Historical Importance of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. Engaged in a war that many viewed as having no […]
Elton John is a British singer, pianist and composer who during his four-decade career has sold over 250 million records and has had more than 50 Top 40 hits. Famous for his outlandish stage costumes and beloved for his profound music, he is one of the most successful artists of all time. Some of his […]
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.” – Albert Einstein Born March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany, Albert Einstein became an independent scholar of physics after his formal education. In the early 1900s he developed the special and general theories of relativity. He went on to win the […]
The rent-roll of Akbar, a sixteenth-century Mughal emperor, and the work of a Bengali poet, Bipradaas, of the late fifteenth century, both make mention of the city’s early name being Kolikata, from which Kolkata/Calcutta are said to derive. There is lot of discussion on how the city got its name. There are different views on […]
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી; Hindi: मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी, pronounced: [moːˈɦənd̪aːs kəˈrəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. Pioneering […]