#Calcutta

Alex Deane

ajcdeane

Each aspect of this plan is plainly preposterous. It all worked. The boat sunk (the crew scuttled in the face of attack). The other German boats, fearing Allied invasion, scuttled

Janmajit Sinha

Impregnable007

#Thread - 1/21A story of a brave woman who let her "breast" cut to protect the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose!Neera Arya was born on March 5 1902 in

Abdaal Akhtar/ابدال / ଅବ୍ଦାଲ

abdaal

Another map. This one is from 1832 and you can see that it is almost as good as a modern day one - a tribute to the map making abilities

Aankhi

AankhiGM

Thread : Here is an article in @thewire_in where multiple "eminent citizens" have severely criticized the recent contempt proceedings initiated against Mr. Bhushan. The one that catches my eye is

Joy Bhattacharjya

joybhattacharj

One of the most amazing stories in entrepreneurship originated from the revolutionary fervour of a man in Bengal. Nani Gopal had to flee Calcutta to avoid the British police and

নিবেদিতা

NiveditaNarayan

Remembering the Bengali scientist Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay- the Pioneer of IVF in India, the creator of India's first and world's second child using IVF on his birth anniversary. The Father

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

Best wishes to @Indiametdept on the 146th foundation day! Keep up the good work.@rajeevan61 @Hosalikar_KS https://twitter.com/rajeevan61/status/1349598179898003457 "...India Meteorology Department was established in 1875. Henry Francis

The Awakened Indian

Awakened_Ind

Jatin Bagha, the Commander-in-chief of armed revolution in Bengal-I“Amra morbo, jagat jagbe”- A tribute to the forgotten revolutionary!#revolutionary Long thread!1/n Jatin Bagha, under the advice of Aurobindo, formed a ‘secret

Sheshapatangi1 ಪ್ರಭಾ ಮಗ ಈ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರಿ

sheshapatangi1

Rudrapatnam Shamashastry – The #Mahamahopadyaya who discovered Chanakya’s Arthashastra.On his Jayanti a tribute to the legendary #Kannadiga who proved Bharatiya Civilization had robust Ancient Political & Economic policy & not

Haworth

xhaworthx

I have always loved this Cinderella image for its realism and the artist’s subtle wink to what might occur. But until this morning I was never really familiar with any

सत्य अन्वेषक

SatyaAnveshak

The 'Direct Action Day' on 16th Aug, 1946 was a dark chapter in Indian history.Hindus had endured yet another religions fury, the fanaticism of the highest vile, an organised massacre

ಪ್ರಭಾಳ ಮಗ ಈ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರಿ

Sheshapatangi

Benoy Badal Dinesh: The Story of Three Brave Boys Who Took The Battle to the British!It was the 8th of December 1930. The Writer’s Building in Kolkata, the administrative nerve

Suren

zeneraalstuff

Some factoids that would interest @sankrant - Calcutta Medical College began with 20 students being taught Western medicine in Bengali medium. Madhusudan Gupta, a Sanskrit student from a family of

Advaid അദ്വൈത്

Advaidism

Folks who don't know history just tweet whatever they want.On Feb 1935, Bose attacked the Nazis as he was angry as Indians were described as Sub-Humans in Mein Kampf. The

Swati

swatiatrest

On your left: image from Google Photos courtesy Arup Halder, a view of the dinghy lending room of the Kalyani Public Library from 2019. The last shelf is for young

Siddharth Misra

sidart_misra

Rajputs hardly fought any battles (post-Mughals) then why they consider themself as Warriors? How a Bunch of Firangi Traders in their pursuit of economical gain will trigger two-family occupations in

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