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India Soumyadip ChoudhuryOctober 23, 2012 0

1962: Newspaper front page from 50 years ago when China attacked India

It’s been 50 years since the ‘Himalayan Blunder’ of 1962 when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unexpectedly rampaged into Indian territory and reached the outskirts of Tezpur in Assam before…Continue Reading →

Yash Chopra - unofficial Google doodle
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Yash Chopra – the unofficial Google doodle

RIP Yash Chopra of the Swiss Alps, of chiffon sarees and Deewar.

Soumyadip Choudhury 0October 23, 2012
The unofficial Google doodle on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday incorporates two symbols characteristic of the great man - khadi and the classic round spectacles.
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Mahatma Gandhi’s 143rd birthday unofficial Google doodle

Google had doodled Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s birthday back in 2009 with an “indigo drawing of Gandhi on khadi cloth“. Google…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1October 2, 2012
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