La toma’tina ~ 70th Anniversary of the Largest Food Fight!
La toma’tina is an annual festival, held in the Valencian town of Buñol, Spain, in which participants involve in a tomato fight. Since 1945,it has been held on the last Wednesday of August, during...
5 Mythical Creatures and their Symbolizations
A mystical, mythical, or legendary creature is a creature from mythology or folklore, having supernatural powers, which even in contemporary times have no physical explanation. In these cases the creatures bear more similarity to...
History of August 26
1071 - Battle of Manzikert, Byzantine Armenia (modern Malazgirt, Turkey ) fought between Byzantine Empire and Seljuq Turks.
1278 - Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf of Habsburg defeats Ottokar II
1303 - Alaud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
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History of August 25, 2015
325 - Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
1212 - Children's crusade under Nicolas (10) reaches Genoa
1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives...
Kolkata: The City of Joy
Kolkata, previously Calcutta, also known as the city of joy was established in the year 1686, due to the expansion plans of the British Raj. European powers were capturing the large villages of Govindpur,...
Decoding Shakuni! Was He Justified Being Responsible for the Destruction?
Shakuni, also called as Saubala, Prince of Gandhar (now in Afghanistan) is quite infamous for being the master conspirator of events that lead to the biggest war in Indian History- The Mahabharat! War between...
History of August 24
49 BC - Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under PubliusAttiusVarus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid...
History of August 22
392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
565 - St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1485 - The War of the Roses ended with the death of England's King Richard III. He...
History of August 21
959 - Erachus becomes bishop of Luik
1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
1321 - 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned...
Mahabharat: Re-told in 36 Tweets
Re-owned Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik tweeted the entire Mahabharata in 36 tweets. The Legend of Mahabharata (in #Jaya) that is typically contained in 18 chapters and 1 lakh verses are re-told in a mere 36...
