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Kolar Gold Fields ( KGF )

Kolar Gold Fields is the 2 nd deepest mine on the earth having the depth of 3 KM.

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Baan Sthamb - Amazing India

There is a fascinating mystery called “Baan Stambh” in the ancient Somnath Temple in Gujarat.

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जब हिटलर ने पोलैंड पर आक्रमण करके द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की शुरुआत की...

जब हिटलर ने पोलैंड पर आक्रमण कर के द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की शुरुआत की... तो उस समय पोलैंड के सैनिकों ने अपने देश की 500 महिलाओं और लगभग 200 बच्चों को एक जहाज़ में बै...

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Ancient footprints re-write humanity's history in the Americas

The findings push back the date at which the continent was colonised by its first inhabitants by thousands of years

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10 LESSER-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT GREAT DISASTERS IN HUMAN HISTORY

History says humanity has survived disasters – at times man-made, at times natural ones. With time, some have become notable but well-known episodes to mentio...

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How Britain tried to 'erase' India's third gender

In August 1852, a eunuch called Bhoorah was found brutally murdered in northern India's Mainpuri district.

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Dinpanah and Shergarh of Purana Qila: Why 2 rival kings chose the same site to raise cities

The second Mughal emperor, Humayun, built Dinpanah and died there on his way from Lahore to Agra in 1556. The site was appropriated by Sher Shah Suri for Shergarh a...

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10 Facts We Bet You Didn't Know About Chandra Shekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad, popularly known as 'Azad', was born on 23 July 1906 in the Jujhautiya Brahmins family of Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi in B...

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Ghevar- The Festive Treat



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The Reason behind Why a noble prize winner , William Golding once said that "I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men".

Lord of the Flies author William Golding once said that "I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men". Sir William Gerald Goldin...

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10 Facts you should know about Guru Arjun Dev ji’s Martyrdom

Today is martyrdom day of 5th Guru Shri Guru Arjun Dev ji.   1o things you should definitely know about the torture and martyrd...

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Napoleon in France and Tsar Paul I in Russia wanted to invade India. What stopped them?

An excerpt from ‘Mapping The Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in Nineteenth-century Asia’, by Riaz Dean.  

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Saffron paradox: Hindutva supporters seem determined to prove that Jinnah was right

Pakistan’s founder feared that Muslims in India would be shut out of power. As it turns out, Muslim representation in the Lok Sabha is at an all-time low....

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16 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Mahatma Gandhi

  We all know Mahatma Gandhi as the man who led our country to freedom. But we know little about some smaller and more astonishing facts about...

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51 Mind-Blowing Facts About Life, The Universe, And Everything.

  1. The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system.   2. Humans can distinguish between at...

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Baan Sthamb - Amazing India

There is a fascinating mystery called “Baan Stambh” in the ancient Somnath Temple in Gujarat.

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The guide that explains how leaving your hair untied brings you sexual (and evil) thoughts

The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has some thoughts on policing women's hair. But they are not the only ones.  

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8 JAN 1025 SULTAN MAHMOOD DESTROYS SOOMNATH TEMPLE.

  Mahmud Ghazni’s Invasions of India Name of the Battle: Mahmud Ghazni’s Invasions of India Venue: Vario...

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10 LESSER-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT GREAT DISASTERS IN HUMAN HISTORY

History says humanity has survived disasters – at times man-made, at times natural ones. With time, some have become notable but well-known episodes to mentio...

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The 15 Prime Ministers of India: Meet the 'movers and shakers' of the country

List of the Prime Ministers of India till date.   Since independence, India has progressed rapidly under the guidance of our dy...

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Top 7 Extinct Human Species



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The myth of Birbal and Akbar

This could come as a surprise to all of you.  

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

An influential leader in the Indian independence movement and political heir of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru became the nation’s first prime minister in 1...

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Grandma Gatewood: The Celebrated Woman Who made History Hiking the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail Three Times in Her Old Age

The Appalachian Trail is a 3,500 km hiking trail that stretches from Georgia to Maine. It started as a dream idea by Benton Mackaye and cuts across 14 states of the...

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Gandhi Jayanti: Mahatma Gandhi on the birth of khadi

Gandhi Jayanti: In this excerpt from The Story of My Life by MK Gandhi, an abridged biography of Mahatma Gandhi, published by Scholastic India, the Father of the ...

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In 1926 Nikola Tesla Predicted And Described The Smartphone

If there was ever a fortune teller in the field of technology, it was Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). He had an eerily accurate vision which direction modern technology w...

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Santa Claus is real but dead: Archaeologists say they’ve found his tomb in Turkey

Archaeologists claim to have discovered the tomb of Saint Nicholas -- whose habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the legend of Santa Claus -- beneath the ruins ...

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20 Natural Wonders In India That Are Incredible!

India is an abode of nature’s fabulous creations and unexplained mysteries. A country of a large topographic diversity and natural wonders, India is the most ...

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Today in History: Sept. 22

  Here's a look at things that have happened on Sept. 22.   Today is Friday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of...

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A history of patriarchy

Let's be clear that Sabarimala has to do with a religious practice associated with a God who is considered to be significant from the point of view of the cel...

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THE ANCIENT AYURVEDIC WRITINGS

The Great Three Classics of Ayurveda

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