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Category: History

Life, Love & Death!

In a letter to one of his friends, he had mentioned that his fiancée's name on the envelope used to upset him. He did not even open the last letter received from his lover before leaving this world. His letters to his sweetheart were published 57 years after his demise. The Global Community is all set to mark his 225th Birth Anniversary in October 2020!

Imprints

A pair of fossilised human footprints have recently been discovered in Saudi Arabia. One might think what is new about its novelty… in fact, these footprints are nearly 120,000 years […]

From Head-Hunters To Happy Beings

The word ‘Zo’ refers to a cool mountainous area, while the term ‘Mizo’ means the residents of that area, and ‘Ram’ means Country in their local language! A recent survey […]

Social History & The Man

The Bard from Bengal (India) had once exclaimed: “I shall remain useless and frustrated!” However, some of the Historians are of the opinion that only the frustrated people could become […]

Triskaidekaphobia?

Mysteries, it may be said, are hidden at every nook and corner of Egypt! There, the Archaeologists recently discovered 13 coffins, all of which are nearly 2,500 years old. Those […]

Active Versus Passive Resistance…

Nowadays, a question, somehow, frequently pops up: Is there any need to prove the historical importance of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), and his Non-Violence […]

On A Prince!

The Mughal or Mogul Empire was an early-modern Empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th Centuries (1526-1857). Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor who had […]