The Imperial past of Shimla, previosuly called Simla. Few historical and rare pictures from the past when India was the Jewel of the British Crown (British-Indian Empire) and Simla was its summer capital
Showing posts with label Facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facts. Show all posts
Monday, 3 August 2015
Friday, 26 June 2015
FIRST MARUTI CAR OWNER IN INDIA & WORLD
The first Maruti car Owners was a SIKH FAMILY from DELHI named Harpal Singh and Gulshanbeer Kaur
Harpal Singh and Gulshanbeer Kaur of Delhi became the first proud owners of the first Maruti 800 car in 1983. The couple bought the car for Rs 47,500 and its keys were handed to them by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The Maruti 800 fuelled a car revolution in the country and became a symbol of status for the Indian middle class in the 1980s.
The Maruti 800 which was a symbol for the Indian middle class for decades is ready to roll into the sunset. But you have a chance to drive some history into your garage. Harpal Singh and Gulshanbeer Kaur - proud owners of the country's first Maruti 800 - might put the vehicle up for sale. -
A little white car covered with garlands came out from a factory in Gurgaon on December 14, 1983, and at the wheel of India’s first Maruti 800 was Indian Airline employee Harpal Singh heading towards his Green Park residence.
The next day Harpal planned the first trip in his car to Meerut along his wife Gulshanbeer Kaur, elder daughter Govinder Pal Kaur, her husband Tejinder Ahluwalia and younger daughter Sunita Walia.
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Friday, 12 June 2015
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Tallest man in the world
The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen (Turkey, b.10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 3 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 08 February 2011.
The part-time farmer was the first man over 8 ft (2.43 m) to be measured by Guinness World Records in over 20 years.
Indeed, GWR only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history of humans reaching8 ft or more.
Sultan first became the world's tallest living man in 2009, when he measured 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in) in height.
He took the title from Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), who measured 2.361 m (7 ft 8.95 in) in height when measured in 2005.
Sultan also holds the record for largest hands of a living person, each one measuring 28.5 cm (11.22 in) from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger.
He previously held the record for largest feet on a living person, with his left foot measuring 36.5 cm (1 ft 2 in) and right foot measuring 35.5 cm (1 ft 1.98 in).
Speaking at the time of his entry into the Guinness World Records family he said: 'I never imagined I would be in the book, I dreamed about it, but it was still a huge surprise'.
Monday, 8 June 2015
Dirtiest man in the world
Dirtiest man in the world smokes animal feces and hasn't bathed in 60 years
An Iranian man named Amou Haji who lives in a village in southern Iran claims that he hasn’t washed in 60 years because he thinks that cleanliness will bring him sickness.
He may have the title of “Dirtiest Man in the World” because it’s been reported that the previous record holder for not bathing was 66-year-old Indian man Kailash Singh, who went over 38 years without washing.
Haji apparently had some “emotional setbacks in his youth” that led him to begin leading his current lifestyle.
In addition to the issue with bathing, Haji also enjoys dining on the rotten meat of dead porcupines and “when asked to eat clean food and drink clean water, he gets mad.”
Besides eating animals, Haji also enjoys stuffing his pipe with animal feces and will only ingest tobacco by smoking multiple cigarettes at once.
Haji alternates between living in a grave-like hole in the ground “to keep him grounded and in touch with the reality of life” and a brick shack.
On the healthy side, he does keep his hair neat and trimmed -- by burning it over a fire -- and drinks five liters of water every day out of a rusty oil tin.
FUNNY FACTS
On her 120th birthday, the oldest person ever recorded said: "I only have one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it."
51% Of People Think Stormy Weather Affects Cloud Computing.
51% Of People Think Stormy WeatherAffects Cloud Computing.
Funny Facts
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is calledDonald McDonald due to a lack of a clear "r" sound in Japanese.
Friday, 29 May 2015
The Top UGLIEST CITIES IN THE WORLD
The Top 5
There may be countless ugly small and medium-sized cities around the world, but these are the ten least attractive of the world's capitals and major cities.
They're concrete jungles, or victims of urban sprawl or of lack of urban planning. If you live in any of these places, you'll surely disagree, but here is our unbiased list of cities that could be great but that are inexcusably ugly for many reasons:
UGLIEST CITIES IN THE WORLD
Below is the list of the WORLD'S 10 UGLIEST CITIES.
There may be countless ugly small and medium-sized cities around the world, but these are the ten least attractive of the world's capitals and major cities.
They're concrete jungles, or victims of urban sprawl or of lack of urban planning. If you live in any of these places, you'll surely disagree, but here is our unbiased list of cities that could be great but that are inexcusably ugly for many reasons:
1 | GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA
This fumes-and-crime-filled city is the capital of an otherwise beautiful country. It looks more like a slum than a capital city, with most buildings appearing on the verge of collapse.
2 | MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
It's currently known as one of the world's most dangerous cities, but even if it was a safe haven, it still would not be a very inviting city. It's one of the world's most polluted and there isn't much to look at.
3 | AMMAN, JORDAN
The capital of the country with one of the world's most fascinating historical sites should simply be an arrival and departure point on your travel itinerary. Unless you enjoy dirty, chaotic streets and ugly buildings looking like they're crumbling on top of each other.
4 | CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Venezuela is known for its extraordinary success at international beauty pageants and Venezuelan women are famous for their plastic surgery-enhanced bodies, but the country's capital sure is no beauty. Not only is it surrounded by shantytowns, its most central districts seem devoid of planning and style.
5 | LUANDA, ANGOLA
It's undergoing a spectacular boom as the capital of Africa's recent economic success story, but let's hope the new development creates something more attractive than what we see now: ugly apartment buildings dotting the skyline of what incredibly is the world's most expensive city.
