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US submarine USS F-4 sank 105 years ago

Was the world’s first submarine disaster New Delhi. 25 March 2020. Pearl Harbour has more than one stories but the most tragic is the from World War 1 days. …Read more ›

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Today in 1942 Japanese forces occupied Andamans

New Delhi. 23 March 2020. Troops of Japanese 18th Infantry Division landed at Port Blair, Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. Andaman and Nicobar was occupied by Japan…Read more ›

Tagged with: Andaman and Nicobar, Indian Ocean, Japanese forces, National Army, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Shaeed Swaraj

Today in 1898 successful test run of the first modern submarine happened

New Delhi. 17 March 2020. It was a red letter day in military history especially naval history when on 17th March 1898, St Patrick’s Day , John Philip…Read more ›

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Rolls Royce was incorporated on 15th March 1906

New Delhi. 15 March 2020. In 1884, Henry Royce entered a partnership with a friend of his and began a business manufacturing electric fittings. After several iterations, the…Read more ›

Tagged with: Charles Rolls, Henry Edmunds, Henry Royce, motor car, Rolls Royce, Royce Ltd, Silver Ghost

Today in 1489 the Queen of Cyprus Sold her kingdom to Venice

New Delhi. 14 March 2020. On this day in 1489, Queen Catherine Cornaro renounced her throne, put her entire kingdom up for sale, and sold it to Venice. Venice was interested in Cyprus for a long time…Read more ›

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In US Civil War confederacy approved black soldiers today

New Delhi. 13 March 2020. In 1865 US Civil war: Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers.On March 13, 1865, with the main Rebel armies…Read more ›

Tagged with: General Patrick Cleburne, General William T. Sherman, President Jefferson Davis, US Civil War confederacy

75 years of Auschwitz’s liberation

New Delhi. 27 January 2020. Many chapters of history are embedded in darkness and sorrow . However one might want these can never be undone. And one such…Read more ›

100 years since Lincoln’s Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student

New Delhi. 30 December 2019. This decade ends with another landmark completed. It has been 100 years since Lincoln’s Inn in London, England, UK admitted its first female…Read more ›

Tagged with: Barbara Mills, Black Books show, Did You Know This?, Harold Robinson, Lincoln, Marjorie Powell, UK

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports ( ABVIMAS ) gets its wings

To Organize First Asia Cup For White Water Rafting in 2020 By Brig. Vijay Atray Manali . 30 July 2019. In Manali – the Dev Bhumi Himachal Pradesh…Read more ›

Tagged with: ABVIMAS, Himachal Pradesh, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, Rescue Course, River Rafting

How Rolls-Royce powered two daredevil aviators into the record books?

Derby. 14 June 2019. On June 14th 1919, British pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown set out from St. John’s, Newfoundland, on a journey that would change…Read more ›