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2016-11-07

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छठ पूजा

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छठ पर्व, छठि या षष्‍ठी पूजा हिन्दुओं का नेपाली-भारतीय पर्व है जिसमें सूर्य की पूजा-उपासना की जाती है। यह कार्तिक माह के शुक्ल पक्ष के षष्ठी को मनाया जाता है। सूर्योपासना का यह लोकपर्व मुख्य रूप से बिहार, झारखण्ड, पश्चिम बंगाल, पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश और नेपाल के तराई क्षेत्रों में मनाया जाता है। दीपावली के छठे दिन से शुरू …

खतना

2,774 दृश्य

पुरूषों का खतना उनके शिश्न की अग्र-त्वचा(खाल) को पूरी तरह या आंशिक रूप से हटा देने की प्रक्रिया है। “खतना (circumcision)…

ए॰ पी॰ जे॰ अब्दुल कलाम

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अवुल पकिर जैनुलाब्दीन अब्दुल कलाम, जो मिसाइल मैन और जनता के राष्ट्रपति नाम से भी जाने जाते हैं, भारतीय गणतन्त्र के ग्यार…

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On This Day

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2000

Hillary_Clinton

Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

1996

NASA

NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

1991

Magic_Johnson

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

1987

Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)

Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.

1987

Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

1972

Sidney_Lanier_Bridge

A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.

1949

Caspian_Sea

Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

1934

Tufted_jay

The first specimens of the tufted jay (pictured) to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.

1917

World_War_I

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

1916

1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.