16th February 2016
Both the freedom fighters Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai started journals in 1906 by the same name Vande Mataram independently at two different parts of the country. Pal started the Bengali journal in Bengal while Lala Lajpat Rai started it in Urdu in Lahore.
16th February 2016
Charles Wicksteed was an engineer by trade. He initially made swings and slides for his park, then went on to sell them around the world. In 1926 he made the first modern swing and installed it in a park in Kettering. This is a 12 feet high swing which was painted green with a wooden seat. It is still fully functional after more than 90 years.
16th February 2016
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was published for the first time on 16 July 1951. Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States.
16th February 2016
The best timings for 100 m of Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson are respectively 9.27s and 10.82s. But they were convicted for taking the banned drug Oxilofrine, which is a stimulant used to boost the body’s ability to burn fat. It helps the athletes boost their power-to-weight ratio with more lean muscle and less fat, and thus increase their speed.
16th February 2016
Marion Jones was the first woman to win five track and field medals at a single Olympic Games in Sydney (2000). After years of denial, she was compelled to confess of being a drug cheat and was jailed for lying to the investigators.
16th February 2016
Malgudi was envisioned by R. K. Narayan, the eminent writer, for his numerous books. Located somewhere in South India during the British times, the fictional town had the Mempi Hills as the backdrop with tigers and bamboo forests. The town had a college called Albert Mission College, and a cinema hall called the Palace Talkies. Along the market road were Dr Pal’s Tourist Bureau, and the offices of the Daily Messenger. The statue of a former British governor, Sir Frederick Lawley, after whom the Lawley Extension housing project was named, stood imposing at the market.
