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10 hours ago · The Great Banyan Tree, Kolkata. This banyan tree has been growing for over 250 years in the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden. It spreads across 3.5 acres, making it one of the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage. The banyan tree’s aerial prop roots grow vertically downward, forming additional trunks that fuel its ...
43 minutes ago · Besides Tagore, Sister Nivedita, and Swami Vivekananda who were lifelong influences on Bose’s life, there are cameos by a dozen historical science celebrities. These include Heinrich Hertz (who proved the existence of electromagnetic waves), Wilhelm Röntgen (who discovered X-rays), Max Planck, Pierre Curie, Lord Kelvin, and Nikola Tesla.
3 hours ago · On Monday, he visited Putin's official residence for a private engagement. Modi is scheduled to leave for Vienna today (July 9-10). He stated on Sunday that the shared values of democracy, freedom, and the rule of law are the foundation for building a closer partnership between the two countries.
5 hours ago · Introduction Beginning in 1905, the Anti-Partition Campaign under Extremist was launched. During the anti-partition Bengal movement, extreme politics began to develop inside the Congress. Many young leaders, known as Neo-Nationalists or Extremists, lost hope when the British government refused to annualize the division of Bengal in the face of widespread demonstrations from the people of Bengal, evoking compassion from the Indian people. Important extreme figures were Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal ...
1 day ago · Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport ( IATA: CCU, ICAO: VECC) is an international airport serving Kolkata and the Kolkata Metropolitan Region. It is the primary aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city centre. The airport is locally known as Kolkata Airport ...
5 hours ago · As punishment, Thurston (who Nazrul called Harsh Tones) put him on a penal diet which was rice water. Nazrul then went on a hunger strike that lasted for 39 days. The entire nation protested against this. All the leading papers started reporting on Nazrul’s health. He lost 25 pounds. Tagore wrote to Nazrul asking him to break his fast.
5 hours ago · The father of Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic tales, and from satirical epistolary tales to imaginative historical fiction. This volume includes all Pushkin's prose in brilliant new translations, including his masterpieces 'The Queen of Spades', 'The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin' and the short novel 'The Captain's ...
