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In 1911, why did British India shift its capital from Calcutta to Delhi. Decoding the reasons behind the move (opens the original)
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Today, Delhi is synonymous with political power in India. Parliament, the President's residence and the Union government's headquarters are all located in the city. However, more than a century ago, the seat of British power was elsewhere. Until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of British India. That changed on December 12, when King George V announced at the Delhi Durbar that the seat of government would be transferred to Delhi. The decision also marked the beginning of the construction of an ent
Why does Times Square drop a ball on New Year's Eve? The 700-pound story from 1907 behind a global tradition (opens the original)
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Every year, millions of people watch a glowing sphere slowly descend during the final seconds of the year in New York's Times Square. But the iconic ball drop began as a replacement for a banned fireworks display. The ball that started the tradition weighed 700 pounds and was made of iron and wood, fitted with 100 electric light bulbs. The first ball drop took place at midnight on December 31, 1907, ushering in 1908. The idea was the brainchild of New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs, who was lo
Why does the keyboard start with QWERTY, not ABCD? This is the story behind the layout (opens the original)
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You may use a keyboard every day. Odds are, you never think about the six letters on the top left corner: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. It seems unnecessarily complicated to arrange the alphabet out-of-order. And yet, this keyboard layout has endured. The reason why ABCD... isn't on your keyboard doesn't have to do with computers, but with a much older machine: the typewriter. In the 1860s, American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes was working on a way to build a machine that could print letters using mechanic
Why 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes in an hour? The ancient history behind our clocks (opens the original)
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We check the time hundreds of times a day, but how many of us know what the numbers actually mean? Where did the time on the clock come from? There is no one specific civilization or time period that is solely responsible for the time measurements that we use today. Our clocks and watches are the accumulation of ideas from Egyptians, Sumerians, Babylonians and Greek astronomers. The secret behind our 24-hour day lies in the history of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians divided the day into 12 daylight
Lalbaugcha Raja immersion: Mumbai bids farewell as iconic Ganesh idol leaves for visarjan (opens the original)
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Mumbai’s streets turned into a sea of devotees on Friday as the celebrated Lalbaugcha Raja idol was taken out for immersion, marking the end of the 2026 Ganeshotsav on Anant Chaturdashi. The idol of the famed deity was taken out for the Visarjan from the Lalbaug area, with thousands of people turning up to catch a last glimpse of Bappa before his immersion. The procession witnessed dhol-tasha, devotional songs and the enthusiasm that Mumbai is known for when it comes to bidding adieu to Lord Gan
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