Tag: history

Monuments include samadhis, graves, veergala. They all provide insights about that period looking at them, we come to know about the development of architecture, the economic conditions, the quality of art.

Indian government issued the 'Jal Copper' stamp in 1977. Jal Copper was an internationally acclaimed philatelist, i.e. an expert on the subject of 'postage stamps'. 

The coins made by different rulers using metals like gold, silver, copper are important source of history. From these coins we learn about the rulers. Different rulers have different type of coins.

The government of India started the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune in 1960 with the purpose of providing public education.

The Vedas and post Vedic literature form an important source of ancient Indian history. It includes Brahmanas, the Upanishads, the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata, the Jain and Buddhist literature, plays, poems, stone and pillar inscriptions, travelogues of foreign travellers etc.

Gold was the first metal that came into use by the Prehistoric man. It was discovered around 6000 BCE. It was a soft metal and were therefore predominantly used for decoration and bullion for trade. Copper came into use soon after gold.

From coins we learn about the rulers,  their period, governance, religious ideas, personal details etc. Similarly, we also learn about the financial transactions and economic conditions prevailing at the time.

• Mikhail Gorbachev introduced ‘perestroika’ meaning restructuring, so that the Soviet government would no longer control all the economy and industry.
• With the introduction of ‘glasnost’ which meant openness, it became easier to speak out without fear of arrest in the Soviet Union.

• Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. He had advised the East German leaders to allow people to cross the Berlin wall freely during the Berlin war conflict.
• Some historians claim that this marked the real end to the Cold War.