International Year Millets stamp released by India post on 18 March 2023.
Millets have been an integral part of our diet for centuries. In addition to a plethora of health benefits, millets are also good for the environment with low water & input requirement. With the aim to create awareness and increase production & consumption of millets, United Nations, at the behest of the Government of India, declared 2023 the International Year Millets.
Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress and producer who worked in Hindi-language films. She ranked as one of the highest-paid entertainers in India in the post-independence era, that coincided with the rise of Indian cinema on global levels.[2][3] In a career spanning more than 20 years, Madhubala was predominantly active for only a decade but had appeared in over 60 films by the time of her death in 1969.
On 18 March 2008, Indian Post issued a commemorative postage stamp featuring Madhubala, that was launched by her surviving family members and co-stars;the only other Indian actress that was honoured in this manner was Nargis, at that point of time.
Rudolf Diesel, born on 18 March 1858, was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine, and for his suspicious death at sea. Diesel was the namesake of the 1942 film Diesel.
Diesel Engine Day is celebrated annually on February 23. Did you know that diesel engines today, power all sorts of things including heavy construction machinery, farm tractors, trucks, marine vessels, buses, and locomotives? They are even turned into power generators at offices, airports, and hospitals. It is simply impossible to imagine our current world without this unique power system, hence the reason why it is more than deserving of its own day.
The invention of this engine is credited to Rudolf Diesel, an engineer, who was granted a patent for the diesel engine on February 23, 1893. He came up with the engine after setting out to improve the efficiency of the Otto engine, a large, single-cylinder, four-stroke engine developed back in the 1870s.
Rudolf Diesel, passed away on 29 September 1913.
On 18 March 1571 Valletta is made the capital city of Malta
Valletta is an administrative unit and the capital of Malta. Located on the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population within administrative limits in 2014 was 6,444.According to the data from 2020 by Eurostat, the Functional Urban Area and metropolitan region covered the whole island and has a population of 480,134.Valletta is the southernmost capital of Europe,and at just 0.61 square kilometres (0.24 sq mi), it is the European Union's smallest capital city. The city is noted for its fortifications, consisting of bastions, curtains and cavaliers, along with the beauty of its Baroque palaces, gardens and churches.
Observed every year on March 18th in India, the Ordnance Factories’ Day marks the day when the oldest Ordnance Factory in the country, located at Cossipore in Kolkata, West Bengal was established in 1802. It is on this day that the Ordnance Factory, Small Arms Factory, Field Gun Factory, Ordnance Equipment Factory as well as the Ordnance Parachute Factory all celebrate with great pomp and excitement.
