History not taught in schools
@HistoryUnpluggd
History in its purest form & not taught in your school. No right- or left-wing bias. My other X handle @pksenthilkumar. IT Professional.
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"Life is a tragedy in close-up but comedy in long-shot" .. Charlie Chaplin #quotes #CharlieChaplin
#Zimbabwe was previously called as Southern Rhodesia and later Rhodesia. The name "Zimbabwe" originates from the Shona phrase "dzimba dza mabwe," which translates to "houses of stone" or "stone houses," referring to the Great Zimbabwe ruins, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The earliest version of #Football An ancient Chinese game named #Cuju that involves kicking a ball may have been the earliest documented version of Football. Scriptures from the period of Han dynasty (2nd cent. BC to 3rd cent. AD mention the game. #ChineseHistory #DailyHistory
#DailyHistory Ancient Greeks worshipped Nemesis, who was the goddess of retribution, vengeance, and divine justice, punishing those who acted with hubris (arrogance) or disrupted the natural order. #Nemesis #GreekHistory #GreekMythology
Not Christopher Columbus... but LEIF ERIKSON, a Norse explorer may have been the first European to have discovered the Americas first around the year 1000 AD. He established a settlement at a site now called L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada #Norse #Worldhistory
#IdesOfMarch Originally meaning only "Middle of March," the 15th of March, had no real significance. However, the date took on a whole different meaning when Julius Caesar was killed on this day in 44 BCE. #WorldHistory
Khapa-chan is another name for Ladakh. The name translates to "land of snow". #IndianHistory #India #History
#IndianHistory #Food #Desserts Ledikeni is a sweet created sometime around 1860 by Bengali sweet maker called Bhim Chandra Nag to honor Lady Canning (wife of the then Governor General Charles Canning), who really loved it. Bhim Chandra Nag's family still has the original recipe.
#WorldHistory #BarberPole Barbers in the Middle Ages performed surgery, including bloodletting. So, they had a pole with white, red and sometimes blue stripes to indicate their place. The red color indicated blood, while the white stripes indicated bandages to stop bleeding.
#WorldHistory #MayDay #Egypt The world's first recorded labor strike was organized in 1159 BCE in ancient Egypt. The tomb-builders and artisans at Set-Ma'at during the reign of Rameses III were fed up with not being paid for 18 days, laid down their tools & went on strike.
#IndianHistory Previous names of Mt #Everest. Before it was surveyed by Sir George Everest, the mountain was called Sagarmatha in Sanskrit or Chomolungma (Goddess of Valley) in Tibetan
#IndianHistory Happy #MahavirJayanti The #JalMandir in Pawapuri, Bihar is the place where Lord Mahavir is said to have attained nirvana (ascended to heaven)
#IndianHistory Happy #MahavirJayanti The animal associated with Lord Mahavir is lion. He was said to be born as a lion in one of his previous births & renounced meat. The tree associated with Him is Shala (sal) tree. He achieved enlightenment under this tree at the age of 42.
#WorldHistory #Macedonia #Alexander is technically not a Greek. He is a native of Macedonia, which is a landlocked country north of Greece and has a heavy Greek influence.
#IndianHistory #Thug The word "thug" comes from the Hindi word "thuggee" which means "deceiver." Thugs operated in gangs, gaining the trust of travelers before strangling them with a special scarf or rope. They even had their secret language and rituals.
#IndianHistory A hand-chiseled wonder The #Ajanta caves were entirely carved by just hammers and chisels by Buddhist monks between the 2nd century BC and 6th century AD.
#WorldHistory #China An eunuch changed the process of #paper making. Till 105 AD, papers were made of bamboo & wooden slips. An eunuch named Cai Lun in the Chinese empire, introduced tree bark, hemp & fishing nets in the process which enabled large-scale paper production.
#IndianHistory #BRAmbedkar and Indian flag. The tricolor Indian flag designed by Pingali Venkiah originally had the Charka (khadi spinning wheel). The current version of the flag with Ashok Chakra wheel with 24 spokes was Ambedkar's idea.
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