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Amitabh Bachchan  part-1

Amitabh Bachchan part-1

Young Amitabh

A picture of young Amitabh Bachchan. He was born in a middle class family in Allahabad on October 11 1942 in British India. His father Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan is a well known Hindi poet. His mother Teji Bachchan encouraged young Amitabh to act in ...


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The Two Dons

The Two Dons

 

Don was made to get the producer and cinematographer Nariman Irani out of financial debt. His earlier venture Zindagi Zindagi with Sunil Dutt was a flop and he had a debt of 12 lakh Rupees.

 

Ganapathi the scribe

Ganapathi the scribe

Rishi Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. He was the son of Rishi Parshar. Vyasa also wrote the Vedas.Mahabharat is written in Sanskrit in poetry form. When Vyasa conceived Mahabharata, he knew he needed...

Devavrata

King Santanu was hunting for deer in the jungle when he separated from his group. His horse was thirsty and so was he. He led the horse to the river for a drink. He saw a beautiful damsel by the banks...

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Republic Day

 

India became independent from the British Rule on August 15 1947. However, the constitution of India came into effect on January 26 1950, when the President became the head of the country. During 19...

Sankranthi

Sankranthi

Makar Sankrant is celebrated on January 14 and is a harvest festival in India. It is celebrated in the Indian subcontinent as well as in Southeast Asia. Makar means Capricorn and Sankrant means transi...

History of Birbal

India Parichay Akbar Birbal history of Birbal When one hears of Birbal the next name that comes to mind is Akbar. The two were very close

and had a great rapport and friendship between them. Birbal was also known as Raja Birbal and amusingly both ...


Young Birbal

In the olden days, artists often visited various cities and showed their skills at town squares or market places to informally gathered crowds. It was in a way similar to the concerts and the tours th...


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