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Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

2011-03-07T06:06:00.000-08:00

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai: (1924-2011)

1924 - Born in Nepali. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is one of the most popular Nepali political leaders. Founder member of Nepali Congress with clear intensions to serve the country never thought of getting married but served country as being one of the successful leader joint hands with his founder members for the democracy in Nepal. At the age of 36 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai served as the speaker of the house of representatives during the era before the military rule by then King Mahendra.1976 - Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was nominated as Acting President of Nepali Congress.1976-1996 - Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has been the President of Nepali Congress for nearly 30 years.1990 - Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was the Prime Minister of the Interim Government.1992 - Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was elected as President of Nepali Congress by Eight National Conference of Nepali Congress held in January.

Mr. Bhattarai's crowning achievement was as the interim Prime Minister after a People's Movement defeated royal absolutism in 1990. He reconciled different political interests during the framing of a new Constitution and held elections in the restored democratic set-up. But he himself lost in the polls, and steadily got embroiled in factional feuds with G.P. Koirala. Mr. Bhattarai became Prime Minister in 1999 once again after NC won polls by projecting him as the leader. But internal party divisions led to the ouster of his government within a year.

On March 6, 2011 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai died at the age of 87.

Napoleon Bonaparte

2011-02-16T05:34:00.000-08:00

THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE 1769 TO 1821 FRENCH:One of the greatest military commanders and a guts to take risk or gambler; an impatient short term planner and a workaholic genius ; with forgiveness attitude to his closest betrayers; a misogynist who could enthrall men; Napoleon Bonaparte was all of these and more, the twice-emperor of France whose military endeavors and sheer personality dominated Europe in person for a decade, and in thought for a century.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15th 1769 to Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer and political opportunist, and his wife, Marie-Letizia. The Buonaparte's were a wealthy family from the Corsican nobility, although when compared to the great aristocracies of France Napoleon's kin were poor and pretentious. A combination of Carlo's social climbing, Letizia's adultery with the Comte de Marbeuf - Corsica's French military governor - and Napoleon's own ability enabled him to enter the military academy at Brienne in 1779. He moved to the Parisian École Royale Militaire in 1784 and graduated a year later as a second lieutenant in the artillery. Spurred on by his father's death in February 1785, the future emperor had completed in one year a course that often took three.

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Adolf Hitler

2011-02-16T00:34:00.000-08:00

Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungry to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. Of their six children, only Hitler and his younger sister, Paula could survive into adulthood. His father Alois, a custom official by profession, was tremendously violent to his wife and son, and used to beat them often. According to Hitler’s book, “he had a terrible childhood”. The regular whipping and violence committed by his father made him extremely sympathetic to his mother, while having an unfathomable bitterness towards his father. In spite of his father’s constant pressure to pursue a career like his, Hitler dropped out of high school without a diploma, as a revolt against his father. Even after his father’s death on 3 January 1903, he did not show any liking for studies and rather tried to be a painter.

During 1900’s, Hitler lived in Vienna with financial support from an orphan’s house; his mother died of breast cancer on 21 December 1907, at the age of 47. While living in Vienna, Hitler struggled as a painter after having been rejected twice by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna during 1907-1908. According to Hitler, his anti-Semitism came from having seen an orthodox Jew community in Vienna, a breeding ground of racial and religious prejudice at that time. Hitler held the Jew community responsible for Germany’s collapse and economic problems thereafter. In May 1913, Hitler came into possession of the final part of his father’s estate and moved to Munich. With Germany entering World War I in August 1914, Hitler enlisted in the Bavarian army.

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Jingle Bells Jingle Bells !!!

2010-12-26T07:12:00.000-08:00

“Jingle Bells” is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” in the autumn of 1857. Even though it is commonly referred to as a Christmas song, it was actually written and sung for Thanksgiving. It was mistakenly branded as a Christmas song because being extremely popular at Thanksgiving, it was sung again around Christmas.

Jingle Bell Rock is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all times and is an awesome choice for your next cell phone ringtone. Celebrate the holiday season by downloading this classic Christmas song. Jingle Bell Rock is always one of the most popular songs in December and it has become a top Christmas download on iTunes this year.

James Lord Pierpont originally composed his song in 1850. A plaque commemorating the “birthplace” of “Jingle Bells” adorns the side of a building in Medford, Massachusetts. Pierpont wrote the song there, at the former Simpson Tavern, now 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square. According to the Medford Historical Society, the song was inspired by the town’s popular sleigh races during the 1800s.

“Jingle Bells” was originally copyrighted with the name “One Horse Open Sleigh” on September 16, 1857. It was reprinted in 1859 with the revised title of “Jingle Bells, or the One Horse Open Sleigh”.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

2010-11-17T08:24:00.000-08:00

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945; pronounced /ˈroʊzəvəlt/ ROE-zə-vəlt;[1] also known by his initials, FDR) was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades. FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depths of the Great Depression. FDR's combination of optimism and activism contributed to reviving the national spirit.[2] Working closely with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies against Germany and Japan in World War II, he died just as victory was in sight.

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George Washington

2010-11-17T08:09:00.000-08:00

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1797, leading the American victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander in chief of the Continental Army, 1775–1783, and presiding over the writing of the Constitution in 1787. As the unanimous choice to serve as the first President of the United States (1789–1797), he developed the forms and rituals of government that have been used ever since, such as using a cabinet system and delivering an inaugural address. The president built a strong, well-financed national government that avoided war, suppressed rebellion and won acceptance among Americans of all types. Acclaimed ever since as the "Father of his country", Washington, along with Abraham Lincoln, has become a central icon of republican values, self sacrifice in the name of the nation, American nationalism and the ideal union of civic and military leadership.

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Abraham Lincoln

2010-11-17T07:42:00.000-08:00

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, guided his country through the most devastating experience in its national history--the CIVIL WAR. He is considered by many historians to have been the greatest American president.

Early Life

Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin (now Larue) County, Ky. Indians had killed his grandfather, Lincoln wrote, "when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest" in 1786; this tragedy left his father, Thomas Lincoln, "a wandering laboring boy" who "grew up, literally without education." Thomas, nevertheless, became a skilled carpenter and purchased three farms in Kentucky before the Lincolns left the state. Little is known about Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Abraham had an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Thomas, who died in infancy. In 1816 the Lincolns moved to Indiana, "partly on account of slavery," Abraham recalled, "but chiefly on account of difficulty in land titles in Kentucky." Land ownership was more secure in Indiana because the Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for surveys by the federal government; moreover, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 forbade slavery in the area. Lincoln's parents belonged to a faction of the Baptist church that disapproved of slavery, and this affiliation may account for Abraham's later statement that he was "naturally anti-slavery" and could not remember when he "did not so think, and feel."

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