Tatia Tope (1814 – 18 April 1859)
…momentum, he won over the Indian troops of the East India Company, stationed at Kanpur (Cawnpore), established Nana Sahib’s authority and became the Commander-in-Chief of his forces. After the reoccupation…
Sanchi Stupa
…Pali word Sanch meaning To Measure. In Hindi, however Sanchi or Sancha means for Moulds of Stones. The stupa was vandalized at one point, sometime in the second century BCE,…
Sun Temple Konark
…stone carving. The entire complex was designed in the form of a huge chariot drawn by seven spirited horses on twelve pairs of exquisitely decorated wheels. The entrance is guarded…
Taj Mahal
…these words:[11] Should guilty seek asylum here, Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin. Should a sinner make his way to this mansion, All his past sins are to…
B. R. Ambedkar
…for women, and also won the Assembly’s support for introducing a system of reservations of jobs in the civil services, schools and colleges for members of scheduled castes and scheduled…
Golden Temple
…became the supreme centre of Sikhism. Its sanctum came to house the Adi Granth comprising compositions, Sikh values, philosophies and teachings of the Sikh Gurus and other saints of Guru…