What are some of the lesser known events in Indian History?

 Story of Pandavas's Aagyatvas, when Bheem creates bhim kund.

Bhim Kund, which is located in Bajna village, about 70 km from Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

It is said about this Kund that in the Mahabharata period, when the Pandavas were on the Aagyatvas and wandering here and there for water, but they got no water anywhere. Then Bhima made this Kund by hitting the ground with his mace (gada) and quenched their thirst. It is said that this Kund of 40-80 meters is like a Mace(Gada) in view.

It seems quite ordinary to see this Kund, but its specialty will surprise you. It is said about this Kund that whenever there is a natural calamity (flood, hurricane, tsunami) occurring in the Asian continent, the water of the Kund automatically increases.

It is also said that , from the local administration to foreign scientists have tried to find the depth of this mysterious pool, but everyone is disappointed.

It is said that once foreign scientists had sent a camera up to 200 meters underwater to find the depth of the pool, but still the depth could not be found. It is also said about this Kund that its water is as pure as that of the Ganges and it never spoils, while the normally stagnant water slowly starts to deteriorate.

Even today, scientists do not have any answer as to what is the depth of the Kund and whenever a catastrophe is coming, why does the water level of this tank rise?

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Can you name some of the most miraculous events in aviation history?

 The most cool-headed address to passengers on a plane in distress.

This was said by Eric Moody, the captain of a Boeing 747 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Perth on June 24, 1982. All four engines had stalled due to the ash from a volcano that had suddenly erupted.

Eric Moody turned on the loudspeaker:

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is the captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines on our plane have stalled. We are doing our best to restart them. I hope this is not causing you too much concern."

British Airways Flight 9 was a long-haul service from London Heathrow to Auckland, New Zealand, with scheduled stops in Bombay (now Mumbai), Kuala Lumpur, Perth, and Melbourne. The flight that night was routine—at first.

The aircraft, with registration G-BDXH, departed Kuala Lumpur just before midnight local time. On board were 247 passengers and 16 crew members. Captain Eric Moody was in command, accompanied by First Officer Roger Greaves and Senior Engineer Officer Barry Townley-Freeman.

A strange sight at 37,000 feet

Cruising at 37,000 feet over the Indian Ocean south of Java, the crew noticed an unusual visual phenomenon. The windscreen appeared to be lit by a strange, white, starlike glow. Soon after, passengers observed flashes outside the windows, resembling fireworks.

The engines were eventually restarted. But while the plane was flying through a cloud of volcanic ash, its livery had been erased, and the windshield had become opaque. It was impossible to land using the instruments; they had failed.

Despite this, the plane was able to land by looking through narrow slits in the windshield. None of the 263 people on board were injured.

What are the most interesting but little known historical events?

 Many of you would remember this picture (North & South Towers of the World Trade Center, September 11 attacks, 2001).

This interesting and absolutely amazing story is about a person who saved thousands of lives on that day. The man anticipated 9/11 attacks long before the attacks actually took place. The story was shared with us by a faculty member during one of our recent training programs on safety practices.

Bob Scott, the president & COO of Morgan Stanley, while speaking at Harvard Business School, once said the 9/11 attacks were a milestone more than any other for them. (Leadership on 9/11: Morgan Stanley's Challenge). It might intrigue you as to why he was referring to the 9/11 attacks as a milestone. So here is the fact, Morgan Stanley was the largest tenant in the World Trade Center Towers at that time with approximately 2700 employees but they lost just six employees that very day. The person to be thanked for this, was Rick Rescorla.

Rick Rescorla was a former Vietnam War veteran and a retired U.S. Army officer. He was also a private security specialist who eventually became Director of Security at Morgan Stanley at the World Trade Towers. Due to some reasons, Rick always felt that the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) were highly prone to terrorist attacks. One of his friends, Daniel Hill, was trained in counter terrorism. In 1990, he invited his friend Hill to visit the World Trade Center to get an assessment of its security. When Rescorla asked Hill how he would attack the building if he were a terrorist, Hill said that he would drive a truck full of explosives in the basement, walk out, and light it off (Rick Rescorla - Wikipedia ). They both submitted reports about it to the authorities but they were ignored. And in 1993 in similar fashion, a truck filled with explosives detonated below the North Tower. (1993 World Trade Center bombing) This was the first attempt by Al-Qaeda to attack the WTC.

After this incident, Rescorla gained more credibility and authority. He wanted the company out of that building because he continued to feel, as did Hill, that the World Trade Center was still prone to terrorist attacks, and that the next attack could involve a plane crashing into one of the towers due to their height. However, the company could not move out of the towers as they had lease agreements, hence Rescorla used to make all employees, including senior executives, practice emergency evacuation drills every three months. He told the employees that they needed to empower themselves through surprise/mock fire drills in order to counter any emergency in the future. Rescorla's strict approach to these drills also put him into conflict with some high-powered executives and employees, but still he kept on insisting for regular drills.

After all that, the day came on 11 September 2001 when the World Trade Center was under attack. And it’s a fact, when any emergency occurs then our mind doesn't work instead our habits help us. In an emergency, we do what we have been doing regularly. So when the attacks unravelled, Morgan Stanley employees were already prepared for evacuation at once as they had been trained for such scenario over the years. Within no time, Rescorla managed to evacuate most employees. After most Morgan Stanley employees were successfully evacuated, someone told him that he too had to evacuate the building; to that he replied that he would evacuate himself out as soon as he makes sure that everyone else was out (Rick Rescorla - Wikipedia). Shortly the South Tower (he was in the South Tower) collapsed, and his remains were never found. He was declared dead after three weeks. Such a HERO! He saved 2700 lives on 11th September 2001 during the attacks. This story underlines the importance of such disaster contingency drills/plans but ironically, in India we don’t take such drills seriously.

Moral: "If you wait for a crisis to begin to lead, it’s too late."
~ Bob Scott.

P.S This year, the late Rick Rescorla was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by U.S. President Donald Trump for his extraordinary sacrifice.

Credits: Rick Rescorla - Wikipedia (some text taken from Wikipedia)

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