Darjeeling HPO inaugurated in 1921

 

Darjeeling is a small town and a famous hill station in the Indian state of West Bengal. The UNESCO heritage site Darjeeling Head Post Office heritage building is recorded as one of the oldest post office buildings in the region. This post office building was inaugurated on the 2nd of May, 1921.

The post office is located in the Municipal building on the Laden La Road, Darjeeling. The Municipality was established in 1850. This municipal building is also a heritage structure and yet another heritage building - HPO is nearby on the same road.

 

Satyajit Ray's Birth Anniversary

 

Satyajit Ray, born on 2 May 1921, in Calcutta [now Kolkata], was a Bengali motion-picture director, writer, and illustrator who brought the Indian cinema to world recognition with Pather Panchali (1955; The Song of the Road) and its two sequels, known as the Apu Trilogy. As a director, Ray was noted for his humanism, his versatility, and his detailed control over his films and their music. He was one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.

Leonardo da Vinci's Death Anniversary

 

Leonardo da Vinci, who passed away on 2 May 1519, aged 67, in Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France, was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose skill and intelligence, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495-98) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503-19) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time.

The unique fame that Leonardo enjoyed in his lifetime and that, filtered by historical criticism, has remained undimmed to the present day rests largely on his unlimited desire for knowledge, which guided all his thinking and behaviour. An artist by disposition and endowment, he considered his eyes to be his main avenue to knowledge; to Leonardo, sight was man’s highest sense because it alone conveyed the facts of experience immediately, correctly, and with certainty. Hence, every phenomenon perceived became an object of knowledge, and saper vedere (“knowing how to see”) became the great theme of his studies. He applied his creativity to every realm in which graphic representation is used: he was a painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer. But he went even beyond that. He used his superb intellect, unusual powers of observation, and mastery of the art of drawing to study nature itself, a line of inquiry that allowed his dual pursuits of art and science to flourish.

Baby Day

 

Baby Day is celebrated on May 2 to honour babies. They are adorable, soft and full of curiosity. A baby’s smile can light up a room, melt a heart, and give a whole new meaning to life. Babies are amazing; they instil a sense of hope and joy in you, inspiring you to improve yourself as a person. Everyone has babies around them: yours, a family member’s, a friend’s, or even a neighbour’s, and this is a day to learn how to care better for them. After all, they need all the love, care, and attention they can get.

Mario Miranda's Birth Anniversary

 

Mário João Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda, popularly known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, born on 2 May 1926, in Daman, Portuguese India, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim, Goa, India. He had been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic Times, though he got his popularity with his works published in the Illustrated Weekly of India. He was awarded India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 2012.