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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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24th August 1608: The First Representative of the East India Company Lands in Surat.

The East India Company was a British joint stock company founded in 1600 to carry out the trade with the East Indies (a term used to refer to South and South East...

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When a handful of salt shook an Empire!

Today, 89 years ago, Bapu embarked on the iconic Dandi March. Though aimed at protesting unfair Salt Laws, Dandi March shook the foundations of colonial rule and be...

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28 Shocking Facts about Ashoka

In this post I will share 28 amazingly shocking facts about Ashoka.   Our history text books in school teach us that Ashoka was...

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3400-Year-Old Ancient Palace Revealed After Reservoir Dries Up In Iraq

After water levels fell in drought-hit Kurdistan, locals found remains of a 3400-year-old palace.  

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Here's The Story Behind Langar, The Tradition Of Selfless Service That Binds India Together

For any child who has grown up in India, irrespective of religion, langar has been a part of life. Whenever someone talks about visiting the gurudwara, it is an u...

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What Gandhi really thought about guns

Those familiar with pro-gun activists know that they love a good quote. Do some surfing on pro-gun websites and you will find a cottage industry of quotations from ...

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यहां हुआ था रावण के ब्राह्मण पिता को राक्षसी से प्यार, जानिए FACTS

नोएडा के पास स्थित बिसरख गांव में मिलता है राक्षस राज रावण का इतिहास।  

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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 Bengali artist who popularised the ‘wet sari effect’ and invented a new genre of figure painting

Through his intimate works, Hemen Mazumdar changed the way women were depicted in Indian art.

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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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History of Prisons

From the birth of modern civilization in 3rd millennia BC, almost every major ancient civilization used concept of prisons as a mean to detain and remove personal f...

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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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Today in History: Sept. 15

Today is Friday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2017. There are 107 days left in the year.   Today’s Highlight in History:

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30 DARK FACTS ABOUT MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi – and mind it, he was not a Mahatma in any sense) was actually a racist and a mean person. If he...

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Today in History: Oct. 25

  Today’s Highlight in History:   On Oct. 25, 1854, the “Charge of the Light Brigade” too...

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The East India Company: The original corporate raiders

For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant...

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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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The changing map of India from 1 AD to the 20th century

Battles were fought, territories were drawn and re-drawn. An amateur historian has caught these shifts in a series of maps.

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Nine forms of Goddess Durga



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Five Indian inventions that you have probably never heard of

The zero and chess are well known India’s contributions to the world, but here are some of the many lesser-known modern inventions by Indians that are makin...

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Why letter-writing still holds relevance in this day and age

Two new books, one by former Indian minister K Natwar Singh, and the other by prize-winning international bestselling author Simon Sebag Montefiore, rekindle the jo...

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The Partition of Bengal: Supported by all sections of Bengali Hindus to protect their own lives and identity

The study of history is for learning the right course of action to unveil a bright future. West Bengal was founded as a homeland for Hindu Bengalis. No Bangladeshi ...

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SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION ON IT'S VERGE

The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned. More than 30% of animals with a backbone &mdash...

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My camera had ‘evidence’ of Babri Masjid demolition, but it was consigned to bin of history

I know what I saw on 5 December 1992, in Ayodhya. My camera was witness to the rehearsal that was undertaken by the kar sevaks.  

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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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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's 123rd birth anniversary, history and other facts

In 1943, Netaji traveled to Tokyo, Japan via submarines and formed a trained army of about 40,000 troops as the Indian National Army, which was first formed under...

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