Employed in the kings stables, he became a sergeant in the National Guard. Commanding the army of Moselle in 1793, he pushed back the Austrians and the Prussians. Imprisoned as a suspect following a denunciation by Pichegru, he was released after 9 Thermidor. From 1794 to 1796, he pacified the Vendé
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi is going to install a 182 meter high and grand statue of Sardar Patel on an island in the Narmada river, which has been named Statue of Unity. This will be the tallest statue in the world. It will be ready in five years and will cost about Rs 2500 cr
Adolf Hitlers companion from 1920, Alfred Rosenberg is the main ideologue of the German National Socialist Party. His writings, in particular his personal diary, reveal his major role in the conception and implementation of the Holocaust, a role that was long underestimated. Alfred Rosenberg incarn
Aminatou of Zaria (1533-ca. 1610), the warrior queen, was the daughter of Queen Bakwa Turunku of the Hausa city-state of Zazzau (or Zaria, in Nigeria); she is known for her courage and her warlike exploits. Daughter of the King of Zaria Little is known about the life of Aminatou of Zaria and histo