THE NP CHRONICLE : 31ST OCTOBER

The NP Chronicle 

31st October

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. By the end of the century, he was placed in the canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1888 described his "Ode to a Nightingale" as "one of the final masterpieces".

Source: Wikipedia

"The poetry of the earth is never dead."

-- John Keats

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

-- John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance

"Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced."

-- John Keats

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter."

-- John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn And Other Poems

Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-American physicist and a pioneer in the field of fiber optics. Notably, Kapany is known for coining and popularising the term "fiber optics". Fortune named him one of seven "Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century" for his Nobel Prize-deserving invention. He was awarded India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, posthumously in 2021. He served as an Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer. He was also offered the post of Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister of India, by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. He was also associated with the Sikh Foundation and was involved in the preservation of Sikh artwork as a collector.

Source: Wikipedia

"The important thing is to be a man of the world. That's what I have tried to be, and to a small extent, succeeded. But I like to do things for people."

-- Narinder Singh Kapany 

Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Source: Wikipedia

"When it is dark enough, men see the stars."

-- Michael Collins, Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey

Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Patel, was a Indian independence activist, lawyer and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar meaning "chief". He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

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"Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success."

-- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

"We have to shed mutual bickering, shed the difference of being high or low and develop the sense of equality and banish untouchability."

-- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

Today is:

▪︎ World Cities Day

▪︎ World Savings Day

▪︎ National Unity Day in India 

▪︎ National Magic Day in USA

▪︎ Birth anniversary of John Keats, Narinder Singh Kapany, Michael Collins, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

▪︎ Death anniversary of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Harry Houdini, Sean Connery