The Great British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time. 
The empire covered more than 33,700,000 km2 (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse across the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories.

The areas of the world that at one time were part of the British Empire. 

Current British Overseas Territories have their names underlined in red.

Indian Empire

Indian Empire (before 1909)= India+Pakistan+Nepal+Bhutan+Bangladesh+Myanmar

7 Wonders of the World

    New 7 Wonders of the World (2000-2007) was an initiative started in 2000 as a Millennium project to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon.

Winners

Wonder	Location	Image	Year
Taj Mahal ताज महल تاج محل	Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India		1632
Chichen Itza Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha'	Yucatán, Mexico		800
Christ the Redeemer O Cristo Redentor	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		1926
Colosseum Colosseo	Rome, Italy		70
Great Wall of China 万里长城 Wànlǐ Chángchéng	China		BC 700
Machu Picchu Machu Pikchu	Cuzco Region, Peru		1438
Petra البتراءAl-Batrā	Ma'an Governorate, Jordan		BC 312

Red Corridor

The Red Corridor is a region in the east of India that experiences considerable Naxalite–Maoist insurgency. The naxalites group mainly consist of the armed cadres of Communist Party of India (Maoist). These are also areas that suffer from the greatest illiteracy, poverty and overpopulation in modern India, and span parts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh,Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states.

All forms of naxalite organisations have been declared as terrorist organizations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of India (1967).In 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the Naxalites the "single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country". In June 2011, he said, "Development is the master remedy to win over people", adding that the government was strengthening the development work in the 60 Maoist-affected districts.

The first combat deaths of the insurgency were in 1980. Around 1,100 people are known to have died during 2009. The number includes 600 civilians, 300 security personnel and 200 rebels.

In 2011, Indian police accused the Chinese government of providing sanctuary to the movement's leaders, and accused Pakistani ISI of providing financial support.

The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency gained international media attention after the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valleyresulted in the deaths of around 24 Indian National Congress leaders including the former state minister Mahendra Karma and the Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel.

Deaths related to violence;-

Period	Civilians	Security forces	Insurgents	Total per period
1989–2001	1,610	432	1,007	3,049
2002	382	100	141	623
2003	410	105	216	731
2004	466	100	87	653
2005	524	153	225	902
2006	521	157	274	952
2007	460	236	141	837
2008	399	221	214	834
2009	586	317	217	1,120
2010	713	285	171	1,169
2011	275	128	199	602
2012	144	104	116	364
TOTAL	6,432	2,312	2,965	11,709

We are praying for peace.

Bollywood @ 100

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai(Bombay), Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; however, it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centres producing films in multiple languages. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest centres of film production in the world.
Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb Phalke, was the first silent feature film made in India. By the 1930s, the industry was producing over 200 films per annum. The first Indian sound film, Ardeshir Irani's Alam Ara (1931), was a major commercial success. There was clearly a huge market for talkies and musicals; Bollywood and all the regional film industries quickly switched to sound filming.

The 1930s and 1940s were tumultuous times: India was buffeted by the Great Depression, World War II, the Indian independence movement, and the violence of the Partition. Most Bollywood films were unabashedly escapist, but there were also a number of filmmakers who tackled tough social issues, or used the struggle for Indian independence as a backdrop for their plots.

In 1937, Ardeshir Irani, of Alam Ara fame, made the first colour film in Hindi, Kisan Kanya. The next year, he made another colour film, a version of Mother India. However, colour did not become a popular feature until the late 1950s. At this time, lavish romantic musicals and melodramas were the staple fare at the cinema.

Poll by;- http://www.historyindia.com/bollywood100/

World Religions Map

Polluted Politics in India

23 March 1931 India lost three of his real sons. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru were just 23 years old when they were hanged in Lahore jail. They gave up their lives for their dream of a free,democratic & secular India.

And yet, today Indian society is ravaged by the poison of fundamentalism, communal hatred, injustice, corruption. Still we are being ruled by our corrupted politicians. We don't have courage to rage our voice against this corrupted law system in India. If anyone from us is trying to change this dirty system, then he get forcefully stopped by our rulers. But still our people think that our country is the best & our rulers are great. We are choosing those rulers again & again to get exploitation more.

Before Indian independence few of our leaders were playing a preplanned politics to rule India after independence. At that time we were thinking that they are like our God and accepted all their thinking's. Those who aren't greedy for position and power sacrificed their life to get freedom. But our leaders took benefits of our faith and started dirty politics from that time. We reached our goal and got independence. But we never expected to see our country on this stage, which is worst than British empire.  

Corruption in India is a major issue and adversely affects its economy.In 2012 India has ranked 94th out of 176 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, tied with Benin, Colombia, Djibouti, Greece, Moldova, Mongolia, and Senegal. A 2005 study conducted by Transparency International in India found that more than 62% of Indians had first-hand experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to get jobs done in public offices successfully. In its 2008 study, Transparency International reports about 40% of Indians had first-hand experience of paying bribes or using a contact to get a job done in public office. Most of the largest sources of corruption in India are entitlement programs and social spending schemes enacted by the Indian government. 

Our leaders has plundered crores and crores money from us. By Swiss Bankers Association and the Government of Switzerland announced that total amount held in all Swiss banks by citizens of India is about US$2 billion(Rs108200000000.00). In February 2012, the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation said that Indians have $500 billion(Rs27050000000000.00) of illegal funds in foreign tax havens, more than any other country. Where per capita income of a Indian is $1(Rs54.10 in 8/5/13) a day according to a World Bank paper Development Policy Review. According to World Bank international poverty line methodology, India's poverty is 33%(in 2010) of its total population. In rural India, about 34 percent of the population lives on less than $1 a day; while in urban India, 29 percent of the population lived below that absolute poverty line in 2010, according to the World Bank report.

Up to Indian general election(2009), here 364 political parties. Today politics is the best way to make money with power and position as well. There are very few members from those political parties are thinking for the progress of this country. Motto of every parities is to plunder public development money as much they can. Many political parties are involved in caste, religion or language based politics, which effects India's growth and progress. The lack of homogeneity in the Indian population causes division between different sections of the people based on religion, region, language, caste and race. For this reason our leaders do issue on the base of those factors.

All we know about our problem, but still we are silent. Start trying to make changes in our system. Unless the day may come when India will be a failure country in the world.

Its time to think about it.....!