Cambodia's ancient temples, especially Angkor Wat, showcase the grandeur of the Khmer Empire... Built in the 12th century, these temples blend Hindu & Buddhist influences, with intricate carvings & iconic structures like Bayon's stone faces & Ta Prohm's tree covered ruins....

First "witch" hanged in Salem Village Being found guilty of certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries, Bridget Bishop on this day in 1692 became the first person to be hanged during the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Italy, under the rule of Benito Mussolini, declared war against France & Great Britain, entering World War II 🪖

Rhode Islanders in the American colonies boarded and sank the British revenue cutter Gaspee in Narragansett Bay

The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna, comprising several agreements separately negotiated among various participants for the reorganization of Europe in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, was signed by representatives of Austria, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Prussia,

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Frederick Barbarossadrowned while trying to cross the Saleph River on the Third Crusade to the Holy Land

Capping a dramatic recovery from a near fatal automobile accident, American golfer Ben Hogan won the US Open

The empress Maria Theresa of Austria decided to make peace with Prussian King Frederick II, ceding almost all of Silesia to him in the Treaty of Breslau, which marked the end of the First Silesian War

Che Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat & military theorist

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Good things ➡️ take time 😍

1940 – German forces occupy Paris & the first prisoners arrive at Auschwitz, marking the grim expansion of Nazi control and the beginning of the Holocaust machinery

Court rules German puzzle maker can continue using Leonardo's Vitruvian Man image

Ancient DNA reveals rare matrilineal society in Neolithic China

Discovery of 1800-year-old Roman glass vessel in Montenegro

Repatriated Alice Austen archive reveals life in Victorian NYC

The shortest player in NFL history was Jack Soupy Shapiro - who stood just 5'1" and played in 1929

Over the next few days, will be in Japan and China to attend various bilateral and multilateral programmes. In Japan, will take part in the 15th Annual India-Japan Summit and hold talks with PM Shigeru Ishiba. The focus would be on deepening our Special Strategic and Global

At 10 AM tomorrow, 2nd September, will inaugurate Semicon India - 2025, an important platform that brings together leading stakeholders from the world of semiconductors. This is a sector in which India’s recent strides have been remarkable. The Conference will focus on key themes