5 Interesting Historical facts: 1. Alexander the Great: He was the ruler of “Macedonian kingdom”. He invaded India in the year 327 B.C. At that time, the king “Ambi”, the ruler of “Takshasila kingdom”, surrendered to Alexander, without offering any resistance. It indicates his weak mentality and he was king only for the namesake. King Purushottam: He was ruling the area between the rivers, namely – Jhelum and Cheenab and who fought bravely against Alexander and lost the battle. Even though, he was defeated in the battle, Alexander praised the king, for his braveness shown in the battle and offered the title “Porus” to that brave king of Takshasila. Death of Alexander: He died in a place, called “Babylonia”, in the year 324 B.C. It was said that he died of “serious illness (probably due to Malaria fever)”. 2. Gautama Buddha and Buddhism: He was born in the year 6th B.C. and belonged to “Sakya” community. The capital of the Sakya kings was “Kapilavasthu”. He meditated for forty days under the peepul (papal) tree, at a place called “Gaya” and attained enlightenment and established “Buddhism”. He first gave his religious speech at a place called “Saranath”. The sacred religious books of Buddhism are called “Thripithakhas”, which contain the teachings of Buddha. Buddha’s main teaching is on observation and practice of “non-violence”. “Ajathasatru”, the Magadha king became the disciple of Buddha. It was known in the history that this Magadha king was responsible for the death of his father “Bimbisara”, who was kept in prison and not provided with food and so, the poor father-king died of starvation. 3. The first invasion … [Read more...]
12 interesting trivial facts
1. The country with the longest National Anthem is Greece. 2. The people of the “Hungary” are called as “Magyars”. 3. “Bombay Duck” is a kind of fish. 4. “Sanskrit” is the mother language (just like “Latin” in Europe) to all the languages in India. India and Germany (the only other country) broadcast Sanskrit Language programmes over their Radio network channels. The important point is, “Maxmullar”, the famous German philosopher, learned Sanskrit and became authoritative and extraordinary scholar in that beautiful language. The most wonderful thing is he never visited India. 5. Katsu Suke, aged 71 years old, from Japan, climbed the Everest, the highest mountain (29,035 feet in height) in the world on 22nd May, 2007 and broke the previous record set up by 70 years old person of Japan itself. 6. Peter Cellars, a famous Holly wood movie artist died in 1980 and as per the will written y him, his three children received only 200 dollars per head, and automatically they got disappointment after seeing that meager amount. But his multimillion dollar estate was given to his 4th wife, 26 years old, “Lynne Frederick”. The pitiable thing is, later on, his daughter became prostitute. 7. Ants never get sleep. 8. In the entire world, there are701 varieties of dogs. 9. Go to any corner of the world, you find a person having the name “Mohammad”. 1o. horrible punishment: The punishment for “masturbation" as per the Indonesias’s laws is “cutting of the head of that person”. 11. The name the disease “common cold” was first of all diagnosed in 1611 AD in Stanford, in England. John common, an elderly man had got the patent on that … [Read more...]
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