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Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam: A Legend

A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the eleventh President of India, who was in the office from 2002 to 2007. Popularly known as the People’s President, Mr. Kalam is famous because he was not only a politician but he is also a scientist, an engineer, a writer, and a scholar. The successes that he achieved started with very humble beginnings; the son of a boatman in a small village in Tamilnadu who sold newspapers to support his school education. Early days Mr. Kalam was born in a village called Rameshwaram on October 15th 1931 and his father was a boatman who rented boats to the local fishermen. As a young boy Kalam was intrigued and fascinated by Nature and its power. This is evident in his books where he has mentioned the annihilation of his native place, a small village called Dhanushkodi, by a storm. Career Although he started as a newspaper vendor when he was a kid, Dr Kalam’s career “skyrocketed” as he became a scientist and an engineer. He helped in the management of projects for d

10 Things You Didn’t know about Mahatma Gandhi

Father of the nation or ‘Bapu’ as he is lovingly called in India, spent his life working for the cause of freeing India for the British rule. Some believes that Gandhi policies still play a major role while some believes that Gandhi has no relevance today from the perspective of present Indian Scenario. Well I am not here to judge this. I have made a brief effort to let you know some facts about Mahatma Gandhi that may not be known to you, but they are quite interesting and surprising. Following are the 10 things you didn’t know about Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi always had a set of false teeth which he carried in a fold of his linen cloth. He used that set only when he wanted to eat. After meal he would again took the set of teeth out and put them back in his loin cloth. He was educated at London University and became an attorney. But the first time while making a speech in court, he was nervous and his knees trembled. He was also so frightened that he sat down with confusion and d

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Shaheed Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh a great martyr of Punjab, popularly referred as Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagt Singh, was born on 28 September 1907 at the village of Banga, Lyallpur district (now in Pakistan). Considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He had a spirit of martyrdom since his childhood. In the leaflet he threw in the Central Assembly on 9 April 1929, he stated that It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled while the ideas survived. Less known facts about Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh was a great actor in college and took part in several plays. Most notable plays he was praised in were ‘Rana Pratap’, ‘Samrat Chandragupta’ and ‘Bharata-durdasha’. At the age of 12, right after the Jalianwala Bagh incident, Bhagat Singh bunked school and went straight to the place of the tragedy. He collected a bottle of mud wet with blood of Indians and worship the bottle every day. As a child, Bhagat Singh often

वेंकटेश्वर मंदिर, तिरुमाला, आन्ध्र प्रदेश | Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala

ऐसा कहा जाता है की भारत कई सारे मंदिरों का देश है। देश की किसी भी शहर के रस्ते पर कही ना कही मंदिर दिखाई देता है। वैसेही आन्ध्र प्रदेश के तिरुमाला शहर में भगवान वेंकटेश्वर – Venkateswara Temple का काफ़ी मशहुर मंदिर है। वेंकटेश्वर मंदिर, आन्ध्र प्रदेश – Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala उस मंदिर को सभी वैष्णव मंदिर से भी जानते है। यह मंदिर पूरी तरह से विष्णु भगवान के अवतार भगवान श्री वेंकटेश्वर को समर्पित है। मंदिर को तिरुपति मंदिर, तिरुमाला मंदिर, तिरुपति बालाजी मंदिर नाम से भी लोग बुलाते है। इस मंदिर की बहुत सी कथाएं जुडी हैं उनमें से एक कहानी के अनुसार एक बार भगवान विष्णु की पत्नी देवी लक्ष्मी भगवान से नाखुश होकर कुछ कारणवश पृथ्वी पर रहने के लिए चली जाती है। जहा देवी रहा करती थी उस जगह को आज कोल्हापुर कहते है। देवी उन्हें छोड़कर चली गयी देखकर भगवान विष्णु को भी बहुत दुःख होता है और वो भी तिरुमाला में रहने के लिए आ जाते है। पृथ्वीपर आने के बाद वो ध्यान करने में लग जाते है और कुछ समय के बाद उनके चारो तरफ़ चीटियों का घर बन जाता है। यह सब देखकर भगवान शिव और ब्रह्मा विष्णु को दूध द

26 जनवरी का इतिहास | 26 January Today Historical Events

26 जनवरी यानि “ गणतंत्र दिवस ” भारत वासियों के लिए बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण दिन हैं। इतिहास में आज के दिन भारत में क्या हुआ था, यह सबको पता हैं लेकिन आज के दिन यानि 26 जनवरी के दिन देश विदेश के इतिहास क्या हुआ था। यह जानना भी हमारे लिए उतनाही महत्वपूर्ण हैं इसलिए आज के इतिहास की महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं के बारेमें जानकारी हम आपके लिए लाये है। ताकि आपका ज्ञान और बढ़ सके। तो आईये जानते हैं आज का इतिहास। 26 जनवरी की महत्त्वपूर्ण घटनाएँ – Important events of January 26 फ्रांस ने इंग्लैड के ख़िलाफ़ 1666 में युद्ध की घोषणा की। हांगकांग 1841 में ब्रिटिश कब्जे में चला गया। ब्रिटिश जनरल चार्ल्स गार्डन 1845 में सूडान में मारे गये। दक्षिण अफ्रीका में 1905 में हुयी खुदाई में दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा 3106 कैरेट का हीरा कलिनन मिला। ब्रिटिश शासन के अंतर्गत भारत में 1930 में पहली बार स्वराज दिवस मनाया गया। 1931 में ‘सविनय अवज्ञा आंदोलन’ के दौरान ब्रिटिश सरकार से बातचीत के लिए महात्मा गांधी रिहा किया गया। ऑस्ट्रिया और हंगरी ने 1931 में ‘शांति संधि’ पर हस्ताक्षर किये। पौलैंड और जर्मनी के बीच 1934 में दस वर

भारत के बारे में कुछ रोचक तथ्य | interesting facts about india in hindi

भारत देश का इतिहास बहूत पुराना हैं। हमारा भारत देश बहुत ही विविधताओं से भरा हैं। वैसेही बहुत से रोचक तथ्ये भी हैं। आज हम यहाँ भारत के बारे में कुछ रोचक तथ्य – Interesting Facts about India जानने जिन्हें पढ़कर आप हैरान हो जाओंगे – भारत के बारे में कुछ रोचक तथ्य – interesting facts about india in hindi 1. चाइना और USA के बाद भारत के पास दुनिया की तीसरी सबसे सक्रीय आर्मी है। 2. वैटिकन सिटी और मक्का दोनों को मिलाकर जितने दर्शक यहाँ आते है उससे कयी ज्यादा दर्शक तिरुपति बालाजी मंदिर और काशी विश्वनाथ मंदिर आते है। 3. हर 12 साल के बाद भारत में एक धार्मिक मेले का आयोजन किया जाता है जिसे कुम्भ मेला कहते है। यह विश्व का सबसे बड़ा मेला है। 4. यहाँ इतने लोग जमा होते है की आप इस मेले को अंतरिक्ष से भी देख सकते है। 5. दुनिया में किसी भी देश से ज्यादा मस्जिद (3,00,000) भारत में है। 6. और साथ ही भारत दुनिया का तीसरा सर्वाधिक मुस्लिम जनसँख्या वाला देश है। 7. तक्षिला को दुनियाँ को पहली यूनिवर्सिटी कहा जाता है, इसकी शुरुवात तक़रीबन 700 BC में की गयी। 8. भारत में दुनिया की सबसे ज्यादा इंग

India Fact Book – Facts About Indian People and Population

India is a country that leaves one spellbound with its alluring contrasts and striking features in all that it beholds! India is a 34,000 years old country with a rich legend and history. India is a country with a population of around 1.15 billion approximately. The current Indian population as on July 2009 is 1,156,897,766. India is the second most populated country is the world after China. Indian population has always been a major issue along with problems like poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. Almost 80.5% of the country men are Hindus. India also has one of the world’s largest Muslim populations amounting to 120 billion. The population also includes other castes like Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis. Scheduled castes amount to16.2% and scheduled tribes amount to 8.2% as per the 2001 Census. There are reservations for these special category people as they belong to the backward class and off late the increase in this quota has created a lot of controversy in t

I Bet You Didn’t Know These Facts About India

I ndia has always been a land of importance, a jewel in the east and a land of various diversities. Today India is seen as one of the developing nation that has lot of potential. A land full of diversities in terms of culture, cuisine, people, languages, landscapes, architecture etc. India had a rich historic past. Many historians around the world believe that India was once a very educated nation for many scientists hailed from this country. Following we have listed 50 interesting facts that you probably didn’t know about India Hindi and English are the official languages of India. The government also recognizes 17 other languages that include Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, Manipuri, Konkani, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Apart from these languages, about 1,652 dialects are spoken in the country India was one of the richest countries on earth until the British invasion in the early 17th century. India

The Great Indian Elephant

T he word ‘India’ conjures up vivid images of a colorful mystical country of snake charmers and of course- The Elephant. An Iconic symbol of India, the Indian elephant is a part of every day lives in the country. The Indian Elephant goes back to the mythologies. It is believed that the Gods ‘Deva’ and the demons ‘Asura’ churned the oceans during ‘sagar manthan’ for the elixir of life – that would make them immortal and thus surfaced the ‘navratnas’ (nine jewels). One of these jewels was the elephant. The elephant is, therefore, considered absolutely precious to be preserved and protected like the way jewels are in India. The Hindu God Ganesha widely worshiped across the country also displays the importance of Elephants in Indian culture. Here’s a closer look at the Great Indian Elephant: About the Indian Elephant One of four subspecies of the Asian Elephant, the Indian Elephant is found countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Thailand