79 at Mumbai's Kokilaben Ambani Hospital.
Manohar Aich was an Indian bodybuilder who lived from 17 March 1912 until 5 June 2016. He was the second Indian to win a Mr. Universe title (after Monotosh Roy in 1951). He accomplished this during the 1952 NABBA Universe Championships. He was nicknamed "Pocket Hercules" since he was just 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) tall. Aich joined the Royal Air Force in 1942, when he began his bodybuilding career. Reub Martin, a British officer in the RAF, taught him to weight training. Aich was imprisoned while serving in the RAF for slapping a British officer in protest of the officer's words in support of colonial injustice. While incarcerated, Aich began a strenuous weight-training regimen.
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