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THE AMAZING STORY OF 21 BRAVE SIKHS, WHO FOUGHT AGAINST 10,000 INVADERS - THE BATTLE OF SARAGARHI (12-SEP-1897)

On the Samana Range of the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan, the British Army built a small communications post at Saragarhi, to be housed by an equally small contingent of soldiers. The region had always been a troubled area, and during the last quarter of the 19th century, British India’s hold on the North West Frontier was tenuous. In fact, several expeditions had been sent to maintain control and suppress rebellion in the region in the years immediately preceding the Saragarhi battle. Equipped with a heliograph, Saragarhi transmitted messages by using flashes of sunlight, sent much like telegraphic communication (read: Morse code). The flashes themselves were made by either pivoting a mirror or interrupting a beam of light. In the summer of 1897, things were getting tense in the region, and the British had only recently ended an uprising of Pashtun tribesmen in the Malakand region (known later as the Siege of Malakand) in early August. By the end of the month, there

Narayanan Krishnan: The Story of A Chef Who Dedicated His Life to Feeding The Homeless

Narayanan Krishnan, an award winning chef at the Taj, a five star hotel in India, was on his way to take up a job in an elite hotel in Switzerland after being shortlisted from thousands of hopefuls.In 2002, Krishnan witnessed an incident which had lead him to give up his dream job and dedicate his life to provide support and food to the homeless and destitute people in his home town of Madurai, India. "I saw a very old man eating his own human waste for food," Krishnan said. "It really hurt me so much. I was literally shocked for a second. After that, I started feeding that man and decided this is what I should do the rest of my lifetime." Krishnan was visiting a temple in the south Indian city of Madurai in 2002 when he saw the man under a bridge. Krishnan quit his job within the week and returned home for good, convinced of his new destiny. "That spark and that inspiration is a driving force still inside me as a flame -- to serve all the mentally ill desti

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Guinness Rishi : The Motivating Indian Who is Holding 74 World Records

Original Name - Har Parkash Born On - July 7, 1942 Aim - Demonstrating that his goal is setting new Guiness records. WORLD RECORDS ALREADY BROKEN/CREATED 1- Longest He na Tattoo 63 ft. 2574 Links one hr. Created by Ms. Juhi 16-08-09 2- 755 Drinking straws of 5mm. outer dia in mouth (after removing all teeth) 3- Longest distance Domino Pizza Hand delivered 12,431 KM. on 10th sep. 2001 from New Delhi to 4- Ripley’s museum, san Francisco, U.S.A. 5- Non-Stop scooter riding 30,965 km. in 1001 hrs. by 3 riders. 6- Longest will of the world 489 pages 1,04,567 characters 6- Oldest adoptee 61 years 7 Months 22 days 7- Longest lease of the world 8- Shortest will of Bimla Rishi 9- Longest Domain Name 10- Longest URL of 71 Characters 11- Smallest Holding Half by Half Inch 12- Smallest Greeting Card 4 mm long, 2mm wide 13- Smallest Holy Book Quran 14- Tallest Sugar cube Tower 15- Smallest Will engraved on one inch Brass Disc, 499 characters 16- Son’s Wedding smallest invitation card He i