Historical
Mother of Orphaned Children in the Court of God ... Sindhutai's Inspirational Story
There is a village called Pimpri in Wardha district of Maharashtra. In this village a daughter was born in a normal family. The girl had a great desire to study. But due to poor financial condition of the family only studied up to 4th standard. She was married when she was just 10 years old and also to a man 20 years older than her. The 10-year-old girl, realizing her fate, accepted her 30-year-old husband and her father-in-law left Pierre.
By parth rakangor4 years ago in FYI
The History of Trends in Investment Banking
Collapse and Revival JP Morgan specifically, the person whose bank is named after him, is historically known for saving the entire country of the United States from the 1907 Knickerbocker Crisis. This particular crisis involved a panic that occurred on Wall Street in October that year when, during a time of recession, many banks and trust businesses filed for bankruptcy. If it was not for the contribution of Morgan to invest large sums of his own money in addition to convincing others of similar wealth and status to save the banking system, it would have ended then and there.
By Arbiter Writing4 years ago in FYI
THE REGENT’S PARK TRAGEDY
The start of January 1867 was extremely cold throughout England and skaters all over the country were enjoying themselves on rivers and frozen lakes. At that time, Regent’s Park incorporated a zoo, gardens, paths for horse riding, and an ornamental lake. There was also a lake for boating. In freezing winters, when the lake froze over, it became a location for skating.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
EDWARD VI
King Henry VIII waited for more than twenty years for this healthy son and heir. Jane Seymour, Henry’s third wife, was his mother. Sadly, he reigned for only six years and died at the young age of sixteen and he was a ‘pawn’ in the hands of unscrupulous men. He had the real makings of a good Kingof England. He was Edward VI.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff4 years ago in FYI
BOSHAM CHURCH – West Sussex
Bosham is one of the earliest places of Christian worship in West Sussex and perhaps the most well-known. The church is represented in the Bayeux Tapestry, which features the events leading to the Duke William of Normandy’s conquest of England in 1066.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
William Whipple - One of America's Founding Fathers
Windsor Moffat, for his father-in-law Williams, was another signer. Whipple, one of three men from New Hampshire who signed the famous document (the others were Josiah Bartlett and Matthew Thornton), had no direct descendants.
By Ranju rana4 years ago in FYI
Laughter Is the Best Medicine — Until the Joke Becomes a Medical Problem
You might be giggling after reading the headline. Laughter? Surely nothing terrible can happen when you laugh? And an epidemic? That sounds a little extreme, especially given the realities of living in a pandemic.
By Sandi Parsons4 years ago in FYI
Paintball History
Paintball has become an engaging sports. However, very few people know that Paintball was never started as an actual sport. Rather, it was just a modus operandi for marking of trees by Forest Department. For couple of years, it was used for marking the trees and from there, Paintball Guns acquired their name of "Markers"
By philip kevin4 years ago in FYI
LONDON BRIDGE AND THE IMPALED HEADS
Erected in 1999, most days, hundreds if not thousands of travellers and tourists pass an eighty-foot high, slanted grey stone spike at the southern end of London Bridge. Most people walk past it, but the feature has a great deal of historical meaning as it remembers a dark era of over three hundred years, when traitors’ heads were put on spikes for all of London to see. This cheery London ritual began around 1300 A.D.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
