Today’s history: 73 years ago Israel became the only Jewish country in the world, the first war had to be fought within 24 hours of its formation

Israel is such a country that even after being surrounded by enemies, they have kept their noses up. In area, this country is smaller than India’s Kerala, today in every respect, it is ahead of the big countries of the world. The name of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad leaves the sweat of the enemies. On this day in 1948, Israel declared itself an independent nation.

The size of Israel in the world map today has a long history behind it. Turkey used to be the Ottoman Empire instead of Israel. After the defeat of Turkey in World War I, the area was occupied by Britain. Britain was a big power at that time and till the Second World War this area remained under British occupation. In the Second World War, America and the Soviet Union emerged as two new powers. Britain suffered a lot in this war. In 1945, Britain handed over the area to the United Nations.

In 1947, the United Nations divided this area into two parts. One Arab state and one Israel. The city of Jerusalem was placed under the management of the international government. Israel declared its independence the very next year. With this, a powerful country in the world was formed on this day in 1948.

As soon as Israel declared its independence, within 24 hours of it, the combined forces of Arab countries attacked it. This battle was definitely difficult for Israel, but he did not lose his courage. This fight continued for the next one year. As a result, the armies of the Arab countries were defeated.

With the end of the war, the first election for the 120-member parliament of Israel was held on 25 January 1949, in which citizens participated enthusiastically and David Ben Gurion was elected the country’s first prime minister. At present, more than 40% of the world’s total Jewish population lives in Israel. Israel is the only Jewish country in the world.

1955: Treaty of Warsaw

Presidential Palace of Warsaw. It was here that the Treaty of Warsaw was signed.

After the end of World War II in 1945, the Soviet Union and America were two new powers in front of the world. The cold war had started between these two. Both the countries wanted to prove themselves powerful. For this, both of them started making lobby. In 1948, the Soviet Union refused to withdraw its forces from Eastern Europe and placed a blockade of Berlin.

This move of the Soviet Union shocked the countries of Europe including America and they took the initiative to form an organization to stop the Soviet Union. This included many countries including America, France and the UK. Today this organization is known as NATO.

When the Soviet Union saw that countries were being organized against it, it also decided to form a similar organization. The Soviet Union signed the Warsaw Pact in 1955, taking along some countries of Eastern Europe. It was the Soviet Union’s own organization in response to America’s NATO. Apart from the Soviet Union, it included 7 other countries. It was said in the treaty that in the event of an attack on any country of the organization, the rest of the countries would help it. During this, the Cold War continued between the countries of NATO and the Soviet Union. The treaty was terminated at a meeting held in Hungary on 25 February 1991.

1984: Birth of the father of Facebook

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was born on this day in 1984. During his visit to India in 2015, Zuckerberg also visited the Taj Mahal.

A Harvard University student launched a website on 4 February 2004. His motive behind this was that the students of the university should connect with each other. This idea worked. The very next day, more than a thousand students registered on that site. This was just the beginning. Today there are more than 2 billion users on that website. The name of that student was – Mark Zuckerberg, whose birthday is today.

Over 2.5 lakh students registered on Facebook in the next 4 months. As a result, Zuckerberg had to leave his university studies midway to take over Facebook. By the end of this year, the number of active users on Facebook has crossed 1 million.

In 2006, Facebook was made open to everyone over the age of 13. After this, Facebook progressed at rocket speed. In 2012, Facebook became the first social media site in the world on which the number of active users crossed 10 million. Today Facebook is the largest social media site in the world and Zuckerberg is the 5th richest person in the world.

For what other reasons is this day remembered in history?

2013: Brazil recognized same-sex marriage.

2010: There were 22 agreements between India and Russia for trade and investment in many areas including defence, nuclear energy, space.

1991: Winnie Mandela, wife of South African leader Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to six years in prison for kidnapping four youths.

1981: Indian inventor and computer scientist Pranav Mistry was born.

1981: NASA launched the Space Vehicle S-192.

1973: The US Supreme Court upholds equal rights for women in the military.

1973: Skylab, America’s first space station, was launched.

1923: Mrinal Sen, a famous producer and director of Indian films, was born.

1796: Edward Jenner gave the first dose of small pox vaccine.