Doordarshan founded by Government of India in 1959 the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters.   The first program telecast on Doordarshan was Krishi Darshan . It commenced on January 26, 1967...

The word "Akashvani" was coined by Dr.M.V.Gopalaswamy, a professor of psychology and the principal, Maharaja’s college.  Mysore was the location of the first private radio broadcasting station in India when Akashavani (voice from the sky) was established in the...

The Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India as the legal tender of Indian Rupee. As the name suggests, the series is so called because the observe of the banknotes prominently display the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Since its introduction...

Nicéphore Niépce (March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833) was a French inventor, most noted as one of the inventors of photography and a pioneer in the field.  Among Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first 'internal combustion engine', which...

An initiative was started in 2000 to choose WONDERS OF THE WORLD from 200 existing monuments. The poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on July 7, 2007 in...