The first Indian to become a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1872, Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary never received any formal training in astronomy — his expertise was self-taught! #ForgottenHeroes #IndiansInScience
By the time she was 13, Akhtar's father had abandoned her, her twin sister had died of poisoning and she had suffered sexual abuse that resulted in pregnancy.
It all started with Partition and 25 cycles. Ever since, Hero Cycles has not only earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records,it has put India on a global pedestal, exporting to over 70 countries across the world! #IconsOfIndia #History #NostalgiaOnWheels
The Rajya Sabha Chairman announced that members will be able to speak in any of the 22 scheduled languages, as speaking in their own mother tongues is most comfortable for all.
From the endearing term, ‘Anna’ to words like Abba, Achcha, Bapu, Bada Din, Bachcha and Surya Namaskar, over 70 new Indian words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati alongside 900+ Indian words that already exist in the OED have turned global.
Deemed India’s first female Dastango has not only broken into the male bastion, but is striving every single day to revive the 13th century dying art of oral Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, in the country.
The seven regional languages include Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, and Bengali. The users will now be able to experience offline translations and instant visual translation in these languages. Among a