Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of India, a true Nehruvian Socialist at heart. His popularity soared during the Indo-Pak war of 1965. It was during his visit to Tashkent to formally end the war that he died supposedly of a heart attack the very next day after signing the Tashkent Agreement in 1966. Various conspiracy theories suggest that he was poisoned. There are disputes about the dark blue spots and cut marks on his abdomen when no postmortem was conducted.
Subhash Chandra Bose or Netaji was the supreme commander of Azad Hind Fauj. He was one of the most prominent Indian leaders at the forefront of the Indian Independence movement. During the closing stages of World War II, it was announced by Japan that Bose had died of third degree burns in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18th, 1945. However, this is highly disputed as several inconsistencies were found in the Japanese report of Bose’s death. Speculations were that this was actually a ploy to help him go underground and perhaps escape to the USSR.
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The Saraswati River is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit Texts. Infact several of this Vedic texts and Mahabharata mention the presence of a river carrying enormous volumes of water that eventually dried up in a desert. There have been various studies to determine if such a river indeed existed and the most logical conclusion have been drawn is that perhaps what is the Ghaggar-Hakra River was once the Saraswati. But again there are evidences that suggest that the Saraswati has actually dried up before the the Ghaggar-Hakra river period; raising questions about the authenticity of the existence of Saraswati.
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Located in the Qutub Complex Delhi, the Iron Pillar is a 1,600-year-old structure. Made from 98% wrought iron, it has been capturing the interests of scientists from the world over for its ability to resist corrosion after thousands of years. Archaeologists and metallurgists have hailed this structure as “a testament to the skill of ancient Indian blacksmiths”. It is interesting how a corrosion resistant pillar was made that sustained for centuries together.
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Legend has it that in a small village near Pune is a levitating stone near the tomb of a certain Qamar Ali. It is said that if the stone is touched by the fingers of 11 people and the name “Qamar Ali Darvesh” chanted, the stone flies up in air. A stone weighing about 200 kg levitating in air is indeed strange. While some believe it to be an illusion, there is no denying that it is a puzzling event and is counted among’st the unsolved mysteries of India.(sources)
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Subhash Chandra Bose or Netaji was the supreme commander of Azad Hind Fauj. He was one of the most prominent Indian leaders at the forefront of the Indian Independence movement. During the closing stages of World War II, it was announced by Japan that Bose had died of third degree burns in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18th, 1945. However, this is highly disputed as several inconsistencies were found in the Japanese report of Bose’s death. Speculations were that this was actually a ploy to help him go underground and perhaps escape to the USSR.
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The Saraswati River is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit Texts. Infact several of this Vedic texts and Mahabharata mention the presence of a river carrying enormous volumes of water that eventually dried up in a desert. There have been various studies to determine if such a river indeed existed and the most logical conclusion have been drawn is that perhaps what is the Ghaggar-Hakra River was once the Saraswati. But again there are evidences that suggest that the Saraswati has actually dried up before the the Ghaggar-Hakra river period; raising questions about the authenticity of the existence of Saraswati.
Located in the Qutub Complex Delhi, the Iron Pillar is a 1,600-year-old structure. Made from 98% wrought iron, it has been capturing the interests of scientists from the world over for its ability to resist corrosion after thousands of years. Archaeologists and metallurgists have hailed this structure as “a testament to the skill of ancient Indian blacksmiths”. It is interesting how a corrosion resistant pillar was made that sustained for centuries together.
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Legend has it that in a small village near Pune is a levitating stone near the tomb of a certain Qamar Ali. It is said that if the stone is touched by the fingers of 11 people and the name “Qamar Ali Darvesh” chanted, the stone flies up in air. A stone weighing about 200 kg levitating in air is indeed strange. While some believe it to be an illusion, there is no denying that it is a puzzling event and is counted among’st the unsolved mysteries of India.(sources)
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