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How Old Delhi’s Randi ki Masjid got its name

There was a time, long ago, when ‘tawaif’ and ‘randi’ were not words proscribed from civil conversation. It was a time when women of art c...

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Dilip Kumar met an old gentleman in an aircraft. You wouldn't guess what happened next!

  An inspiring story of a simple yet extraordinary encounter on a plane.   Flights are much more than just ...

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The History Of Amritsari Kulcha, The Crispy Dish That's Punjab's Best Gift To The Food Lovers

Kulchas are synonymous with Amritsar, because the moment we ask for kulchas, we automatically attach Amritsar to the word. And, just like that our search for the ...

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Hidden Secrets of The Kailasa



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How ‘Gandhara’ Became ‘Kandahar’

Afghanistan’s epic history starts when it was an important region of ancient India called ‘Gandhara’.

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King Tutankhamun’s dagger is made of a metal from another world Original

Tutankhamun is one of the most mysterious pharaohs in Egyptian history.

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Sacred Trees of the Hindus

Trees being nature’s major processors of solar energy which is vital for our existence, and yielding flowers, fruit, wood or medicine, have been worshipped by...

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Indian Superman of 1962 War- He alone stopped Entire Chinese army and saved Arunachal Pradesh

Jaswant Singh set up tactical weapons at three different spots and fired them constantly for three days to keep the Chinese forces at bay.

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Today in History: Sept. 29

  Today’s Highlight in History:   On Sept. 29, 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular ar...

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Roopkund lake, The lake of skeletons…….

” The world is a book, those who do not travel read only one page. “

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THE GREATEST SPEECH EVER WRITTEN

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don&rsquo...

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The Untold Story of Kamlesh Kumari, the First Policewoman to Be Awarded Ashok Chakra

A group of five terrorists, all equipped with dangerous assault rifles shook Delhi when they attacked the Parliament house on the fateful day of 13th December 200...

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Marriages Are Made In Heaven?

The saying that ‘Marriages are made in Heaven’, may seem quaint, but it was never taken too literally even during its heyday. In its original sacramenta...

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20 Rare Pictures of Anil Ambani



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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose wanted ruthless dictatorship in India for 20 years

Recent allegations about a newly independent India under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru snooping on the kin of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is what conspiracy theorists and ...

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India’s textbooks were written with Nehru in mind. It rejected the past

In ‘The Great Hindu Civilisation’, former diplomat and Rajya Sabha MP Pavan Varma writes that India’s history books made little mention of great H...

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Today in History

  Today is Tuesday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2017. There are 103 days left in the year.   Today’s H...

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9 Old-Fashioned Dating Habits We Should Definitely Bring Back

Most of us are too young to know about old-fashioned dating habits. But if you’ve seen old movies, then you know men used to call a lady to ask her on a date ...

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Why do we have to die?

I recently read a cancer patient’s fear manual. It contained a combination of sheer fright and faithful submission to the breakdown of bodily functions. Her...

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Not think about to survive a day—world’s oldest conjoined twins flourish with resilience and sympathy!

The world record for the most seasoned conjoined twins was already set by Giacomo and Giovanni Tocci, who were conceived in Italy in 1877, and passed on in 1940 at ...

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The story of KGF: The cradle of India’s gold rush

The 2018 movie ‘KGF’, touted as the biggest Kannada movie of the year, pales in comparison to the real story of the Kolar Gold Fields.

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The Forgotten Quantum Indian

At the age of 21, Satyendra earned a master’s degree from the University of Calcutta and he did so by securing 92% marks a record which stands unbroken up t...

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What does your BINDI say about you

When an Indian woman decorates her forehead with sindoor or bindi, she is just following a tradition that goes back atleast 5,000 years. Wear a bindi or a decorat...

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India’s history with demonetisation: From 1946 to 2016

The whole country was taken aback when Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 announced that the currencies in the denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 will b...

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When pirate Henry Avery hijacked a Mughal ship, souring Aurangzeb’s ties with East India Company

Assurances that the pirates, though English, had nothing to do with the East India Company, did not convince the Mughal establishment.

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SILVER LINING IN TIGERS' STORY

Tigers are one of the mightiest animals and have fascinated mankind since forever. They have inspired literature, myths, legends, folklore, arts and films. However,...

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Battle Of Saragarhi - Where 21 Sikh Soldiers Killed 600 Afghans In The Greatest Last Stand Ever

Those who were fascinated with the movie '300' would be even more impressed by what a group of 21 young Sikh men did in the Battle of Saragarhi.

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