During the Quit India Movement, a parallel government was established in Tamluk, West Bengal, called the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, an independent government. The Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar was really active since it set up Police Stations, Military Departments, Courts and even a system for revenue collection. The Government functioned from December 17, 1942 to August 8, 1944. It was dissolved …
In India, after 160 years of the service, the telegram bid farewell on the 15th July, 2013. The origins of the telegram can be traced back to the smoke signals sent out and the light from the lighthouses for help during times of crisis. In 1793 a Frenchman named Claude Chappe devised a system using …
The winners of US open during 1974–1984 (eleven years) were all left-handed. The winners were the following: Jimmy Connors (USA) – 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983 Manuel Orantes (Spain) – 1975 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) – 1977 John McEnroe (USA) – 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 Right-handed John Newcombe was the champion in 1973 and Ivan Lendl …
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was in the same ship in which Swami Vivekananda travelled to the USA on his historic trip to represent the Hindu religion at the Chicago Parliament of Religions, 1893. Both of them had a focused discussion on the spread of science education in India. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata offered Swami Vivekananda the post of …
In 1932 Los Angeles Olympics there were three teams, India, Japan and the USA, in men’s hockey. India won the gold by defeating Japan and USA respectively by 11–1 and 24–1. When it came to raising funds for sending the team to Los Angeles, a journalist representing the Indian Hockey Federation approached Mahatma Gandhi to …
Erwin Rommel was a German Field Marshal in World War II. He was a highly decorated officer of World War I. His troops were known to treat the war prisoners humanely and never accused of war crimes. He was highly skilled in the art of desert warfare, which earned him the name Desert Fox. Hitler forced …
