The Legend of Bhagat Singh is an Indian historical biographical film
directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and released in 2002. Singh, who
witnessed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as a child, was a socialist
revolutionary of the Hindustan Republic Association who fought for
Indian independence. The film features Ajay Devgn (pictured) as Singh,
Sushant Singh, D. Santosh and Akhilendra Mishra. The story and dialogue
were written by Santoshi and Piyush Mishra, respectively. The film was
released to generally positive reviews, with the direction, story,
screenplay, technical aspects and performances of Devgn and Sushant
receiving the most attention. Produced on a budget of
₹200–250 million (about US$4.15–5.18 million in 2002), the film
earned only ₹129.35 million at the box office. It went on to win two
National Film Awards – Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Actor for
Devgn – and three Filmfare Awards from eight nominations.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bhagat_Singh>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1936:
Nationalist rebels attempted a coup d'état against the Second
Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_coup_of_July_1936>
1981:
A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency
hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse, killing 114 people
and injuring 216 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse>
1992:
Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the
first modern street-running light rail system in the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink>
2007:
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crash-landed at the Congonhas Airport
in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people, the highest death toll of any
aviation accident in Brazil and the highest death toll of any accident
involving an Airbus A320 airliner.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Airlines_Flight_3054>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chancellor:
1. A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties,
sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or
justice.
2. The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
3. (Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal
officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving
ecclesiastical law.
4. (education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
5. (Britain) Short for Chancellor of the Exchequer.
6. (Scotland) The foreman of a jury.
7. (US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one
exercising equity jurisdiction).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chancellor>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And
gather honey all the dayFrom every opening flower!
--Isaac Watts
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Watts>