Historical Events
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💮Although, the list of blunders committed by Jawaharlal Nehru is very long but here are the 9 biggest blunders committed by him which cost India heavily and India is still paying t...
#Gann 1952 Gann gave his suggested reading list. Google and check. Top of the list are 3 books by Mrs L Dow Balliet! Why are these important? She writes about Pythogorean Numerolog...
Bitter but true, A market of Ghazni, Crowd of hundreds of underage Hindu women standing on a pigeon from the height. The condition of those girls was very pathetic, a man with a c...
Just as Ramadhaan was the month of worship, it was also the month of some of the greatest Islamic victories and some very important historical events occurred in Ramadhaan. Rama...
Urs festival of great Sufi Saint Haji Pir (R.H.) at Hajipir in Kutch district of Gujarat is celebrated every year. 12th century Muslim Sufi Saint Haji Pir of Kutch is a symbol of c...
"I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." —Leopold II of Belgium Before Hitler killed 6 million Jews.…. Leopold Il of Belgium k...
My favorite question in 2023: What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians? Here's the 9 best examples: https://t.co/w1tQgMjyL2
Most of you might have forgotten about the 1992 Ajmer Rape and Blackmail Scandal. Victims: more than 250 girls of age group 11-20. Girls as young as 11 years old were blackmail...
In the coming weeks: 🕌 Muslims -> Ramadan ⛪️ Christians -> Easter 🕍 Jews -> passover On this festive occasion, let's recall a time in late Ottoman Palestine, early 1900s, before...
Charles Hatfield - The Man Who Sold Rain Early in his career, Hatfield studied meteorology, physics, chemistry, bought chemicals, and conducted experiments. In 1902 he obtained a...
1982 - Worst recession in 40 years, debt crisis 1983 - Market hits record - "Market too high" 1984 - Record U.S. Federal deficits 1985 - Economic growth slows 1986 - Dow nears 2000...
Lethal smog in London The great smog enveloped London on 5 December 1952 and had not cleared by 9 December of the same year. The event was a real catastrophe, killing 12,000 peopl...
🧵 thread/ In 1939, as WWII was starting, John Templeton was buying US stocks while everyone else sold. 60yrs later in 1999 when everyone was buying, Templeton was short 84 of the...
At-Tabari died besieged, al Bukhari deserted, An-Nasa’i murdered, Ibn Hazm hunted, Abu Hanifa died in captivity, Ibn Taymiyyah in prison, Malik Ibn Anas was imprisoned and flogged,...
Story of Carlota Lucumi This Yoruba Woman Led One of Cuba’s Biggest Revolts In 1844 That Later Inspired Fidel Castro Read thread Retweet to educate someone too https://t.co/Mrz...
India is no stranger to industrial and other accidents. Many innocents have died due to systemic apathy. Some get highlighted, like a Union Carbide. Some accidents are lost in...
the NYT’s track record on issues is something we need to talk more about especially when they brag about their journalism… like the time they dismissed the threat of Hitler ht...
On this day in 1991, the U.S. bombed the Amiriya civilian air raid shelter in Iraq, which was sheltering a thousand sleeping civilians, ki!!ing 408 Iraqi civilians (261 women and 5...
This Newsweek article from April 28, 1975 is a good example of early climate change propaganda. They used many of the tactics we see being employed today and the narrative was simi...
Recently some people drew my attention to the Upahaar cinema tragedy where you saw dozens of people die through the gross negligence of cinema owners and others and the long fight...
#ObituaryOfTheDay Capt Kapil Kundu, Hav Roshan Lal, Rfn Subham Singh and Rfn Ramavtar. Martyred this day five years ago in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army in Bhimber Gali Se...
Would you be surprised to learn that this commercial aired at 8:14am the morning of 9/11, showing a paper airplane flying around a city and past skyscrapers? When it lands, it's op...
The usual 'talent show' is on display at India's Independence Day parade, Chinese state media report. https://t.co/Y03GCJn2sb
Why did the UK destroy and replace so many of its old Victorian buildings? https://t.co/RTTg2F0coQ
