After the Second World War many countries of Eastern Europe had come under the communist rule like china, Russia etc. America, Africa and Asia were also coming under the influence of communist rule. U.S felt that if the same situation continues then they would lose the cold war. Cold war was about the communism and [...]
After the second world war Germany was fragmented into two parts i.e. east Germany under the communist rule of soviet union and the west Germany which was democratic country supported by U.S.A. Berlin lies in the centre of east Germany so it was divided for the occupation by Russia, U.S.A. and England. The relation between [...]
The Eiffel tower was built in Paris for the world exhibition which was an international fair to show the beautiful, unique things and advance technology of France. Its construction was started in January 26, 1887 and was completed on 31st march 1889 which took two years, two months and five days. Eiffel tower was the [...]
Two thousand years back when the civilization was developing roman republic was the one who became strong and created an empire. Life started in the Rome which leads to many achievements and inventions. Everybody was happy and earning enough money including the rulers of empire but a time came when the empire fell. There are [...]
George Carlin says “electricity is just organized lightening†or we can say that electricity always existed it was not invented instead it was discovered. It has become a very important part of today’s life. Most of the things and appliances we use run on electricity.
The credit of discovery of electricity is however given to Benjamin [...]
After the invention of wheel man started inventing different types of vehicles that could run on roads. It is said that in 1678 father Ferdinand Verbiest presented a steam powered vehicle to the emperor of China. But no proofs are available for this so people took it as it was a model.
The first self [...]
A box by which we see images and hear sounds is called television. Let us know about its invention and development.
In 1862 Abbe Giovanna Caselli invented pantelgraph which sends the still images with wires. May and Smith the other scientists in 1873 started their experiments with selenium and light which shows that they can convert [...]
People in America celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November. This day is taken as a legal holiday. People spend wonderful time with their family and friends and have the holiday feast. But in Canada thanksgiving is celebrated because of harvest in October As harvest comes earlier in Canada. So this day is [...]
The incident started in the beginning of 20th century when a Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chin Minh was studying in U.S and wrote to president to seek their help to run the country which was then under French but all this was not attended by U.S that time. Afterwards they approached this same man and said [...]
King Charles I became the ruler of England and after one year nearly in 1625 he started declaring that he is the man of god and he should have all the powers to rule the country because of divine right. He also said that he did not feel the need of parliament. Here the dispute [...]
“Great war†is the other name of world war I. It was started due to many reasons but the foremost cause of all is the assassination of Archduke Frencis Ferdinand, the next heir of Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie during their Serbia visit. They thought that if Ferdinand got the throne of Austro-Hungarian Empire [...]
Generally people believe that World War II started in year 1939. Minor German radio station was attacked by the group of Nazis and Hitler to prove their invasion of Poland right. Hitler gave the justification for the invasion that Gleiwitz transmitter was attacked by the regular polish troops.
Britain and France were with Poland so with [...]
Memorial Day is celebrated for remembering all those soldiers who had given their lives in war, battles and even in peace to maintain our freedom, peace and liberty. Those who have sacrificed their lives for us deserved to be remembered by us so that we can admire their courage and bravery.
The specific day for celebrating [...]
This day is celebrated on 17th of March. It marks the death of St. Patrick. It is believed that this man came to earth only to convert pagans to Christianity. At a very small age of fourteen he was kidnapped and was taken to Ireland where all were pagans. He was made slave there. During [...]
From many years we all are celebrating Labor Day but rarely made an effort to find the reason behind it. We had only accepted it as a tradition. This day is taken as a national holiday in Canada and United States since 1894. Generally people take this day as a day off from the work [...]
In 1885 B.J Cigrand, a teacher and his students observed as 108th anniversary of official adaptation of the “stars and stripes†as the flag in year 1777 and after a year later got independence from Great Britain. President Henry Truman signed an act in which 14 June was taken as the national Flag Day in [...]
If we go deep into the history of seven days we will find that there is no definite theory of why there are seven days in a week. Everyone has different opinions about it.
Some people say that week of seven days was first practiced by roman empire and then by Christians churches. After this British [...]
Not only by the name of “good Friday†have we called this day. In different countries it is known by different names. In Latin America, France Italy, Vietnam, Japan, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Philippines is called as “holy Fridayâ€, “Mourning Friday†in Germany, “long Friday†in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and “sad Friday†in some [...]
Halloween is celebrated with candies, bright costumes, black cats, pumpkins etc. It is believed that 2000 years back Halloween was originated from the Celtic festival of samhain. They worship the nature’s beauty, the sun and also samhain who was believed as lord of dead pupils. These people also believe that samhain calls all the dead [...]
Columbus day is celebrated in U.S in Puerto Rico, in some parts of Canada and in the cities of Spain and Italy for discovering America in October 12,1492. The day was first celebrated in year 1792. It was also known as “Discovery day”. Parades and banquets were organized for this day. After four hundred [...]