How much of respect do you give to a Police Constable on the streets – mostly unarmed, or carries a woodenstick (lathi) and tries law enforcement !! - heart would bleed for Tukaram Omble !: India has had its deep impact because of this terror attack but still once a while some would rise their voice for the neighbouring terror abettor, stating that Sports are different and people must learn to forget ! – forget what. 26th Nov is a day of great importance in History.
Ever read about - Sachchidananda Sinha ? Today is the Constitution Day in India also known as National Law Day, is celebrated in India on 26th day of November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted to the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950 ( Purna Swaraj first independence day on 30 January 1930 declared by Indian National Congress)
The Jilava massacre occurred on the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania. Sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard (Legion), with further high-profile assassinations in the immediate aftermath.
Nothing of anything else - 26th Nov is etched in our
memories as the time when the Nation was under siege !!
In the beautiful motherland, there have been debates on surgical strikes with politicians calling for proof !! - Nation can never forget this day 26/11 when it was under siege by militants from across the border. How many felt sorrowed and spoke for those martyrs of Police and jawans of the motherland ?? .. .. and blatant media who were for ratings showing all the plan and movement of Army jawans !! – how mindless it was.
We see them in every
street corner, at busy traffic intersections, some movies come ridiculing their
efforts, RED SALUTE
to them – the Army and Police are the real protectors and WE live happily and
peacefully because of their sacrifices. The statue at the start is that of
Tukaram Omble, who died this day 17 years ago ! – must have been part of our history and school curriculum .. .. were
you able to recognize him ?
The historic Taj Mahal Palace hotel first opened its doors to
guests on December 16, 1903. Located in Colaba,
Mumbai, the Taj Mahal hotel, or the Taj Palace hotel, was the country's first
ever harbour landmark. A popular theory states that Jamshedji Tata
built the hotel because he was refused entry at Watson Hotel, one of the
grandest hotels of that time, which was for 'whites only. It was the first
Indian hotel that had electricity, American fans, Turkish baths, German
elevators, and English butlers. Later, it became the first ever hotel in the
city that had a licensed bar and India's first discotheque, called Blow Up. It
was also the first Indian hotel to have an air-conditioned ballroom and an
all-day dining restaurant. In 1903, when it first opened to guests,
a room with fans and attached bathrooms would cost ₹13.
On the night of 26 November
2008, ten Kalashnikov-wielding terrorists attacked Mumbai. They stuck
simultaneously at five locations, shooting dead 140 Indians and 25 foreign
tourists. American and British passport-holders were executed in two luxury
hotel complexes. At a Jewish cultural centre, Israeli nationals were tortured
before being killed. A fourth location, a café frequented by Western
backpackers, was enfiladed with automatic fire. At the ever crowded
city’s main railway station, the site of the largest number of deaths,
all the victims were Indian.
Treacherous cowardly
terrorists waging war with the Nation killing innocents. In the history of terrorism, the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks were
as innovative as the 9/11 attacks on the US. While passenger airplanes were
used for the first time as weapons of destruction during 9/11, the Mumbai
attacks saw an unprecedented feature of live operational control of terrorist
acts from foreign soil.
.. .. and how shameful was the response of Indian press and to a large
extent the then Government – there were live shows depicting the operations of
the Commandos providing live data feed to terror handlers elsewhere
! they utilized India’s free electronic media for
further killing and live feedback. Competitive Indian visual media covering the
Mumbai attacks beamed minute-to-minute details to the domestic audience which
served as a barometer of the damage inflicted on the Indian psyche and
resultant panic, the two vital aims of any terrorist group. It enabled the
Pakistani handlers to calibrate attacks using the cell phones of ground-level
terrorists.
Dr Manmohan Singh was the
Prime Minister when these attacks took place, Shivraj Patel was the Home
Minister, who resigned following widespread criticism of inept handling by the Govt, he took moral responsibility for
the security lapse and P Chidambaram took over as Home Minister.
In case you remember the Q on SAchidananda Sinha ! at the start - the Constituent Assembly of India was the legislature of the Dominion of India from its independence in August 1947 until 1950, when India became a republic. Best known for its creation of the Indian constitution, its members were mostly elected from the provinces of British India—with a third being nominated by princely states.
First formed in December 1946 as an advisory body aimed at drafting a constitution for a united and independent India eighteen months before the original June 1948 deadline for independence, it was given sovereign powers to legislate for the Dominion of India (excluding princely states that refused to accede to the Dominion) following partition and independence on 15 August 1947 and the abolition of the Imperial Legislative Council under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act 1947.
Sachchidananda Sinha (10 November 1871 – 6 March 1950) was an
Indian lawyer, statesman, administrator and educationist. He was the first
President of the Indian Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution of
India. He also served as the vice chancellor of Patna University, secretary of
the Indian National Congress, and deputy speaker of the Indian Legislative
Assembly. He, along with Mahesh Narayan, is considered to be the main
architects of the modern state of Bihar. On 9 December 1946, after the first
Constituent Assembly election, the first meeting of Constituent Assembly was
held in which Sinha was appointed as the temporary President of Constituent
Assembly as he was the eldest member, following the French Practice.
Nation still nurses its
wounds of that unfortunate day in 2008 when 10 Pakistani
terrorists arrived by sea route and opened fire indiscriminately at people
killing 166, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several others,
besides damaging property worth crores. The attack began on 26 November
and lasted until 29 November. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the
Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital,
the Nariman House Jewish community centre were some of the places targeted by
the terrorists. Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist captured alive. He was
hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.
26.11.2008 – a sad day it was for the
Nation.!
High respects and regards to our heroes – S. Sampathkumar
26.11. 2025
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