Dreamy scene of Bedini Bugyal in Uttarakhand, India (Credits:Kaushal Arya)

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Before scientists were even sure black holes existed, Indian astrophysicist C.V. Vishveshwara did the math behind Einstein's predictions of what would happen if two black holes collided!

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The Beautiful newly built road in Kashmir 🇮🇳

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These are the Indian queens who modelled for the world's first vaccine (against smallpox). WHO confirmed the eradication of the disease on this day in 1980.

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Born today Srinivasa Ramanujan was an intuitive mathematician, a self-taught genius, a man who solved more than 3900 mathematical theorems entirely on his own. A Genius. A Child Prodigy. And yet remains a forgotten hero!

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Madhu Vajrakarur, an electrical engineering graduate from Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, has developed a wind turbine that produces electricity and water for drinking!

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A woman entrepreneur from Punjab, India turned her kitchen-business into a ₹1,000 crore global empire that exports foods to over 60 countries! Rajni Bector is the founder and CEO of Mrs. Bector’s Cremica, a maker of biscuits and bread in India and a key supplier to McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King

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This granny ran for 12 hours to finish 100km ultra marathon, won gold

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Fabric map of India: India's unparalleled diversity is also reflected in its wide range of fabrics

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Kashmir 🇮🇳

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Narinder Singh Kapani (92 years) is acknowledged as the Father of 'Fiber optics'-a term he coined. His work in 1953 ushered in a new era of High speed Internet, endoscopy, spectroscopy etc An unsung hero, he never patented it. He NEVER won a nobel.

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Mama elephant and her calf snacking on water hyacinths on a river in North Eastern parts of India.

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Some students of Surat, Gujarat spend their pocket money buying corn every few days and then place it on trees in their area so that birds and squirrels don't go hungry.

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A state with 16 major tribes each having its own language, tradition, cuisine and vibrant traditional attire as well. With its enormous beauty and Cultural legacy, Nagaland stands to be the pride of INDIA. Greetings to the beautiful people of Nagaland on their statehood day!

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The rolling tea plantations of Kerala, India

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On this day in 1944 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Sena entered the country through Burma and defeated the British on the Indian border.

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On this day in 1993, a series of 12 bomb blasts in Mumbai killed more than 300 people and injured thousands. Most of the perpetrators of the attack had been trained in Pakistan.

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Ladies Working In Telephone Exchange (1970s)

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Today in 1999, militants of Paki terror group hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814. To end the hostage crisis in the Kandahar hijack, then Indian government agreed to release 3 terrorists, who later planned and executed 9/11 attacks, the kidnap & murder of Daniel Pearl & 2006 Mumbai terror attacks.

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Power minister of Mizoram, R Lalzirliana seen mopping the floor of the Covid ward where he is recovering after testing positive.

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Scene from banned French film 'Phantom India' (1969). It was this film that led to the GOI lodging diplomatic complaints against UK for BBC broadcasting it and “ruining the country’s image abroad”. They refused to comply, so the Congress(I) government ordered the closure of BBC's offices in Delhi!

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Shakuntala, an important character of Mahabaratha, pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her husband/lover, Dushyantha, while her friends call her bluff.

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Today is the death anniversary of a forgotten genius who saved millions of lives by developing a cure for Kala-azar but went unrecognized by both government and the people! Upendranath Brahmachari: the scientist who almost got India its first Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1929.

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Gangabal twin lakes with Harmukh peak covered in clouds 🇮🇳

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Greetings to the talented and compassionate Sikkimes people on Sikkim's statehood day! It is India’s first Organic State! India is immensely proud of Sikkim’s vibrant culture.

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First girls’ school started by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule in Bhide Wada, Pune

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The 1st woman officer of Indian air force Wg Cdr Dr. Vijaylakshmir Ramanan. She was also the 1st woman to design & wear saree as uniform.

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Water & Birds Return to 18-Acre Dried Chennai Lake, Thanks to IFS Officer Sudha Ramen!

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Sheer joy during winter harvest

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Suniti Chaudhary: Indian nationalist who, along with Santi Ghose, assassinated a British district magistrate when she was 14 years old

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In 1952, 17 year old Rita Davar became the first ever Indian tennis player to make it to the finals of a grand slam in the singles category

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1937: TIME Magazine Cover On Mir Osman Ali Khan, Nizam of Hyderabad, described as the Richest Man In The World; 1948: Nizam Surrenders to Sardar Patel

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Armor for a war elephant, India, 16th century.

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Making Diyas, Rajasthan

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Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India (1960s)

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Heritage conservation in India has become a joke; exceptions are tombs & mausoleum.

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Photo here of $400 million worth narcotics haul intercepted by Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea today.

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Today is the death anniversary of activist, social reformer and anti- imperialist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar who formulated the philosophy of Hindutva. He wanted to smash the caste system and didn't support cow worship. (More in comments)

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Credits: Hrishiraj Gawali

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IAF successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile from Sukhoi-30 MKI

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About 1 year ago, I met this man who had fled from Pakistan after a targeted campaign was unleashed on Hindus as revenge against the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992-93. His shop was set on fire. With his wife and children, he managed to reach Jodhpur and stayed with an uncle.(full story in comments)

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Home to the world's largest women-run market, world's only floating national park and the birthplace of Polo(the sport), Manipur: The land of gems stands to be the pride of INDIA. Greetings to the beautiful and tolerant people of Manipur on their statehood day!

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Best wishes to my sisters and brothers of Mizoram on their Statehood Day. The entire nation is proud of the great Mizo culture! Around 90.68% of the area of the state is covered only by forests, which makes it the state with third highest forest cover in India with 1594000 ha.

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India's Arunima Sinha, the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013 and the first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak of Antarctica

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Padma Vibhushan Dr. V Shanta (11th March 1927 - 19th January 2021) had been running the Cancer Institute in Chennai from 1954. She has treated several lakhs of cancer patients , most of them very poor at a very minimal cost. Om Shanti!

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Head hunters of North East India, the Konyak tribes of Nagaland performing their war dance during the festival time.

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250 Indian Jews from the Bne'i Menashe tribe have immigrated to Israel!

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9 families consisting of over 50 Kashmiri Pandits lived in this hall for years in 1990 after exodus due to Islamist Kashmir terrorism. Sarees build walls. Worst sub human conditions. Result traumatic syndrome, lower birth rates, increase death rates. Nobody spoke for their Human rights!

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On this day in 1930 Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar staged a satyagraha at the Kala Ram Temple in Nashik to give access to all.

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Shringar: Applying kaajal | Khajuraho, 11th c. CE, Buff sandstone

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Ladakh 🇮🇳

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From left to right, physicists Albert Einstein, Hideki Yukawa, John Wheeler, and Homi Bhabha in conversation as they walk through a Park in USA, 1954

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[Nostalgia] Cherry and Pan Pasand candies

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Aesthetic wall, Rajasthan

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Father on duty saluting DSP daughter | It was a proud moment for Circle Inspector Y Shyam Sundar when he saluted his daughter, Yendluru Jessy Prasanthi, who is presently posted as the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Guntur district.

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A young Freddie Mercury with his mother, Jer Bulsara in Panchgani, India

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Don't fall for fake stuff, folks! Learn from the best.

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Lal Baba from Varanasi has been growing his Jatas (Dreadlocks) for over 40 years now.

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Mumbai just crossed 9,000 fresh Covid19 cases in a single day for the first time in the pandemic!

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Today is SUPERCOP Kanwar Pal Singh Gill's birth anniversary. He is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control.

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A visual reminder of East India Company Officials fashioning themselves as law-givers of the land can still be found in the gardens of the Victoria memorial where Warren Hastings is the toga of a Roman lawgiver, standing above a Brahman Pandit and a Muslim maulvi.

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23% of total vaccines wasted till April 11, most in Tamil Nadu

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One year ago, I met this man who had fled from Pakistan after a targeted campaign was unleashed on Hindus as revenge against the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992-1993. His shop was set on fire. With his wife and children, he managed to reach Jodhpur and stayed with an uncle.

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Yesterday, Gujarat reported more than 800 new COVID19 cases in a single day for the first time in 2021. Also, Gujarat yesterday:

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A trainee form the Rural Health Centre for Reorientation Training (Singur near Calcutta) discussing Sanitation problems with a villager in West Bengal - May 6 1957

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Navroz Mubarak! (Persian New Year) The Parsis, whose name means “Persians,” are descended from Persian Zoroastrians who emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by Muslims

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Ferris wheel ride, Benares (Varanasi), 1960s

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A Kashmiri Pandit woman in traditional clothes and elaborate jewellery. | On 19 Jan’ 1990, Kashmiri Pandits, a community of proud people whose history dates back 5,000 years, were transformed into exiles overnight.

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Embassy of India in Saudi Arabia partners with Adani group and M/s Linde in shipping much needed 80MT liquid oxygen to India.

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Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins visiting India during the world tour after success of Apollo 11 mission.

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Today in 1926 Swami Shraddhanand was shot dead by a Muslim fanatic Abdul Rashid in Delhi. He was one of the great leaders of modern India, who awoke the Indian consciousness and called out the dangers of pan Islamism.

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Vegetarianism in India (Source: Union Governments Sample Registration System Baseline Survey 2014)

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Gateway of India under construction

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Greetings to the Indian state with the highest literacy! Tripura is known for its handicraft, particularly hand-woven cotton fabric, wood carvings, bamboo products and of course possesses rich culture and heritage.

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Today is the death anniversary of Vikram Sarabhai: Father of the Indian Space Program who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India.

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(1974)IBM Advertisement On How 1500 Years Ago Indian Mathematicians Developed Algebra

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Kamala Sohonie: woman who fought sexism. CV Raman, who was the Institute Director of IISc, infamously denied Sohonie entry because of her gender. It was only after great persistence from Sohonie and her family that he agreed to admit her, with humiliating restrictions.

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Sardar Patel was unimpressed with the slogans raised for socialism, and spoke often of the need for India to create wealth before debating over what to do with it, how to share it. Nationalisation he rejected completely; clear that industry ought to be the sole preserve of the business community.

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TIL 'father of the Indian Constitution', Dr Ambedkar, Wanted to Burn It (more in comments)

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During a hunting expedition outside of the village of Ramdas, Guru Hargobind Sahib was approached by a local Hindu who was requesting help to stop a group of Muslims butchering cows (continued in comments)

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Auli Artificial Lake: one of the highest man-made lakes in the world.

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[TIL] The tragic love story behind this painting (in the comments)

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P. Baloo: Dalit activist & part of 1st Indian cricket team. He was a left-arm spin bowler who opposed Ambedkar's demand for separate electorates for Dalits and described conversion of Dalits to other religions as 'suicidal'. He contested for Bombay Municip. seat with a Hindu Mahasabha ticket (1937)

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Kosi mega Rail Bridge in Bihar

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Candle march held for Nikita Tomar today. She would have turned 21 today.

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Today is the death anniversary of Peshwa Baji Rao I. In his 20-year military career, he never lost a battle and is widely considered as one of the best Indian cavalry generals.

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Today is Satyendra Nath Bose's birth anniversary. He was the Indian Behind the God Particle. Proficient in German, Italian and French apart from Bengali, Hindi, and English, he was also a major promoter of the idea of scientific teaching in the vernacular.

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Vaccine doses exported by India across countries and categories as on 26th March.

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Majuli or Majoli is a river island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016 it became the first island to be made a district in India.

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On this day in 1910 freedom activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar got arrested on his way to London from Paris.

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TIL the first education minister of independent India was an incapacitated alcoholic and a pan- Islamic Jihadist. (more in comments)

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Happy statehood day to the biggest state among the 7 sisters. Arunachal Pradesh has a forest cover of more than 80% and a diverse culture consisting of more than 26 major tribes and 100 sub tribes! May Arunachal Pradesh and its wonderful people keep scaling new heights of progress.

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It is good to see global experts take such an interest in Indian agriculture. Perhaps they should ask their own governments why they keep complaining to WTO about support to Indian farmers. Meanwhile, look forward to introduction of APMC mandis in Sweden & US!

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1963 - 2020: Marine Drive, Mumbai

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Deen Dayal Upadhyay: Hindutva ideologue, whose body was found on this day in 1968 on the track near Mughalsarai (then) station. The police would have buried it as unidentified if not for a Jana Sangh worker in the crowd that collected around the corpse yelling it's Deendayalji. (more in comments)

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Chandana Bouri, BJP’s candidate from Saltora constituency, in a nation where politicians are equated with hundreds of crores, her total worth is ₹31,985 with three goats, three cows and one hut.

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Sri Swami Narayan Mandir Karolibagh, Vadodara turned into a covid facility

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This tigress is Collarwalli Baghin, the famed supermom from Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh), who delivered a record 30 cubs in eight litters —most tigresses stop at four.

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Yesterday, the stock price of Bombay Oxygen Investments went so high that it hit a circuit breaker at Rs24,575. Bombay Oxygen is a Non Banking Financial Institution that deals in stocks and shares and has nothing to do with oxygen production!

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Canada joins the US and EU in officially declaring Kashmir's Hizbul Mujahideen a terrorist group, the same group endorsed by Stand with Kashmir, an online propaganda page very popular among Indian leftists/woke anarchists.

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On this day in 1946, The Naval Ratings Mutiny begins, as Indian naval officers, sailors revolt against the British, in one of the biggest challenges ever they faced. A forgotten mutiny that deserves to be known more about.

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Government rather than solving the problems have focused more on silencing the whole issue and have declared Section 144 of CrPC which bars assembling of more than 4 people. It also restricted internet in the area and stopped media from reporting in the area.

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Karnataka's Dharmasthala temple is managed by traditional family & not govt. This temple is known for its Dharmic programs like reviving old temples, lakes, free food etc. Now temple trust is providing 20,000 tabs & 10,000 laptops to students to help them access online classes. (more in comments)

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The world’s top polluter wants to play top cop on climate action, and the world is playing ball. The US asks other countries to set “ambitious targets” to cut emissions, clubs India with the top emitters!

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Based on 8 crore legal cases between 2010 to 2018, the Development Data Lab has visualized the time between a case is filed to when the case is decided for every district of India.

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India, compared with China and the world, along various metrics.

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Remember the time when there was no Ambani's Jio and the crony capitalism that comes along with it? Miss those days when poor people couldn't use internet and was only reserved for the elites!

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From J.B.S Haldane's essay 'Darwin in Indian Perspective'

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Under Advani-Vajpayee, the RSS and BJP met eye-to-eye on building highways because they thought road building unites national consciousness and connects the country. Explains partly why BJP has always been known for building roads and highways extensively!

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Telangana: Poeple in Hyderabad offer namaz on the last Friday of Ramzan month

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On this day in the year 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the National Flag for the first time at the Gymkhana Ground (present Netaji Stadium) in Port Blair. He also announced the Islands, the first Indian Territory freed from the British rule.

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India overtakes Brazil as world's second worst-hit country by COVID-19. Mask up and avoid crowds folks, another lockdown would spell misery for the poor!

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Ideal fix for junction traffic VS what they did at NAD junction in Vizag. Indian cities need to work more on stack interchanges to manage junction traffic. Indian flyover construction is quite outdated.

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[TIL] There is a busy bridge in Pune called Mhatre Pul named after Hareshwar Mhatre an Indian diplomat in UK who was kidnapped and later murdered in Birmingham in 1984 by British Kashmiri Islamist militants associated with the J&K Liberation Front, an Islamic terrorist organization.

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Cutting from Weekly India, a newspaper published from 1880-1993. It featured newly-wed couples from around the country every week!

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Govt blocks 250 tweets and Twitter accounts that claimed PM Modi was planning farmer genocide

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Read the words of Padma Shri KK Muhammed, Director for the Archaelogical Survey of India, on the role Marxist historians played in preventing Truth and reconciliation that underpins communal harmony.

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Porbandar, Gujarat 1983 - Tailor carries his sewing machine through monsoon floodwaters

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Current status of Delhi Meerut expressway (package 4).

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Home to the country's cleanest village as well as the longest natural cave and the only Indian state that follows a matrilineal system, Meghalaya is known for a large variety of fruits, vegetables, spices, and medicinal plants. Greetings to the amazing people of Meghalaya on their statehood day!🇮🇳

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China & India have agreed to not use firearms in any altercations along the disputed Sino-Indian border. However, on May 8th an official PLA account posted this to Weibo declaring their soldiers are being trained with nail-studded rods & podaos (broadswords on a 2 meter handle).

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1000 bed covid care centre started by RSS in Bhopal

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On Valentine's day, let's REVISIT the tragic love story behind this famous painting by Raja Ravi Varma (story in the comments!)

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A prolific author with more than thirty books over fifty years, VS Naipaul wrote about alienation as he often bleakly detailed the dual problems of the Third World: the oppressions of colonialism and the chaos of post-colonialism.

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Dalits (SC/ST) constitute over 17% of the Council of Ministers under Modi government which is the highest rate since independence. Second highest was under PM Vajpayee.

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Union Minister of India holds massive rally in Bengal, no political party has come forward to demand a ban on political rallies. हमाम में सब नंगे हैं!

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Makar Sankranti is one of the only Hindu festivals that falls on the same date each year because it is based entirely on the solar calendar. Regarded as a holy festival and also an occasion to mark the harvest, different states celebrate the festival in their own unique ways.

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Shipment from Atlanta ready to ship out to India by Sewa International, a Hindu faith-based service non profit organization in USA

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Apsara Menaka and Rishi Vishwamitra (story behind the painting in the comments)

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A mound being dug up for the Purvanchal Expressway near the Mahpur village in Mau district has thrown up a Buddha's head and a coin board, reportedly dating back to the Kushan period.

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Gurudwara Tharhaa Sahib Patshahi Chevin ☬ - Singhpura Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir 🇮🇳

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In support of the state's fight against the virus, Adani Group will open a COVID Care Centre in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Adani Vidya Mandir school campus in the city will be converted into a supportive care facility for COVID19 positive patients says Adani group

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Indian sports: wrestling, weight-lifting, archery and sword-play, Patna (1830 painting)

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Indian soldiers wrestling as part of sports activities during the Second World War [522 x 522]

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Remembering Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. He was the first non- European and the first lyricist to win Nobel prize. (More in the comments)

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Organs of 2-and-a-half-year-old dead child gives new lease of life to seven others | Jash Oza: The youngest cadaver donor

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The President had the last laugh.

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Languages of Himachal Pradesh.

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Map shows countries where an Abrahamic religion is the largest faith in red (Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Bahaʼi Faith)

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Jodhpur Skies

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Anand Vihar Bus terminal, Delhi

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Jashan Deen and Shakeen Mohammad appointed to manage Jwalamukhi Temple in Kangra!

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Excellent primer on the second phase of reforms, Modi is pushing.

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People fall on each other as the uncontrollable crowd broke the barricade to enter the vaccination center at BKC

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Sources of Tax revenue for GOI

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Engineers to management graduates, 10,000 to turn Naga sadhu! (More in comments)

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Dattopant Thengadi: Hindutva ideologue and one of the foremost ideologues of Swadeshi economics. He gave the motto Industrialize the nation, Nationalize the Labour, Labourize the Industry. (Rashtra ka Udyogikaran, Sharamikon ka Rashtriyakaran, Udyogon ka Shramikikaran)

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Modi's lowest approval rating in 2020 was higher than the highest approval rating of any other major democratic leader.

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