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TIL The second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died in mysterious circumstances in 1966. No autopsy was ever performed, the Indian Government released no information about his death, and the media was kept silent. His death is considered to be one India’s biggest unsolved mysteries.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 12:26 am

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TIL India’s Only Flying Ace Was Indra Lal Roy. He Served In The Royal Flying Corps Of Britain. He Had Shot Down 10 Enemy Aircrafts (Nearly 5 Were From Close Quarters) At The Mere Age Of 19.

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 9:38 am

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4,000-year-old copper weapons found under a field in India’s Uttar Pradesh | Times of India

by HistoryBuff June 24, 2022, 9:11 pm

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Nalanda: India’s ancient university rising from the ashes

by HistoryBuff June 12, 2022, 3:44 am

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TIL that the naval ensign of the Indian Navy continues to contain the flag of England (Cross of St George) defaced with India’s national flag as a canton (in the upper left quarter).

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 8:41 am

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TIL Carthage in Phoenician means “New City”. Cartagena (Spain) in Latin means “New Carthage”. Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) was named ‘de Indias’ as it was named after Cartagena (Spain)—it can be interpreted as “New Cartagena”. Therefore the city can basically be read as “New New New City”

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 6:27 pm

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TIL In 1867, Dina Sanichar was discovered by a group of hunters in India’s Uttar Pradesh jungle, the 6-year-old was walking on all fours and was following a pack of wolves.

by whatilearned March 26, 2022, 8:30 pm

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TIL About the Panchatantra, India’s most influential contribution to world literature, it consists of five books of animal fables and magic tales (some 87 stories in all) that were compiled, in their current form, between the third and fifth centuries AD.

by whatilearned January 29, 2022, 1:28 pm

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TIL that Salvador Dali designed a surreal ashtray for Air India’s first class international flyers. In return he asked for a baby elephant as remuneration.

by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 10:24 pm

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TIL that 31% of India’s population is vegetarian, by far the highest rate in the world. India has more vegetarians than the rest of the world put together.

by whatilearned August 6, 2021, 12:04 am

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TIL this 98-year-old, one of India’s first women psychiatrists, is still working to destigmatize mental health in the country.

by whatilearned July 20, 2021, 2:11 pm

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TIL In 1997, an American co., RiceTec obtained a patent for a strain of rice never historically grown in America — “Basmati”. They achieved this by crossbreeding India’s native plant with a US long rice variety & then claimed exclusive rights over any basmati hybrid grown in the western hemisphere.

by whatilearned July 20, 2021, 6:53 am

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