Alla Rakha

Today is the birthday of ledgend "Alla Rakha"

"Qureshi Alla Rakha Khan" also known as "Alla Rakha". An Indian tabla player. He was a frequent accompanist of Ravi Shankar.

Birth: April 29, 1919, Jammu

Death: February 3, 2000, Mumbai

Spouse: Bavi Begum

Children: Zakir Hussain, Taufiq Qureshi, Fazal Qureshi, Khurshid Aulia, Razia Khan

Albums: Rich à la Rakha, Drums of India, Shared Moments, more...

India's only gorilla 'Polo' is no more...

Polo, the country’s only gorilla, listed as one of the world’s critically endangered species, died at the Mysore zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens) Saturday night. The 43-year old Western Lowland Gorilla was suffering from old age ailments and was buried next to his old time friend Wali, a chimpanzee, who had died in the same zoo last year.

Bloke named 'human' demands 'COPSLIE' licence plate

A man named "human" rolled up at New Hampshire Supreme Court last week to argue his right to sport the vanity licence plate "COPSLIE".

The unemployed accountant - formerly known as David Montenegro - applied to the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for the provocative plate back in 2010, Reuters reports. Instead, he was issued with his alternative pick of "GR8GOVT"

The Last 2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible nets $500k.

Last 2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible nets $500k.

The last 2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible was sold on Saturday at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Reno, Nevada, for $500,000. Ford donated the Mustang to be auctioned for charity, and all of the money is going to the Brain Injury Association of America.

Parnelli Jones, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500, was there on behalf of the BIAA with his son Page, who suffered a brain injury in a sprint car crash in 1994. The bidding increased quickly, reaching $500k in no time, spreading a bit more hope to people who live with brain injuries.

The winning bidder will be able to choose the GT500's exterior, interior and stripe colors, and is scheduled to receive the car, signed by Parnelli Jones in appreciation for the donation, by the end of 2013.

Berlin Wall

On the eve of the 24th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall original pieces of the Berlin Wall are mirrored in a pond as they are are displayed for sale at the city of Teltow near Berlin, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. At the area more than hundred of Berlin Wall remains are displayed for sale, some of them repainted by various artists.

Stars

Stars are the heavenly bodies make up of hot burning gases and they shine by emitting their own light. 

Black Hole Stars

Stars having mass greater than three times that of the sun, have very gravitational power, so that not even light can escape from its gravity and hence called black hole.

The Big Bang Theory

Big Bang was an explosion of concentrated matter in the universe that occurred 15 billion years ago, leading to the formation of galaxies of stars and other hevenly bodies.

Galaxy

A galaxy is a vast system of billions of stars, dust and light gases bound by their own gravity.

• There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe and each galaxy has, on average, 100 billion stars.

• Our galaxy is Milky Way Galaxy (or Aakash Ganga) formed after the Big Bang.

• Andromeda is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way.

• Latest known galaxy is Dwarf Galaxy.

Universe

The study of universe is known as Cosmology.

The universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists including all physical matter and energy, the planets, stars, galaxies and the contents of intergalactic space.

The Flag of India

The Flag of India was proposed by Jawahar Lal Nehru at the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947, It served as the national flag of the Dominion of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and has served as the flag of the Republic of India since then.

.....Happy Independence Day to All of Indians....Jai Hind.....Vande Mataram.....Bharat Mata Ki Jai....

History of Indian Flag...

Flag of British India, 1858–1947

The Vande Mataram flag raised by Bhikaiji Cama in 1907

Gandhi's flag, introduced at the Congress meeting in 1921

The Swaraj Flag, officially adopted by the Congress in 1931

Flag of India

I Again wish you all..

....Happy Independence Day to All of Indians....Jai Hind.....Vande Mataram.....Bharat Mata Ki Jai....