Oct 27: South Korea threw weight of state behind rapid Economic growth, channeling credit and subsidies to firms that were successful.North Korea outlawed private property and banned market.
South Korean success and North Korean bankruptcy has lessons for India- 3 pillars of Economic success: Private property, unbiased system of law, robust public services
26 Oct: 1974 railway strike, a good book on this The Indian Railways Strike of 1974: A Study of Power and Organised Labour by Stephen Sherlock. This one is mostly ignored labour historians, it launched career of George Fernandes who, as the president of the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF), was the main leader of the strike. This will always be remembered for the brutal methods adopted by the government against the striking workers and their families. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi responded to the strike with tough measures. More than 30,0000 people, including Fernandes, were imprisoned.The army was called out in several places. The government’s ruthlessness paid off. The strike was broken within three weeks.
20 Oct: India has no national consciousness, took little notice of her foreign invaders?
19 Oct: War of Pushyamitra with greeks, often ignored, Pushyamitra drove Greeks out of Magadha, freed Saketa ( Areas around Ayodhya). In the Mālavikāgnimitram, Kālidāsa mentions Vasumitra (Grandson of Pushyamitra Shunga) who defeated a cavalry squadron of the Yona (Indo-Greeks) on the banks of the Indus River.
13 Oct: Khiljis in Bengal, Muslim conquest of Bengal, disastrous kamrup (Assam) expedition of Bakhtyar Khilji scarcely 100 survived out of 10,000, he died a broken man in 1206 AD.. west-south Bengal remained a part of Ganga empire. By the time of Nasiruddin shah (1442-59), Bhagirathi river was the border of Bengal sultanate and Hindi Ganga empire.Mandaran remained the frontier fortress ans consequently prone to change hands. Ismail Ghazi recovered from local Gajapati commander.Alauddin Hussain Shah recoverd it again in 1509 AD.
Bengal was conquered by Muslims in first decade of 13th century, yet Odia Gajapatis successfully blocked their expansion for more than three centuries by the time of recovery of Mandaran fort by Hussain Shah.
12 Oct: Jalakanteswarar Temple inside Vellore fort, worship was banned after the fort fell to Muslims, The public then voluntarily shifted the idol to Sathuvachari for safe worship. After several futile attempts at reinstalling the idol at the original temple during the 20th century, a large group of Hindu devotees brought the Linga in a closed lorry in March 1981, and re-installed it in its original shrine inside Sri Jalakanteswarar Temple.
Ariyanatha Mudaliar reconstructed the Meenakshi Temple, destroyed by the Mohammedans in 1569. At the entrance of the Thousand Pillar Mandapam, we can still see the statue of Ariyanatha Mudaliar seated on a horse-back.
South Korean success and North Korean bankruptcy has lessons for India- 3 pillars of Economic success: Private property, unbiased system of law, robust public services
26 Oct: 1974 railway strike, a good book on this The Indian Railways Strike of 1974: A Study of Power and Organised Labour by Stephen Sherlock. This one is mostly ignored labour historians, it launched career of George Fernandes who, as the president of the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF), was the main leader of the strike. This will always be remembered for the brutal methods adopted by the government against the striking workers and their families. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi responded to the strike with tough measures. More than 30,0000 people, including Fernandes, were imprisoned.The army was called out in several places. The government’s ruthlessness paid off. The strike was broken within three weeks.
20 Oct: India has no national consciousness, took little notice of her foreign invaders?
19 Oct: War of Pushyamitra with greeks, often ignored, Pushyamitra drove Greeks out of Magadha, freed Saketa ( Areas around Ayodhya). In the Mālavikāgnimitram, Kālidāsa mentions Vasumitra (Grandson of Pushyamitra Shunga) who defeated a cavalry squadron of the Yona (Indo-Greeks) on the banks of the Indus River.
13 Oct: Khiljis in Bengal, Muslim conquest of Bengal, disastrous kamrup (Assam) expedition of Bakhtyar Khilji scarcely 100 survived out of 10,000, he died a broken man in 1206 AD.. west-south Bengal remained a part of Ganga empire. By the time of Nasiruddin shah (1442-59), Bhagirathi river was the border of Bengal sultanate and Hindi Ganga empire.Mandaran remained the frontier fortress ans consequently prone to change hands. Ismail Ghazi recovered from local Gajapati commander.Alauddin Hussain Shah recoverd it again in 1509 AD.
Bengal was conquered by Muslims in first decade of 13th century, yet Odia Gajapatis successfully blocked their expansion for more than three centuries by the time of recovery of Mandaran fort by Hussain Shah.
12 Oct: Jalakanteswarar Temple inside Vellore fort, worship was banned after the fort fell to Muslims, The public then voluntarily shifted the idol to Sathuvachari for safe worship. After several futile attempts at reinstalling the idol at the original temple during the 20th century, a large group of Hindu devotees brought the Linga in a closed lorry in March 1981, and re-installed it in its original shrine inside Sri Jalakanteswarar Temple.
Ariyanatha Mudaliar reconstructed the Meenakshi Temple, destroyed by the Mohammedans in 1569. At the entrance of the Thousand Pillar Mandapam, we can still see the statue of Ariyanatha Mudaliar seated on a horse-back.
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