Simha Sankranti marks the day when the sun moves from Karka Rashi (Cancer) to Simha (Leo). It marks the beginning of Malayalam calendar in Kerala. Similarly, Avni Masam begins in the Tamil month on this day. Simha Sankranti Celebrations: It’s is a day of worship. Devotees offer their prayers to the Sun God, Lord Vishnu and Lord Narsimha Swami on …

Animals first appeared on earth about 430 million years ago, but did not begin to resemble the ones we know today until 360 million years later. Sharks however were already abundant about 340 million years ago. It seems that the first land animals were insects such as scorpions and millipedes. But they were greatly different from today’s insects. Next to …

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay “Civil Disobedience” (originally published as “Resistance to Civil Government”), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau’s books, articles, …

जोहान पीटर हेबेल (1760-1826) जर्मन लेखकों में अपनी छोटी-छोटी कहानियों के लिए विशेष रूप से जाने जाते हैं। प्रस्तुत कहानी प्रेम की एक अखिण्डत प्यास और एक ऐसे विश्वास की कहानी है, जिसके सहारे आदमी अपनी तमाम भावी सम्भावनाओं के प्रति समर्पित हो जाता है। कोई पचास बरसों से भी पहले की बात है कि फालुन में – जो कि …

Easter is the most important annual feast of Christians. According to Christian scripture, it was the day when Jesus resurrected after his crucifixion. This day is celebrated as Easter Day or Easter Sunday. It is also known as Resurrection day or Resurrection Sunday. This day comes two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday. As this is …

World History Quiz: How much do you really know about the past? Take these history quizzes to test your knowledge of history. World History Quiz for Kids World history or global history as a field of historical study examines history from a global perspective. It emerged centuries ago; leading practitioners have included Voltaire (1694-1778), Hegel (1770-1831), Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Arnold …

Name: Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar Born: 22 December 1887 Erode, Madras Presidency, British India Education: Government Arts College (no degree) Pachaiyappa’s College (no degree) Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts by Research, 1916) Known For: Landau–Ramanujan constant Mock theta functions Ramanujan conjecture Ramanujan prime Ramanujan–Soldner constant Ramanujan theta function Ramanujan’s sum Rogers–Ramanujan identities Ramanujan’s master theorem Ramanujan–Sato series Awards: Fellow of …

Name: Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron Birthday: December 21, 1977 (Amiens, France) Nationality: French Political Party: La République En Marche (2016 – **) Spouse: Brigitte Trogneux (M. 2007) Parents: Jean-Michel Macron (Father); Françoise Macron-Nogues (Mother) Born as Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron, on December 21, 1977, in the city of Amiens, located in northern France; known as Emmanuel Macron. He is the …

Mother Teresa — Saint Mother Teresa is perhaps the greatest human being who has ever lived in this world. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in October 2003. She had only one aim in life, to serve the poor, the destitute, the needy and all those who were dejected by the society. She founded an institution, known as …

Master Number 11 Made Rajesh Khanna — But why did India‘s first and only superstar suddenly disappear can only be answered best by his birth chart and numbers, in fact he revealed to me in 2003 when we met at Pune, that when his Saturn cycle commenced in 1974, it hit him quite bad, from which according to him he …