Born: 11 June, 1897 at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, British India Died: 19 December, 1927 at Gorakhpur Jail, Uttar Pradesh, British India Ram Prasad Bismil was the famous freedom fighter who was involved in the historic Kakori train robbery. He was born in 1897 at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His father Muralidhar was an employee of Shahjahanpur Municipality. Rama Prasad learnt Hindi from …

Call it mosque, masjid, or dargah, they all refer to the same thing – ‘the dome of Allah’. India is home to a slew of mosques that dots the country’s skyline and tots up as a gentle reminder of the country’s Islamic past. It’s hard to miss the sandstone marvel of Fathepur Sikri or the imposing appeal of Charminar once …

Indian Monsoon Images: The weather pattern involves winds blowing from the south-west direction (known as the South-West Monsoon) from the Indian Ocean onto the Indian landmass during the months of June through September. These are generally rain-bearing winds, blowing from sea to land, and bring rains to most parts of the subcontinent. Indian Monsoon Images, Rain Stock Photos

Publisher: Notion Press Pages: 96 Price: Rs.149 Many Indians search for their life partners on matrimonial websites these days. Some have good experiences while some have sour memories by the end. A lot of parents in India look for NRI boys for their girls while a lot of NRIs look for their “typical Indian” girls via these websites. Although the …

Kushinagar, a district in Uttar Pradesh, India, is one of the major Buddhist pilgrimage centers because it is the place where Lord Buddha is believed to have entered Mahaparinirvana (death). It was near the Hiranyavati River that Buddha took his last breath and was cremated at the Ramabhar Stupa. Located at a distance of 55 kilometers away from Gorakhpur, Uttar …

During the third century B.C.E. the spread of Buddhism was furthered by Ashoka (270-232), the third of the Mauryan kings who created the first pan-Indian empire. Ashoka was converted to Buddhism by a Theravada monk and, after a bloody war of conquest against the neighboring state of Kalinga, he recognized that such aggression violated the principles of Buddhism. From this …

Vadodara, India – February 27, 2017 – City-based dentist Jaimin Patel, who runs a private clinic at Soma Talav crossroads, conducted a surgical procedure to remove a cannie teeth from a young college student; the tooth that he had extracted was 3.7 cm – which is a new world record for the Longest human tooth extracted. Photo: Dentist Jaimin Patel conducted …

Nashik, India – February 24, 2017 – Ashoka Buildcon, one of the leading highway developers in India conducted its 600th Road Safety Awareness Session and entered into the Book of World Records for ‘Largest Road Safety Lesson’ with 2700 participants. Largest Road Safety Lesson Photo: The campaign includes activities like Road Safety Lessons in Schools and Colleges, Interactive sessions with …

Indian Dance Images: India is the homeland of various dance forms, both classical and folk. Dance is a physical and visual art form, which has an immediate and massive impact on the spectator. The various Indian forms act like a window to India’s rich cultural reservoir. We have pictures of Bhangra, Gidda, Malwai Gidda, Jhumar, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Bihu, Saang, Bean …

New Delhi, India – February 15, 2017 – Aiming at eliminating the scope for malpractices in its recruitment process, Indian Railways is conducting the world’s largest online examination to fill up over 18,000 vacancies in various categories; the online examination is being undertaken by the Railway Recruitment Boards to fill up 18,252 graduate-level Group-3 posts, thus setting the new world …