Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1842, when Alfred was nine years old, his mother (Andrietta Ahlsell) and brothers (Robert and Ludvig) moved to St. Petersburg, Russia to join Alfred’s father (Immanuel), who had moved there five years earlier. The following year,Continue Reading
The Jnanpith Award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizens in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs.2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze replica of Vagdevi. The Jnanpith Award wasContinue Reading
Mary Kom–The one and only boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six World Championships. Mangte Chungneijang Merykom also known as MC Mary Kom or Mary Kom, is a female boxer from Manipur, India.Mary Kom was born on March 1983 in Kangathei, CCpur Subdiv, Manipur. MaryContinue Reading
Quotation Quoted By 1 Swaraj is my Birth Right Bal Gangadhar Tilak 2 Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. G. B. Shaw 3 A thing of beauty is a joy forever John Keats 4 To be and not toContinue Reading
Field Person The first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel Miss. Arati Shah The first Indian to win world Billiards Trophy Wilson Jones The first to cross the Damelles by swimming Mihir Sen The first to conquer Everest Sherpa Tenzing (1953) The first to sail round the worldContinue Reading
The Mughal Empire of India : The Mughal era is the historic period of the Mughal Empire in India, it ran from the early sixteenth century, to a point in the early eighteenth century when the Mughal Emperors power had dwindled. It ended in several generations of conflicts between rivalContinue Reading
US Postal Service stamp on Mother Teresa: Nobel Prize winner Mother Teresa & legendary Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn has been chosen by US Postal Service for 2010 stamp programme. The stamp will go on sale on August 26, 2010, the birth day of Mother. She was an honorary US Citizen.Continue Reading
Geographical discoveries-Great explorers-Quiz 1. Who discovered Brazil? Ans: Pedro Alvarus Cabral 2.Who discoverd New Zealand? Ans:Abel Tasman 3. Who discoverd Philippines? Magellan 4.Who discovered the Cape of Good hope? Bartha lomio Diaz 5.Who discovered Australia? Captain Cook 6.Who discoverd America? Christopher Columbus 7. Who discovered a sea route to IndiaContinue Reading
Subhash Chandra Boss Bose, Subhash Chandra : better known as Netaji of Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army,INA), was a powerful nationalist leader and was also once elected President of the Indian National Congress. He gained much prominence for organising INA during world war II. In his speech, while inauguratingContinue Reading
Ibn-Batuta: was a great scholar and traveller from South Africa who came to India in 1333 A.D. during the reign of Mohammd Tughlaq and wrote about him. He described Mohammad Tughlak as the ‘won- der of the age’. He wrote that during the transfer of capital, Mohd- bin-Tughlak dragged evenContinue Reading
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