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Sep 07 2008

Random writings in history !

Published by micman at 10:22 pm under History-extracts from an Ocean Edit This

The Vedic Sages gave no name to their religion.They only wanted to share their spiritual discovery with their people as with other people.”
YajurVeda 26.2

Years and Events

1109 A.D => Alcohol was first distilled.

1336 A.D=>VijayaNagar Empire established in South India.

1362 A.D=> English made the official language in England .

1542 A.D =>Rupee or Rupiya is first minted in India during the reign of Shershah Suri. It is a pure silver coin weighing 178-79 grams troy.

1564 A.D =>Birth of William Shakespeare.

1604 A.D =>Tobacco unknown in India is introduced in Akbar’s court by Portuguese.

1604 A.D =>Adi Granth ,the Holy book of the sikh community compiled.

1631 A.D =>Shah Jahan’s wife Mumtaz Mahal died.

1648 A.D =>Taj Mahal at Agra(designed by Turkish architect Isa Offendi) completed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ,in memory of His beloved Queen Mumtaz .

The earliest evidence of Jewish community settling in India is provided by a charter of Vijayanagar King.

Henry kissinger , the former us secretary of state , once

regretted certain statements he had made against indians and former indian pm indira Gandhi in a meeting with president Richard Nixon .what did they call indians and the Indian pm?

According to the recently released declassified documents , Nixon had called indira Gandhi an ‘old witch’ , blaming her for the Bangladesh war .

ALEXANDER’S INVASION OF INDIA TOOK PLACE IN  326 B.C., AT THE BEGINNING OF SPRING .

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