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  Queen Elizabeth II April 21, 1926- September 8, 2022 . Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch, died on September 8, 2022, at age of 96, after spending more than seven decades on the British Throne. The icon of majesty, grandeur, and honour took her last breath peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Under the medical supervision, the queen has been suffering, according to Buckingham Palace, from "episodic mobility problems" since the end of last year. A fair and youthful figure, princess, wife, and mother, is heir to our traditions and glories, to all our united strength and loyalty.   Winston Churchill, House of Commons, February 11, 1952. Family life of Queen Elizabeth: Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926, in London to King George VI (father), the Duke of York, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (mother). King George VI loved Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon deeply and got engaged in London on January 18, 1923, and later married at Westminster Abbey on A...

Cricketer Babar Azam Babar Azam  c urrent captain of Pakistan cricket team    Muhammad Babar Azam , the captain of Pakistan cricket team, hails from Lahore, Pakistan. He is the captain of Pakistan cricket team in all formats. Moreover, He is considered one of the best batsmen in the world. He is also considered the Virat Kohli of Pakistan. He was given the captaincy of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the year 2012. Babar Azam was born on October 15, 1994, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The name of his father is Azam Siddiqui, and has total of four siblings. His two brothers are Safeer Azam and Faisal Azam while his sister’s name is Faariya Azam. Full Name:   Muhammad Babar  Azam Nick Name :   Bobby Born :            October 15, 1994,  Birthplace :   Lahore, Punjab,                              Pakistan Age:       ...

Peace Treaty at Lausanne   Written in French under the banner of France,  Lausanne peace treaty   1923 is the first treaty after the Ottoman caliphate that was written in other than Tuskish language, as, before this, all the agreements of Ottoman Empire with Europe were written in Turkish language. Lausanne peace treaty was in fact a tactical plan to push Turkey in particular and Muslims in general to the wall for the next 100 years. The Islamic Superpower once ruled large areas of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North Africa for more than 600 years desperately came to an end after the peace treaty of Lausanne,  Switzerland on July 24, 1923. Surprisingly, the Lausanne treaty is going to complete its journey in 2023, raising questions about revival of the Ottoman caliphate, nationalization of strait of Bosporus, accession of former states to the Ottoman empire and the occupation of Makkah by Turkey. Lausanne Peace treaty 1923: Lausanne   peace treaty was s...

Sultan Masque, Turkey Why did the title " sick man of Europe "  stick only to Turkey since the same epitome had already been used for other European countries? The Sick man of Europe is a label given to the European countries experiencing a time of economic difficulty or impoverishment before the 19th century.  Why Turkey is called the Sick man of Europe? The phrase ' Sick man of Europe ' was first used in the mid-19th century to describe the Ottoman Empire, later Turkey. "Sick man of Europe" was Ottoman Turkey's epithet in the 19th century. It was the Russian emperor, Czar Nicholas I, who first used it as mocking Ottoman empire's relative backwardness as compared to most of European countries and Russia. It is based on correspondence between two British diplomats prior to the 1856 Crimean War. Sir George Hamilton Seymour, the British ambassador in St. Petersburg, in a letter to Sir John Russell, is said to have quoted the czar as saying, "A ver...

Watergate scandal June 17, 1972 & President Richard Nixon  What is Watergate scandal? Watergate scandal is a political burglary in American history. The Republican president was campaigning to reelect for the presidential election in 1972. One of his aides, John Mitchell, made a plan to make Nixon win the election in any way. Due to this 'Watergate Scandal', US President Richard Nixon had to face even the impeachment. Moreover, Richard Nixon is the only President in the history of US Presidents who resigned from the office. The US Presidential elections were scheduled to be held by the end of the year in 1972. Thus, a 'Committee to Re-elect the President was formed by the Republican party. In June 1972, five burglars broke into the office of the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Party headquarters, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. to plant tape-recording devices and to copy important DNC files. But the night watchman who ale...

Mao Zedong What is Long March of China: The Long March   China was taken out in 1934 by the Chinese communists under the banner of Mao Zedong to find a safe heaven from the atrocities of the Nationalists.   After the death of Sun Yat-Sen, father of modern China, two persons came forward with an aim to unite China. One was Chiang Kai-shek, the talented disciple of Sin Yat Sen. Thus, he managed to take the reins of China. The other was Mao Zedong, who was greatly inspired by the philosophy of Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx. Mao was the commander of the Communist party in China. Initially, both were united to work together for the unification and upliftment of China, but later Chiang began to turn his mind away from Mao and followed a hostile policy towards the communists. As a result, the communists also began to retaliate and set for revolution under the banner of Mao Zedong. In 1931, Communist leader Mao Zedong finally occupied Jiangxi province in the southeast and established ...

African continent Very close to Europe and Asia, Africa is a home to rich and varied cultures, beautiful coasts and deserts. It is a place of one of the oldest human civilizations, Egyptian civilization, in the World. In addition, Africa boasts of having the best football and cricket players, great leaders and miss universe titles in the world. Hardly is there any world title left that Africans has not earned! It is the only continent through which the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn run. Then, why it is called as dark continent. Is it correct to name Africa as " Dark Continent "? Why Africa is called the Dark Continent? The phrase itself was actually popularized by the British explorer Henry M. Stanley. Africa was known as the “ Dark Continent ” because it remained unexplored for a long period of time for Europeans explorers due to The largest desert in the world, the Sahara Desert acted as a natural barrier. Further, the hot and humid climate and dense for...