Friday 8 October 2021
Sunday 3 October 2021
Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister
3 Oct 1929, Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister 1923-1929 during Weimar Republic, died, aged 51. French foreign minister Aristide Briand, awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in 1926 for the policy of reconciliation & negotiation. What might have happened if he’d lived in the 1930s?
Max von Baden
3 Oct 1918, Max von Baden (1867-1929), prince, general & politician, appointed German Chancellor. Had worked for POWs welfare & opposed unrestricted submarine warfare. Sued for peace on Germany's behalf, approved Kaiser's removal & transferred power to SPD’s Friedrich Ebert.
Indian PM Lal Bahadur Shastri arrived at Tashkent for peace talks with Pakistan mediated by the USSR.
In January 1966, Indian PM Lal Bahadur Shastri arrived at Tashkent for peace talks with Pakistan mediated by the USSR. Tashkent in January was brutally cold. Shastri Ji only had his khadi woolen coat with him as a warm garment. Soviet premier Alexei Kosigyn observed this and felt that the Indian PM must be uncomfortable in the extreme cold. He ordered a Russian overcoat to be gifted to Shastri ji. At a formal function, he presented the coat to Shastri Ji as a mark of respect. Next day, Kosigyn noted Shastri ji was still wearing his khadi coat. A bit perplexed, he asked the prime minister what happened during a break in official events. Kosigyn was worried that Shastri Ji hadn't liked the present.
Saturday 2 October 2021
Mahatma Gandhi’s funeral rally . Delhi, 1948.
Mahatma Gandhi’s funeral rally. Delhi, 1948. If someone asks who was Gandhi and what was his contribution to the Freedom Struggle, show them this.
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