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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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Interesting facts about the history of Indian currency that might intrigue you

Ancient Indians were among the earliest issuers of coins in the world with the history of Indian currency dating back centuries. However, paper currency was intro...

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Why No Cities or Temples Came Up on the Banks of Chambal River?

For many Chambal region in India is associated with dacoits. The isolation of the area is associated with a curse of Draupadi. The curse is also the reason why ther...

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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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The WWI 'Dazzle' Camouflage Strategy Was So Ridiculous It Was Genius

If you can't hide from the enemy, confuse them.

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Rakesh Sharma: Our First Space Man

IAF officer Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma flew aboard a Soyuz T11 spacecraft on April 2, 1984, and became the first Indian to journey into space. He spent 7 days, 21 hour...

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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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Who Is to Blame for Partition? Above All, Imperial Britain

LONDON — Seventy years ago this week, India and Pakistan became independent from the British Empire. The celebrations were cut short as the...

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What is Ramadan : Brief about Celebration & Cultural events

The holy month of Islamic calendar began on the evening of Tuesday, May 15 and end on Thursday June 14, 2018. The month will last for 29 days and will be celebrat...

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Mystery of Pompeii Lakshmi: The 2000-YO Link Between India & the Roman Empire!

Unearthed by Amedeo Maiuri in 1938, an Italian scholar, Pompeii Lakshmi is an ivory statuette that lays testimony to the intensity of Indo-Roman trade relations dat...

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It`s a man`s world: Women scarce in Nobel Prize annals

  While the number of women Nobel laureates has risen in recent decades -- from just four between 1901, the first year of the prizes, and 1920...

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A newborn kangaroo is about as long as a paperclip

The kangaroo is a marsupial. A distinctive characteristic common to marsupials is that, with most, the young are carried around in a pouch. They are mainly found in...

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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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Why should women not go out with loose hair ?

It is a common scene nowadays with women in every corner of the world trying to beautify themselves by leaving loose hair; some even go to the extent of styling the...

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Watch: This giant crab hunting and killing a seabird is the stuff nightmares are made of

Who’d have thought a crab capable of such violence?

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Elusive Yeti is actually a bear, says new study

PARIS: Legend-slaying scientists on Wednesday dismantled the myth of the abominable snowman, the towering yet furtive half-human rumoured for centu...

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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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Life of Chanakya

Whenever I speak to friends about Kautilya or his master piece Arthashastra, they look at me sheepishly, as if asking why I wanted to talk about that smart teacher ...

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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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What Happened on October 5

Significant Events 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy and other Catholic countries 1789 French Revolution: Women of Paris m...

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HOW THE THREE NATIONAL ANTHEMS OF INDIA, BANGLADESH AND SRI LANKA MET IN UNION…THANKS TO TAGORE

What was once merely a rumour that flowed through the Tagorean grapevine has recently been proved to be a blissful reality bringing joy to many Tagore devotees. T...

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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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How Measles Helped Destroy the Hawaiian Monarchy

The death of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu was a harbinger of disaster.

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13 Facts About The Life Of Osho, The Indian Mystic

  Osho, the Indian mystic, spiritual guru or sex guru (for some) had an immense impact on the culture and religion of India. Although, origina...

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The richest man in history, the world has forgotten

If Jacob Fugger was alive today, even then Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim are richer than the world's four big aristocrats.

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Five Beaches In Goa You Need To Hit Up For Dolphin-Spotting

  We love Goa, and spotting dolphins skipping through the waves, carefree and unrestricted has always been the cherry on our cake, and makes f...

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