Swami Vivekananda

What's special about his Chicago speech?

- Not just introduction of Hinduism to western world, but he became so influential, people wanted to hear more from him that he gave many speeches after that

- In one of his speeches, he openly criticized Christianity. - On 20th September, 1893, he gave his 4th speech, he was not scheduled to speak that day but audience saw Vivekananda in the gallery and asked him to deliver a lecture, as one of the speaker was absent.

Swami Vivekananda on September 11, 1893, at the first World’s Parliament of Religions, introduced Hinduism to America.

Presenting you a part of his speech:

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us.

I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world,
I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

Here is the compilation of all the tweets on Lord Ganesha with different and new things to know about him.

Do give it a read.👇

#GaneshChaturthi 1.

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Guess this place?

(Hint- It's in Gujarat) RANI-KI-VAV, Patan, Gujarat

1. It is one of the most magnificent stepwells not only in Gujarat but in the whole world.

2. Patan, a town (known as Anahillapura in mediaeval times) is situated on the banks of Saraswati river.

3. This temple-well was constructed as a memorial

Shivaram Hari Rajguru

On the day of death - 23 March 1931:
1. Mehta (lawyer of Bhagat Singh) on meeting with Rajguru was taken aback by his relaxed & carefree attitude,even in the face of imminent death.

2. Everybody felt that Rajguru was nervous at the sight of imminent death. 3. Shiv Verma (one of his colleagues) asked him whether he was scared of death to which Rajguru said that “I am, like you, proud of what I have accomplished. I have come to realize this truth only after challenging death. If we are able to show even a glimpse.....

#Rajguru

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

A big question: What made Britishers leave India in 1947?

- In the meeting between british MPs and Sir Clement Attlee in Feb 1946,
The british MP said:

"There are two alternative ways of meeting this common desire a) that we should arrange to get out
b) that we should wait to be driven out,
In regard to (b) the loyalty of Indian Army is open to question; the INA have become National heroes..."

The journey of Ram Mandir (A Struggle of 493 years and a legal battle of 134 yrs)

- It all started when mughals invaded India in 15-16th century.

- Till 11-12th, under Gahadavalas Dynasty, Ayodhya was believed to be an important pilgrimage site.

#Rammandir #ayodha - In 1526-1528, Babur the first mughal emperor ordered Mir baqi to construct Babri Masjid at the birth spot of Shri Ram.

- However, in the babur's mughal documents there were no mention of babri masjid.

- It was claimed that in 1528, Mir Baqi on the orders of Babur constructed

#SardarUdhamSingh
- He waited for 21 years to kill Governor Michael O'Dwyer who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

- On 13th April 1919, over 20000 unarmed people were assembled in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act. - Udham Singh and his friends from the orphanage were serving water to the crowd and Protestors were fired on by British troops precipitating a riot.

- He then became involved in revolutionary politics and deeply influenced by Bhagat Singh.

- He changed his name to travel to

Because all of us were not taught history properly in school. Many such things were not told so that the love of patriotism does not awaken in the minds of the children.

So this is a small attempt to know the correct history in a short summary form.

Thread of Threads
#History Veer Sarvarkar

https://twitter.com/shrutisggupta/status/1530605720701313025?t=WxcKJypwtxQYo7Vh73Y12A&s=19

#APJAbdulKalam
- He was involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts, thus came to be known as #missilemanofindia

- He also played a key role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1988.

- He became 11th President of india in 2002. - He was honoured with many awards including Padma Bhushan in 1981, Padma Vibhushan in 1990, Bharat Ratna in 1997.

- He was known for his simple lifestyle. His few personal possessions included his books, his veena, a CD player, a laptop and some articles of clothing.