The world’s biggest school The 2013 Guinness Book of Records recognises City Montessori School, Lucknow, as the biggest school in the world. Started in 1959 by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi and his wife, Bharati, with only five students, the school today has over 47,000 students on...
New premises for Swaminarayan temple in London The Swaminarayan temple at Golers Green in Wilesden, UK was converted into a temple from a church in 1981. As years went by, the temple was found to be too small to accommodate the growing number of visitors....
Holy cow! The Bill of Rights is a list of the most important privileges of the citizens of a country and its purpose is to protect these rights from infringement. The cow is a revered animal in India and has its own Bill of Rights....
Shata Tantri Veena The Santoori in Greece and the Santoor played in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey are very similar to the hundred-stringed santoor, now played mostly in Kashmir. One of the oldest known string instruments in India, the original Sanskrit name for the santoor was...
Bhagat Singh’s ancestral home to be restored Legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s ancestral home, school, and village will be restored under an $80 million project by the Pakistan government. He was born on September 28, 1907, in Bangay village in the Jaranwalla Tehsil of Faisalabad...
Measuring the earth’s diameter Brahmagupta (597-668 AD), the mathematician and astrologer from Rajasthan, who was head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain during his time, is recognised by history for a variety of reasons. For one, he authored the ‘Karana Khandakhadyaka’ – a book on...
Largest mural painting in Asia A painting of Veerabhadra (an incarnation of Shiva), measuring 23×13 feet on the ceiling of the Veerabhadreshwara temple in Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, is said to be one of the largest mural paintings in Asia. The mural has been painted using...
Travancore Maharaja’s bed The Padmanabhapuram Palace displays a large bed gifted by the Portuguese to one of the Travancore maharajas. This bed is made of 64 different types of locally grown wood.
Napolean’s bed Quila House, Patna, contains a very unique piece of furniture: a bed that once belonged to Napolean! In addition, there is also a private collection of Chinese paintings. If it is hard for visitors to believe Napolean’s bed is in Bihar, it was...
The New 20-Point Economic Programme Mr. A.B.A.G. Gani Khan Choudhary initiated the new economic programme. He was the minister of Programme Implementation. In this programme, stress was laid on uprooting poverty, as a significant number of our countrymen lives, below the poverty line. Its other...
