Mysteries and Missed Stories

  RANI PADMINI'S PALACE This majestic building embodies the essence of an outstanding past. Chittorgarh Fort in Rajasthan is one of the places that continue to draw in historians today. It's thought of as India's most important defensive structure and a well-liked UNESCO World Heritage Site. Extending to either side of the Aravalli Mountains defines the outline of the mountains. The Padmini Palace within the center of Chidogal Fort could be a testimony of legends and stories. This palace is located close to Chittorgarh Fort and could be a must-see attraction. The Story of Rani Padmini: Rani Padmini, also known as Padmavati, was 2 nd wife of Ratan Singh. Ratan Singh banished a scholar of his court for misconduct. The scholar took refuge in Alauddin Khalji's court and told him about the beauty of Rani Padmini. Drowned in the lust, Khalji led a siege on Chittorgarh and asked Ratan Singh to surrender Padmini. Ratan Singh died in a duel, and Khalji took over the fort....

  CHITTORGARH Chittorgarh or Chittor Fort, a place with written gallantry and courage all over its walls, is situated in Chittorgarh of Rajasthan, India. It stretches over a 180 m (590.6 ft) high hill and extends over 280 ha (691.9 acres) above the valley plains drained by the Berach River. The glorious history of Chittorgarh comprises of most fearless and fierce Rajput warriors like Rana Kumbha and Rana Sanga. Chittorgarh fort also tells us the story of Panna Dai, the woman who sacrificed her child to save the infant prince Uday Singh. The walls of this fort and all the fortress in it are witnesses of love, devotion, sacrifice, treachery, and bravery that happened in the past.   The fort has a total of seven gates (in the local language a gate is called Pol), namely Padan Pol, Bhairon Pol, Hanuman Pol, Ganesh Pol, Jodla Pol, Laxman Pol, and the main entrance called Ram Pol (Gate of the Lord). Rama All entrance gates to the fort were built as massive rock structures with...

                Women in Science Historical findings indicate that women's involvement in science dates back to  2700 BCE, in ancient Egypt. 'Merit Ptah' is believed to be the first woman in science by many; she was the chief physician of the Second Dynasty Pharaoh. Although some argue about her existence and name another woman named 'Peseshet', to be the first. A 4th-century woman named Hypatia emerged as the epitome of learning science and was also the head of the Neoplatonist school of philosophy. As some of these facts are not certain, and whatever the details have been found, were inscribed on stone tablets, nothing can be ascertained other than the fact that since the dawn of civilizations, women have been an inextricable part of Scientific Communities around the globe. Time changed, and so did the share of women's involvement in Science. The modern era began with a race to be first, and People in science were striving for achievement...

           Tesla VS Edison: Really? Nikola Tesla, a nobody born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire(now in Croatia) on July 10th1856, with pied academic qualifications and work experience came to America, with vision and high hopes to work with the most renowned mind of the time Thomas Edison. The year was 1884, Edison's Direct Current was lighting the Nation and Thomas Alva Edison was considered as the wizard of the modern age. Tesla worked for Edison until he realized he was in the wrong place, Edison was self-obsessed and does not entertain any improvements or alternatives of his own inventions, and was repressive of such ideas. When Tesla introduced his Alternating Current he was mocked by Edison, we all know about the "American sense of humor" incident, where Edison refused to pay Tesla the Money he owed. Tesla never valued money, which always kept heckling him, but he never learned that the world runs on it. During the "War of Currents" when Edison threw e...

                       The Stoneman Sion, Mumbai(before British known as Shiv) 1985-88 , gruesome killing of pavement dwellers, by crushing their heads under a massive stone begin to terrorize the city. It continued for about three years and then stopped, only to begin somewhere else. In June1989, the same kind of murders begin in Kolkata and continued for about 6 months killing 13 people. This time he also got the attention of international media, Los Angeles Times wrote "All his victims were beggars, homeless people, rickshaw pullers and lunatics who share their muddy concrete bed with rats, garbage and diseases. As no one came to collect the bodies of the dead, these people were officially non-existent. The Kolkata Police came under tremendous pressure when rumors of ritual sacrifices begin to spread, and the social panic was in the air. In 1989, a man came forward claiming to be a survivor, but he couldn't see the face o...

                        गाजर का इतिहास यह मज़ेदार तरीके से दिलचस्प है, यह जानना कि गाजर का भी इतिहास है, न केवल उत्पत्ति का, बल्कि इसका प्रचार और रंग का भी। इसकी उत्पत्ति आधुनिक दिन अफगानिस्तान और इराक से घिरे क्षेत्र में हुई, और मूल रूप से सफेद थे, जमीन के नीचे उगने वाली अन्य सब्जियों की तरह, लेकिन फिर कुछ होता है और सब कुछ बदल जाता है। पहले पीली और बैंगनी गाजर आईं और फिर नारंगी रंग के गाजर आए। नीदरलैंड के हाउस ऑफ ऑरेंज के राजा विलियम प्रथम ने स्पेनिश राजशाही के खिलाफ युद्ध का नेतृत्व किया, क्योंकि प्रोटेस्टेंट आबादी वाले राज्यों ने कैथोलिक शासन के खिलाफ विद्रोह किया। युद्ध के 80 वर्षों में लगभग 6lakh-7lakh लोगों की मृत्यु हुई, लेकिन यह हाउस ऑफ ऑरेंज की जीत और एक स्वतंत्र डच राज्य की नींव के साथ समाप्त हुआ। ये नारंगी रंग शक्त,नीति और राजवंश का प्रतिक बन गया, यहां तक ​​कि घरों को भी इसमें रंगा जाने लगा गया। अपने राजा को श्रद्धांजलि के रूप में डच किसानों ने अतिरिक्त कैरोटीनॉयड के साथ गाजर उगाया, जो इसके नारंगी रंग के लिए जिम्मे...

                 Mysteries and Missed Stories सम्राट अशोक के नौ अज्ञात रत्न सम्राट अशोक एक महान शासक थे, वह मगध के शासक  बिन्दुसार के पुत्र एवं महान चंत्रगुप्त मौर्य के पौत्र थे।कलिंग युद्ध से पूर्व वह एक युद्ध प्रिय शासक थे,किन्तु कलिंग युद्ध ने उनका हृदय परिवर्तित कर दिया। इस युद्ध में लगभग एक लाख सैनिक मारे गए तथा लगभग डेढ़ लाख लोग बेघर हो गए।इस नर संहार ने सम्राट अशोक को क्षुब्ध कर दिया था,और फिर सम्राट अशोक ने अपना जीवन बौद्ध दर्शन की सहायता से अहिंसा और समन्वय स्थापित करने हेतु समर्पित कर दिया। किंवदंती है कि सम्राट अशोक अपने अहिंसा और शांति के प्रचार के साथ साथ कुछ विषयों के गूढ़ रहस्यों का संकलन भी करते थे, उनकी नौ पुस्तकें नौ अलग अलग विषयों पर आधारित थीं।किन्तु राज्य के कार्य भार के कारण वह इसे अकेले नहीं कर सकते थे।अतः उन्होंने भारत वर्ष के नौ सबसे बुद्धिमान लोगों को स्वयं चुना और प्रत्येक को एक पुस्तक का भार दिया और एक गुप्त समाज की नींव रखी। जिसमें सदैव नौ लोग ही रहे,यदि कोई बूढ़ा हो जाता, या रोगी हो जाता तो उसकी जगह उसके उतर...

             Mysteries and Missed Stories The Dancing Plague The dancing plague was a dance epidemic that erupted in July of 1518, in the city of Strasbourg (then in the Roman Empire, now in France), when a lady walked into the streets and started dancing uncontrollably. Her name was Mrs. Frau Trauffea. She started dancing alone without music and danced till she fainted. After some rest, she began again. She continued to dance alone for a few days, but within a week, she was joined by 30 other people. This sudden uncontrollable urge to dance increased significantly among the people and grabbed the attention of the local bishop and authorities knew how it all began or why it began; people speculate from demonic possessions to mass hysteria, psychogenic disorders to overheated blood, but the true cause was never known. Authorities tried to mend it in different ways, like arranging for musicians to accompany the dancers, so that when the music stops, peop...

  Mysteries and Missed Stories द लाफिंग प्लेग क्या हंसी एक संक्रामक रोग बन सकती है? आप सोच रहे होंगे कैसे? तो ये कहानी सुनिए जो आपकी जिज्ञासा शांत कर देगी। ३० जनवरी १९६२, कशाशा गांव, तंजानिया,जहां की ये घटना है।ये घटना हुई एक गर्ल्स स्कूल में,दो लड़कियां आपस में बात कर रही थी फिर अचानक हंसने लगीं, फिर दो और लड़कियां हंसने लगीं कुछ ही समय में १०० से अधिक लड़कियां पूरे स्कूल में  बेकाबू हो कर हंसने लगीं। ये बीमारी लड़कियों के साथ गांव भी पहुंच गई,और कई लोग इससे ग्रसित हो गए। ये बीमारी एक दिन या एक महीने नहीं,बल्कि डेढ़ साल तक रही।जाहिर है कि कोई इतने लंबे समय तक लगातार हंस नहीं सकता,लोगों को दौरे पड़ने लगे, और जब भी दौरे पड़ते तो लोग बेतहाशा हंसने लगते अनियंत्रित हो जाते, दौरों का असर इतना बुरा था कि लोग खुद को नोचने लगते और सांस तक नहीं के पाते, और इस तरह शुरू हुआ द लाफिंग प्लेग। इस संक्रमण   के   डेढ़ साल तक चलने के कारण स्कूलों को कई बार खोला और बंद किया गया,शिक्षकों को पढ़ाने में काफी मुश्किलें हो रही थीं,एकाएक कोई भी बच्चा हंसने लग जाता था। ऐसी ही एक घटना सन् १९६२...

    Mysteries and Missed Stories The North Sentinel Island  Untouched by the modern hocus pocus an island in the Bay of Bengal, in the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar. This part of the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago is inhabited by the Native tribe of Sentinels. People of this tribe still live in their ancient ways of hunting and gathering and are warded off against any kind of modernization and external contact under the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Act of 1956. This act prohibits any travel within five nautical miles (9.26km), of the island and the area is patrolled by the Indian Navy. This island has been banned from traveling since the 1990s, for the protection of the Sentinelese people   as they might not have immunity against various diseases of the modern world. Although the exact number of Sentinelese people is unknown it is estimated to be around 400. These people react with hostility towards any kind of expediti...