Leading the female gang Forty Elephants , Alice Diamond (1896 – 1952) staged shoplifting sprees and ruled underground London at the start of the 20th century. First larceny Daughter of Mary Ann Alice Blake and Thomas Diamond, Alice Diamond was born on June 22, 1896 at the Lambeth Hospice, today i
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900 – 1979), British-American astronomer, is known to have been one of the first astronomers to maintain that the stars are mainly composed of hydrogen. She is also the first female head of the astronomy department at Harvard. The solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Cecilia He
On 3 April 1679, Aurangzeb again imposed Jizya on the Hindu subjects. This caused discontent among the Hindu subjects. Till now Shivajis policy had been that he used to send letters of treaty to Aurangzeb every now and then, but in practice he used to harm Aurangzeb, but this time Shivaji decided to
Opinions are divided on Napoleon:Was he a genius warlord and guardian of the legacy of the French Revolution or a war criminal and slave of the people? The story of the French ruler traces the fantastic path of a notorious islander to the most powerful man in Europe. From Corsica to Power Napoleon