Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Brief History of Narinder Singh Kapany
Early Life of Narinder Singh Kapany Narinder Singh Kapany is a name all too well known in the scientific community as one of the pioneers of fibre optics. He was born in Moga, Punjab, India in a Sikh Khatri family. As a child, he was very curious and had a learner’s mind. While Narinder Singh…
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Things you didn’t know about Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi, a thinker amongst other things Mahatma Gandhi is quite possibly the only name that if not heard, then the man’s face is seen by everyone in India. He accomplished a lot in his lifetime and was a central figure in liberating India from the colonial rule of the British Empire. A reign that…
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A brief history of the Ahom Kingdom
The one ruler to rule over the mountains Mong Mao was an empire established in 560 A. D., that ran all the way from the Tibetan Frontier to what is the modern-day Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, China and Assam. It was a state formed of the ethnic ruling class of Dai that controlled and commanded several…
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Marthanda Verma: The King of Travancore
India is no stranger to wars and warriors that lead men to victory. It has had a history of kings that have shown their valour in times of need and helped their kingdoms prosper and grow. Another fact, albeit, a sad one was that we lagged behind the rest of the world in terms of…
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Ashoka The Great: The one ruler who unified them all
Chandragupta Maurya was a great warrior, a wise ruler and the first true king the Indian Subcontinent had seen in ages. He laid the foundation of the Mauryan Empire that lasted a few generations in the Iron Age between 322 to 185 BCE. He was an orphan raised by the scholar Chanakya, into the first…
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