Category: Personas
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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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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…