#Mutiny

CMH

USArmyCMH

15 FEB 2021 - GEORGE WASHINGTON DAYThis day is officially set aside to honor George Washington, the first general and commander in chief of our Army, and as the first

QuintusCurtius

QuintusCurtius

1. My recommendations of great adventure novels that all boys should read. These books will instill in them a love of travel, a sense of daring, a respect for tradition,

Usman T. Malik

usmantm

BITING THE BULLETYou have heard the term, but you don't know where it comes from. (Thread)In the mid-1850s, the British introduced the new Enfield rifle in India with its infamous

Peter_hopkirk_respecter ☝🏻🇬🇧

PHRespecter

Hodson's Horse in action at Rhotuck This painting shows Hodson's horse defeating a body of mutineer cavalry Rhotuck. William Hodson the Cavalry commander in the centre of the painting was

Laocoon of Troy

LaocoonofTroy

Thread on people in gov't1. Washington faced down the Newburgh Conspiracy by giving a speech to the officers involved."Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I

Mark McClure

mrkmcclr

It is #MLS awards season. A time to hand out honors and argue about who was snubbed (cc: @Extratime). But the league used to have something call the "MLS Gala"

kamamaclean

kamamaclean

Thoughts on statues, a thread. Many public statues in colonial India commemorated acts of state violence. Among these, especially prominent were statues of ‘mutiny heroes’, including men responsible for ordering

Branko Marcetic

BMarchetich

Pressuring lawmakers, even the good ones, is vital, but all the yelling and name-calling isn't going to change the fact that the Squad is, at most, only 8 people in

Sheshapatangi1 ಪ್ರಭಾ ಮಗ ಈ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರಿ

sheshapatangi1

On his Jayanti, let’s remember the sacrifice of #VishnuGaneshPingle, who gave his life for Maa Bharati at the ripe age of 27.Let me also remind Congress & Communists that, while

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

Rachel Palmer

palmerrachelc

I've waited for this story to come out for a long time and I feel like this article does not do it justice. I worked in this room, and the

Vincent Alexander

NonsenseIsland

Vaudevillian Eddie Cantor was a major star in musicals in the early '30s, and his bulging eyes and swishy hand movements were prime cartoon material. Here's a gag that only

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

Peter_hopkirk_respecter ☝🏻🇬🇧

PHRespecter

THE LAST STAND OF LT WALTER HAMILTON VC during the siege of the British residency in Kabul. After leading a sortie out to spike an Afghan cannon he was cut

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

Insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, disrupted members of Congress and prevented government from formalizing the results of a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. They attempted to steal the electoral ballot box. It was planned

The Kaipullai

thekaipullai

Asia's first Sugar factory, was supposedly started by the French, in a small village in Orissa, in the year 1824. However, the French being French, were not able to manufacture

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