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On this day, Kalpana Chawla, the first woman astronaut of Indian origin, flew for the last time in space. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana flew to space from NASA’s space shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle, but she could not return to Earth again. On 1 February 2003, Kalpana’s spacecraft crashed while returning to Earth. All the seven astronauts including Kalpana Chawla aboard this space ship died due to this accident.
Kalpana Chawla was born on 1 July 1962 in Karnal, Haryana. She was the youngest of her four siblings. Kalpana was interested in the world of airplanes and flying since childhood. He got his early education from Karnal. After this he did B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College.
In 1997, Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian-origin woman to go into space.
Degree in Aerospace Engineering from America
Kalpana moved to America in 1982. He earned a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. In 1986, he did a second master’s degree and then a PhD on the same subject. Kalpana Chawla married John Pierre of France in 1983. He was a flying instructor by profession.
The first woman astronaut of Indian origin was made in 1997
Kalpana Chawla got US citizenship in 1991 and joined NASA in the same year. In 1997, she was selected in the NASA Special Shuttle Program to go to space. Kalpana Chawla’s first space mission was launched on 19 November 1997 via Columbia Space Shuttle (STS-87). With this she became the first Indian-origin woman to go into space.
At that time Kalpana’s age was 35 years. On his first space mission, Chawla covered more than 6.5 million miles and spent more than 376 hours (15 days and 16 hours) in space. This proved to be the last successful space journey of Kalpana Chawla. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana Chawla became a part of her second and last space mission of her life.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay passed away
It was on this day that the great Bengali litterateur of the 20th century, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, passed away. Most of Sarat Chandra’s works were based on the lifestyle, tragedies and struggles of the village people and the contemporary social practices prevalent in Bengal. His writing ability was so great that he is counted among the most popular writers of the country. His works were also translated into other languages including Hindi.
Sarat Chandra got the most fame from Devdas
Shrikant, Chariharan, Devdas, Parineeti and Pather Debi are prominent among the famous writings of Sarat Chandra. But he got the most fame from the novel named ‘Devdas’. Devdas, published in 1917, was written by Sarat Chandra in Bhagalpur and is said to be his own story, which he wrote after meeting Chandramukhi in the red light area of Jogsar.
20 films have been made on the novel ‘Devdas’ by the great litterateur Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
A total of 20 films have been made on Devdas in many languages including Hindi. Among these, the characters of Devdas played by Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan have been the most talked about.
Sarat Chandra was born on 15 September 1876 in Debanandpur, a small village in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Sarat Chandra’s childhood was spent in extreme poverty. He was very courageous since childhood and loved acts of bravery.
Most of his childhood was spent at his maternal uncle’s house in Bhagalpur, Bihar. Sharat Chandra had gone to Burma in his youth, after returning from there he lived in Howrah for many years. He built his house in the samata of Howrah, which is known as Sarat Chandra Kuti. Sarat Chandra wrote novels in this house for 12 years. Sarat Chandra died on 16 January 1938 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) at the age of 61.
Important events of 16 January in the history of India and the world:
2013 : 24 killed in bomb blasts in Syria’s Idlib
2009: Mumbai won the Ranji Championship for the record 38th time by defeating Uttar Pradesh.
1989: Famous Malayalam film actor Prem Nazir passed away. He made a Guinness World Record for playing the role of lead actor in 610 films.
1989: The Soviet Union announced its plans for a two-year manned expedition to Mars.
1920: The League of Nations held its first council meeting in Paris.
1769: For the first time, a well-planned horse race was organized in Accra, Calcutta.
1761: The British wrested Puducherry from French occupation.
1681: The coronation of Sambhaji, son of Kshatrapati Shivaji, took place at Raigad Fort in Maharashtra.
1581: The UK Parliament passed a law against Roman Catholic Christians.
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