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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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History of Hindi

A friend of mine from Bihar told me what we considered as the national language Hindi was indeed a form of the Khariboli of Delhi. The Hindi they spoke was differ...

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First Turkish Invasion of The Deccan

Name of the Battle: The First Turkish Invasion of The Deccan Venue: South India, including the Deccan

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Afghanistan: The Legacy of the British Empire. A Brief History

A brief review of the recent history of Afghanistan explains some of the background pertaining to today’s crisis in the country.  ...

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Story of Goa's freedom, a forgotten fight of independence

While India attained independence from the British Raj on 15 August, 1947, Goa was still languishing under four and a half century of Portuguese rule. The Portugues...

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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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Revolutionary ideas that live on

Bhagat Singh’s intellectual bequest should be a beacon of light to build a new India  

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Today in History: Oct. 4

  Today is Tuesday, Oct. 4, the 278th day of 2016. There are 88 days left in the year.   Today’s High...

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Lakshmibai drank, was promiscuous, British historians wrote. Then Savarkar changed it all

In 'A Begum & A Rani: Hazrat Mahal and Lakshmibai in 1857', historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee locates the stories of the prominent women in Indian his ...

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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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Battle of Saragarhi explained: When 21 men fought thousands

Why is it considered one of the finest last stands in the military history of the world? The Indian Express explains.

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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Veteran Photojournalist Raghu Rai Describes How ‘Corporate Crime’ Looked Like 34 Years Ago

Thirty Four years ago, world’s worst industrial disaster till date hit the central Indian city of Bhopal. On the night of December 02, people...

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Dinosaur-Era Shark With 300 Teeth Still Swims the Ocean. Here's Proof

The 80-million year-old shark was caught off the Algarve coast in Portugal recently, by a group of European Union researchers from a depth of 701 metres off the sea...

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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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5 crazy inventions from the mind of Nikola .

Matthew Inman, proprietor of web comic The Oatmeal, is on a mission to build a crowd-funded museum dedicated to inventor Nikola Tesla, who Inman refers to as "...

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Google honours Nobel Laureate Har Gobind Khorana with a doodle

Noted scientists Har Gobind Khorana is known for his work in the field of DNA and for constructing the first artificial gene. Today's google doodle honours the ...

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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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Basavanna: a complete life history

a complete life history of lord Basavanna with all the details one should know as a veerashaiva lingayat.  

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Do-piyaza, blood-spitting paan, camels — The ‘bizarre’ food of Mughals in Western travelogues

In 'Tasting Difference', Gitanjali Shahani writes about the Mughal foods and traditions that early Western travellers considered 'ugly' and distur...

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Caste Not Decided by Birth



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Ghevar- The Festive Treat



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The myth of Birbal and Akbar

This could come as a surprise to all of you.  

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History of Nalanda University

History of Nalanda University

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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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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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Battle of Dewair/Diver (1582) – When Maharana Pratap defeated Mughals

Battle of Dewair (1582)

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Malayalis and China? A documentary shows that the connection is older than you think

Joe Thomas Karackattu’s ‘Guli’s Children’ searches for the descendants of a Malayali family that travelled from Calicut to China in the 14th...

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