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..his first ball was a three-quarter-pace loosener which nevertheless rapped Boycott on the gloves and dropped just short of the slips. Each succeeding ball after that was quicker than the

Jan 25th, 1954. 66 years ago to the day, M N Roy passed away in Dehradun. He had one of the most fascinating life stories of any Indian in the

In 1991, the Japanese football associations top level featured amateurs at a time when professional football in India was almost a century old. And at that point they decided they

Sprinters can run really well, but do you expect them to win marathon races? Simply, if you have now reached a generation who came into cricket enamoured by the T20

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

Whenever someone claims that to be popular, content needs to be good, I tell them the 'Naked Came the Stranger' story. In 1969, sleazy authors like Harold Robbins were topping

Around this time, exactly 55 years ago, my father reached the command post of the 1st Indian Armoured Brigade, which was fighting the most important battle in independent Indian history.

One of my favourite stories, which is really about the importance of looking at things the right way!During the Second World War, the British government wanted to figure out how

On this day, 123 years ago, a 40 year old Almora born doctor made a discovery that changed the world. Malaria has killed more people in the history of mankind

Exactly 95 years ago, the 8 Down Train from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow was approaching the town of Kakori , when the emergency chain was pulled by a member of the

One rupee tickets were selling for fifteen rupees. People poured in from near and far and the Eastern Railways had to run a special train for the rush. More than

Julius Caesar was born today in 100 BC. His assassination by Brutus, Cassius and other conspirators on the Ides of March is well known, but there is another amazing story

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