Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Rare Footage of India's Independence day 1947

Rare Footage of India's Independence day 1947 and as well Pakistan's.
Transfer of power and Hosting of the Tricolor. Must watch, historical importance.



Another Video of India's Independence Day series and fight against poverty and the real sceneors on the street.


And finally Pt. Nehru's speech on eve of India's Independence.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1294340719532896256


Keywords - India, Independence Day, 1947, Freedom, Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Kerosene Radio Fan / Lamp or Steam powered fan of British East India Era [Video]

Below is a interesting Fan during the regime of East India, British India.

We have only heard of these sort of fans from our grand fathers but never seen it. These were may be used by more privileged Indians or the British officers.

It is interesting gadget that is not taught to us in the Primary or Secondary schools in our time, but I think every one and the kids definitely should know about this.



Also found this more detailed video (in Hindi) about the working and origin of the fan.

Just a little google and one such I found on Amazon India being sold for 20K.





Saturday, March 21, 2020

Assam History - Pre-Historic to End of 21st Century.

We can find a lot in text books and Wikipedia about Assam History, but then text books are written by Government and biased while Wikipedia is edited by public.
Came across the Encyclopedia Britannica article on Assam and straight forward, crisp writing on Assam History.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Assam/History

Excerpt from Britannica, Read the complete article, it is crisp, short and has all the incidents covered.
In the earliest recorded times, Assam was part of Kamarupa, a state that had its capital at Pragjyotishapura (now Guwahati). Ancient Kamarupa included roughly the Brahmaputra River valley, Bhutan, the Rangpur region (now in Bangladesh), and Koch Bihar, in West Bengal state. King Narakasura and his son Bhagadatta were famous rulers of Kamarupa in the Mahabharata period (roughly 400 BCE to 200 CE). A Chinese traveler, Xuanzang, left a vivid account of the country and its people about 640 CE. Although information about the following centuries is meagre, clay seals and inscriptions on copper plates and stone that date from the 7th to the mid-12th century indicate that the inhabitants of the region attained considerable power and a fair degree of social, economic, and technological development.