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Top 10 Incredible Facts About India

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India, the  home to a billion people  is famous for its cultures, traditions, and beauty. It was an island before it transformed into a country. Yeah! It is home to many languages. India is the largest producer of mangoes and milk. Yum!  Here are some amazing facts about India. 1) Is India an Island? You read that right! India was an island around a hundred million years back. The continental plate of India slammed into Asia to make a landmass after that. This caused the formation of the mighty Himalayas. 2) The first rocket of India  The first rocket of India was moved in parts using a bicycle and assembled at the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 3) Indian Space Progam India's ISRO Chandrayaan-1 , first located water on a superficial level in September 2009. It successfully made use of its Moon Mineralogy Mapper. 4) The 2nd-largest English speaking country India is 2nd to America in speaking English. 125 million people speak English in India.  5)

The Great Fire of London

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People back in the 1660s were not as aware of the fire risks as they are today. Buildings were constructed of wood-coated in a flammable material called pitch, roofed with thatch-and crammed closely together with little planning thought. Around 350,000 people lived in London just before the Great Fire and it was one of Europe's largest cities. Let's read about the massive fire disaster. The Start of the Fire   The London Great Fire began in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane belonging to Thomas Farynor (Farriner) on Sunday 2 September 1666. Three hours later at 1 am, though he appeared to have extinguished the flames, his house was a burning inferno. At first, few were worried-at the time, fires were too common. The flames, however, passed rapidly down Pudding Lane and proceeded down Fish Hill towards the Thames River. It spread rapidly, aided by an easterly strong wind. It hit warehouses filled with combustible goods such as oil and tallow when it reached the Thames. Luckily,

Princess Diana- The Peoples's Princess

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Princess Diana , a much famous figure in British history, was born on July 1, 1961. She became a British royalty member when she married Prince Charles Of Wales. Due to her glamour and activism, princess Diana became famous . She was always in the headlines due to her private life. Shockingly, her car met an accident on August 31, 1997, resulting in her death. Early Life and Schooling Princess Diana  wasn’t a vibrant pupil. She  attended different schools viz. Silfield College In Gayton, Norfolk, Riddlesworth Hall College, and West Heath Ladies College In Sevenoaks, Kent. She left west heath at the same time as she was sixteen. Diana turned into a musician and became moreover a professional in swimming. Marriage On February 6, 1981, the Prince proposed her. Their engagement wasn’t unveiled for some weeks. On February 24, 1981, their engagement became announced officially. Diana became the princess of Wales on July 29, 1981, after she wedded the prince of wales at St Paul cathedral. Sh

Foundation of Toyota Motor Corporation

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Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automobile organization headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. It became the most significant automobile producer around the world in 2008, beating General Motors.  Toyota is the overall market pioneer in arrangements of half breed electric vehicles, and presently the most significant organization to engage the mass-market choice of hybrid vehicles over the world.  Toyota is similarly a market head in hydrogen power module vehicles. Absolute overall arrangements of Toyota and Lexus voyager vehicle models achieved the 15 million accomplishments in January 2020. The company was built up by Kiichiro Toyoda on 28 august, 1937, the current president being Akio Toyoda. History In 1924, Sakichi Toyoda planned the Toyoda Model G Automatic Loom. The making of Toyota vehicles was started in 1933 as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works under Kiichiro Toyoda. Its first vehicles were the A1 voyager vehicle and the G1 truck in 1935. From September 1

Krakatoa- The stand-alone eruption

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The 1883 volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait started on the evening of Sunday, 26 August 1883, and crested on the late morning of Monday, 27 August 1883. Over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its encompassing archipelago were decimated as it collapsed into a large crater. This volcanic eruption was one of the deadliest and most dangerous volcanic occasions in written history. Its blasts were so loud that they were heard 3,110 kms away in Perth, Western Australia, and Rodrigues close to Mauritius, 4,800 kms away. This eruption and its consequence tsunamis caused around 36,417 deaths. Huge extra impacts were additionally felt around the planet in the days and weeks after the eruption of Krakatoa liquid magma. Extra seismic movement proceeded until February 1884. Reports of seismic action after October 1883 were later excused by Rogier Verbeek's examination concerning the eruption. Early Seismic Activities A long time before the 1883 ejection, seismic action around th

24th August - Independence Day of Ukraine

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  19 years ago on the 24 th of August, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) signed the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine declaring the nation free from Soviet rule.  The second largest country of Europe after Russia, Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe and shares its borders with Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Moldova, and Romania. In 1917, after the invasion of Bolsheviks – a radical Marxist group founded by Lenin – Ukraine declared itself independent. But, Ukraine has divided again between Poland and Bolshevik-occupied Russia. The latter territory became the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic – a puppet state of the Bolsheviks. At the beginning of WWII, after Germany (ruled then by the Nazis) was excluded from the League of Nations, the USSR – present-day Russia – was invaded by the Germans in 1941. Ukraine, on the other hand, battled against both the Nazis and the Soviets. In 1954, Crimea, previously a part of Russia, was handed over to Ukraine. The Soviet Union

Favorite CM of Tamil Nadu – Kumaraswami Kamaraj

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The Third Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1954-1963, Kumaraswami Kamaraj (1903-1975) was widely known as the " Kingmaker ."   He founded the Indian National Congress and for four years, he was its president. The infrastructure of Tamil Nadu developed tremendously because of him and helping the economically weaker sections of society was also something he strived for. K.Kamaraj played a prominent role in the Indian Independence Movement at the early age of 18. He took part in the epic Salt Satyagraha Movement and as a result, he spent 2 years in jail. Later, India gained its independence when Kamaraj was 44 years old. Despite not having completed school, he provided free education for the poor after taking over as chief minister and the free Midday Meal Scheme was introduced by him as well. The Mid-day Meal focuses on improving nutrition in school children. The scheme achieves this by providing students with free lunches. At least 120,000,000 children are served