History Of India and World

Close your eyes and think about Shiv Ling. Well, As soon as we think about a Shiv Ling/Lingam the image that strikes our mind is this, Image For Representation Purpose Only Right?? There are thousands of temples spread across our country dedicated to Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Maa Shakthi. Many temples are infamous worldwide and are also recognised by the UNESCO World Heritage sites. India is not only a place to the oldest temples in the world but also an abode to the most mysterious and miraculous ones.  The reason why I asked you to visualise Shivlingam is 99% of them would have visualised the above image or any specific Shivling that's close to your heart. We have seen many Shivlings from humongous ones to smaller ones, each one would be in a different shape. Most Shivlings are made out of Granite, Marble, Panchaloha, and even made out of precious stones, like Emerald. The list goes on and on we do not know how many hidden treasures have to be unearthed in India, that's the...

Hampi - The Group of Monuments has got a prominent place in Indian History, which has been the capital of one of the most powerful empires in South India. It was during the time when other powerful dynasties like Cholas and Pandya's reign declined, Vijayanagara Empire gave hope to the south and which dominated for 310 years.    Founders Of Vijayanagara Empire Harihar and Bukka found this in the year 1336 AD which is 685 years ago on the banks of River Tungabadra. Later Made Hampi as the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, there we go the Beautiful and one of the richest cities flourished. Hamp and its group of monuments is also the UNESCO World Heritage Site which is located in East-central Karnataka, India. Which encompasses an area of 4,187.24 hectares comprising more than 1600 surviving remains which includes forts, temples, shrines, mandapas (Halls), beautiful stone pillars etc.  It is to be noted that Hampi was the Worlds Second largest Medieval city after Beijing wh...

Major Provisions/References Adapted From Constitutions Of Different Countries Makers of our Indian Constitution never shied away or hesitate to learn from other constitutions. Our constitution makers never opposed to borrowing the provisions or references from other countries constitution, it was a testament to their wide learning that they could lay their hands upon any intellectual arguement. They borrowed a few numbers of provisions from different countries. The provisions that they adapted from different countries are: British  1. First Past the Post 2. Parliamentary Form Of Government 3. The Idea of the Rule Of Law 4. Speaker and his Role 5. Law Making Procedure The United States 1. Charter Of Fundamental Rights 2. Power Of Judicial Review and Independence of the Judiciary. Canada 1. A Quasi-federal form of government 2. The idea of residual Powers. Ireland 1. Directive Principles of State Policy France 1. Principle of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity These are the above refer...

The Indian constitution was adopted on 26th November 1949 by the constituent assembly, many of us have this questions like ; Was there any document before 1947? How did the first Prime Minister(PM) of India take Oath Then? When India wasn't partitioned there was a formal Constitution made by the Constituent Assembly which has been elected for "Undivided India".  The first meeting was held on 09-December-1946 and then on 14-August-1947, it was reassembled as Constituent Assembly for " Divided India" . The Constituent Assembly members were elected by an Indirect Election by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assembly, which was established under the Government Of India Act - 1935. The assembly was composed roughly along the lines suggested by the plan proposed by the committee of the British cabinet, known as "Cabinet Mission" Plans Of Cabinet Mission According to the Cabinet Mission plan: Each province and each princely state or group of states ...

Ivan 4 popularly know as Ivan The Terrible was one of the most bloodthirsty tyrants in History. A monster that he was and everything went dreadfully wrong in Russia because of Him. Ivan was born on 25 - August - 1530, Kolomenskoye, Moscow. who was also called Ivan the Fearsome, Ivan The Formidable. A misfortune when Ivan was just three years old he ascended the throne post his father's death in 1533 it caused a three-way power struggle between Ivan's forceful mother and other two leading families of the noblemen, the Belskys and the Shuiskys.  Ivan's mother was poisoned by the noblemen when he was just Eight and his mother's Lover Obolensky was walled up in a dungeon and was left to starve to death. Obolensky's sister was Ivan's nurse and Ivan loved her dearly. Litle Ivan had to be prised and weeping when the soldiers came to take away his dear nurse. His childhood was horrible and was treated very bad by the Boyars (Family of Noblemen).  Ivan was treated like f...

The recent discovery at the Harappan Site which is quite fascinating is that, Laddu - Yes Yes the Indian Dish laddu was discovered here Multigrain Laddu Laddu material found during an excavation in Rajasthan, seven laddus were discovered in 2017 during the excavation of a Harappan Archeological site in Binjor (Western Rajasthan). Scientific research on materials found during excavations in Rajasthan reveals that Harappa people were consuming high-protein, multi-grain “laddu” (food balls) about 4,000 years ago. became. Wet) climatic conditions. Of course, this is an interesting discovery, from 2014 to 2017 totally of seven laddus were discovered. After the discovery a joint study conducted by Birbal Sahni Institue of Archeology (BSIP), Lucknow along with Archeological Research Institute (ASI) in New Delhi. This scientific study found that. Along with seven large brown Laddus two bull figurines and a copper adze were also discovered, These food balls date back to  2600 BCE  whic...

A Look at Mughals Lineage: Mughals ruled India for around 300 years since 1526, an unknown fact to many Indians about the  Mughals is that whose lineage did the Mughals follow whether their paternal or maternal. Mughals have  “Mongol”  lineage, yes the name Mughal is derived from “Mongol”, they were the descendants of two Rulers. From their mother's side, they were descendants of “Genghis Khan”, a cruel Mongol ruler who ruled over parts of China and Central Asia. From their father's side, they were the successors of  “Timur” , another tyrant from Iran, Iraq, and modern Turkey who attacked India. The Mughals referred to themselves as “Timurids” as descendants of the Turkish ruler “Timur” on the paternal side. Genghis Khan was there maternal SIde - Genghis Khan founder of Mogol Empire the most contagious empire in history born in Delüün Boldog, Mongolia Timur was their Paternal Side - born in Uzbekistan and died in Kazakhstan, a Turko Mongol ruler who founded the Timur...