Today’s History: Famous cartoon character Tintin was born, crores of copies of this comics have been sold all over the world

The famous cartoon character Tintin was born on this day in 1929. Tintin was published for the first time in a Belgian newspaper on 10 January 1929. The name of that first cartoon series of Tintin was ‘The Adventures of Tintin.’ Tintin is an adventurous reporter who travels around the world with his dog Snowy.

Tintin is a cartoon character who has a sharp wit, is honest, decent, and kind. He can defend himself. Through his investigative reporting, quick-thinking ability and his good nature, he is always able to solve mysteries and complete adventures.

The character of Tintin was created by Georges Remy.

The Tintin character was the brainchild of Belgian cartoonist Georges Remy. Georges is also known as Harje. Herze died in 1983 at the age of 76. Even after his death, the popularity of Tintin Comics did not decrease.

In 1954, Tintin had mentioned going to the moon in comics

Tintin’s first comic book, ‘Tintin in the Land of the Soviets’, was published in 1930. Since then Tintin Comics have been published in over 100 languages.

In 1954, Tintin’s magazine and comic book mentioned the departure of explorers on the Moon, 15 years before humans actually set foot on the Moon. The first man set foot on the Moon was in 1969 and Neil Armstrong became the first person to do so.

The Tintin cartoon was first published in a Belgian newspaper in 1929.

‘Tintin’ comics have sold 350 million copies

Tintin Comics has been translated into more than 100 languages ​​and has sold over 350 million copies. The special thing is that in George’s comics, Tintin solves mysteries by visiting different countries of the world, but surprisingly, Georges never went to the countries where Tintin goes to comics. A dog named Snowy also lives with Tintin.

Many films have also been made on Tintin. Five of these films were released when Georges was alive. Georges died in 1983. His last wish was that after his death no other artist should make comics on Tintin. There are a total of 24 comics printed on Tintin. The last comics came out in 1986.

first underground metro run

The world’s oldest underground metro rail was inaugurated on this day in 1863 in London. In 1853, the responsibility of this work was given to Chief Engineer Sir John Fowler. For the first time after 10 years, the first underground metro ran between Paddington and Farringdon Street stations.

The first metro train in India was started in Kolkata in 1984. After this, metro service started in the country’s capital Delhi in 2002. After this, metro services have started in many cities of the country including Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow.

Important events of 10 January in India and the world

2006: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the celebration of World Hindi Day on 10 January every year.

1987: The first ferry expedition to circumnavigate the globe was completed in Mumbai.

1975: The first World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur.

1974: Actor Hrithik Roshan was born.

1972: After spending more than nine months in a Pakistani prison, Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman arrived in Bangladesh to become an independent nation.

1946: Representatives of 51 nations attended the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in London.

1940: Indian singer and classical musician KJ Yesudas was born.

1912: Emperor George V and Queen Mary set sail from India.

1908: Hindi essayist and litterateur Padmanarayan Rai was born.

1886: Born John Mathai, Indian educationist, economist and jurist.

1836: Professor Madhusudan Gupta studied the internal structure of the human body for the first time.

1818: The third and final battle took place at Rampura between the Maratha army and the British army.

1692: Job Carnock, the founder of Calcutta, passed away in Calcutta.

1616: British Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe met Mughal Emperor Jahangir in Ajmer.