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Do you know of the insane piece of history when China tried to kill all the sparrows in their country?
Join me on a #HistoryTour to revisit the Four Pests Campaign a mind bending action by Mao Zedong & the Chinese that resulted in disaster!
A crazy history 🧵
Join me on a #HistoryTour to revisit the Four Pests Campaign a mind bending action by Mao Zedong & the Chinese that resulted in disaster!
A crazy history 🧵
This story starts in the early 1900s when China was under Japanese occupation & in continuous civil war & high rate of poverty & hunger.
At this time, Russian Revolution had already succeeded & Communism was seen as a success story amongst Chinese Intellectuals.
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At this time, Russian Revolution had already succeeded & Communism was seen as a success story amongst Chinese Intellectuals.
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The Chinese Communist Party was founded in 1921 and it grew powerful in protest against the Japanese & as a potential hope for the common people
Mao Zedong was the popular leader of the Communist party & the face of the rebellion for a few decades.
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Mao Zedong was the popular leader of the Communist party & the face of the rebellion for a few decades.
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#OnThisDay 121 years ago on Dec 10th 1901, the first ever Nobel Prize Awards were given out amidst a lot of tension, drama and secrecy.
Join me on a #HistoryTour to revisit that memorable day that kickstarted a global tradition of excellence.
A brief thread🧵
Join me on a #HistoryTour to revisit that memorable day that kickstarted a global tradition of excellence.
A brief thread🧵
Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 into a family of engineers & was an inventor himself. He bought the now infamous 'Bofors' steel mill to develop multiple weapons - most famous of which was the Dynamite.
Nobel amassed a fortune by selling all of his ammunition inventions
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Nobel amassed a fortune by selling all of his ammunition inventions
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In 1888, Alfred's brother Ludvig Nobel died. A French newspaper mistook that Alfred had died & published an obituary titled 'The merchant of death is dead' in reference his weapons
This disconcerted Alfred very much as he didnt want to be remembered this way post his death
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This disconcerted Alfred very much as he didnt want to be remembered this way post his death
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#OnThisDay 2nd December 1984 - one of the world's greatest industrial tragedies happened in Bhopal
A mix of bad luck, small acts of carelessness, human negligence led to the deadly Bhopal gas leak
Join me on a #historytour to revisit that unforgettable crazy night
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A mix of bad luck, small acts of carelessness, human negligence led to the deadly Bhopal gas leak
Join me on a #historytour to revisit that unforgettable crazy night
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Union Carbide India Ltd set up a pesticide plant in Bhopal, MP in 1939. It was owned by an US company UCC & produced the pesticide Sevin.
The plant produced a gas Methyl isocyanate(MIC), a highly deadly component, which combined with Naphthol produced the final pesticide
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The plant produced a gas Methyl isocyanate(MIC), a highly deadly component, which combined with Naphthol produced the final pesticide
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The world had moved to making pesticide without using MIC but UCIL still made & stored MIC in large pressurized gas tanks & used them in the final reaction.
In early 1980s, the demand for pesticides were low leading to large amount of unused MIC getting stored at the plant
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In early 1980s, the demand for pesticides were low leading to large amount of unused MIC getting stored at the plant
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A commercial flight from London to NewYork takes 8+ hours today. But a few decades ago this trip took less than 3 hrs!
Made possible by The Concorde, the supersonic flight! Join me on a #HistoryTour to know how it was to fly in the greatest plane ever made & how it all ended
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Made possible by The Concorde, the supersonic flight! Join me on a #HistoryTour to know how it was to fly in the greatest plane ever made & how it all ended
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The Concorde was a collaborative effort between the British & the french. It was researched to become the first supersonic flight which could reach 2000+km/hr & reach altitudes of more than 60,000ft
Normal planes dont fly more than 800km/hr generally to get a perspective! 2/n
Normal planes dont fly more than 800km/hr generally to get a perspective! 2/n
Introduced in the 70s, the main market was Trans Atlantic flights between main cities in Europe & the US. The supersonic speed meant London to NY could be done in < 3 hrs. 2 Financial capitals of the world. People could be in London for breakfast & be back in NY for dinner 3/n
#OnThisDay Exactly 100 years ago, Nov 4th 1922, the world witnessed one of the greatest archaeological finds - the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen - the boy pharaoh of Egypt!
Come join me on a #HistoryTour to witness the thrilling story behind this amazing find 🧵
Come join me on a #HistoryTour to witness the thrilling story behind this amazing find 🧵
The story starts way back around 3000 BC where the earliest Egyptian kings called Pharaohs came into power. Called the 'Old Kingdom' a series of kings built one of the oldest civilizations known to us in history.
And one thing fascinated all Pharaohs.
Death.
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And one thing fascinated all Pharaohs.
Death.
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Egyptians believed that post death, the spiritual body lived in an afterlife very similar to the living world. So a large part of life went in preparing for a comfortable death!
Pharaohs used everyone to build large memorials to prepare for their death
Yes. The Pyramids.
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Pharaohs used everyone to build large memorials to prepare for their death
Yes. The Pyramids.
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The Partition of India in 1947 has been touted as the World's most complex divorce!
It couldn't have been described better as India & Pakistan fought over every movable & immovable assets leading to crazy stories
A #HistoryTour that revisits crazy anecdotes from 75 yrs ago! 🧵
It couldn't have been described better as India & Pakistan fought over every movable & immovable assets leading to crazy stories
A #HistoryTour that revisits crazy anecdotes from 75 yrs ago! 🧵
The first thing was the name itself. Congress claimed the name India rejecting a proposal to be named 'Hindustan' instead
Since Pakistan was seceding, India held on to the name and it's international recognition like the UN entities etc.
Since Pakistan was seceding, India held on to the name and it's international recognition like the UN entities etc.
The next was money. HM Patel & Mohammad Ali were entrusted to figure out who gets the cash in banks. They got into a fight, so Sardar Patel locked them into a room & told not to come out until they resolved
Pakistan got 17.5% of the Cash in return to cover 17.5% of India's debt
Pakistan got 17.5% of the Cash in return to cover 17.5% of India's debt
Time for another #HistoryTour to give you company as you plod through the midweek :)
Thomas Daniell, a British artist, toured India in 1794 & drew multiple paintings of landscapes across the country.
Join this tour to see what Daniell saw vs how those places look today!🖼️🎨
Thomas Daniell, a British artist, toured India in 1794 & drew multiple paintings of landscapes across the country.
Join this tour to see what Daniell saw vs how those places look today!🖼️🎨
1/ Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna
2/ Esplanade Road in Calcutta
(Quite a bit has changed!)
(Quite a bit has changed!)
