What are some unexpected events in the history of cricket?

 A cricketer was banned for 10 years for conceding 92 runs in just 4 balls. Yes, you read that right, conceeded 92 runs in just 4 balls and then banned for 10 years. Let’s know what really happened.

This incident happened with Bangladeshi Cricketer, Sujon Mahmud

It was the Dhaka Second Division League Match and he was playing for Lalmatia Club. In the first innings, they were all out for just 88 runs and the team believed that they had been subject to extremely poor umpiring decisions.

As a protest to poor umpiring, Sujon Mahmud started to deliberately bowl wides and no balls. He bowled a whopping 13 wides which all went for a four and also bowled four no-balls which were all smashed for a boundary. On the four legitimate deliveries, the batsman smashed three fours to bring the total to 92 runs.

So in the four legitimate balls, the opponent easily scored 92 runs and as you can see in this scorecard photo below, Sujon ended with 92 runs conceeded in just 4 balls.

This incident of deliberate bowling wides and no-balls to protest poor umpiring was then investigated and it was considered to be damaging to the image of cricket and hence, Lalmatia club was banned indefinitely from the competition and the coach, captain and the manager were given five-year bans.

At last, the bowler, Sujon Mahmud, was handed a 10-year ban.

What is the most unwanted record in cricket history for any player?

 Date- 22 March 2023

Surya Kumar Yadav unfortunately has made the record that none of the batsmen would ever want.

3 Consecutive Golden Ducks on the very first delivery.

INDIA vs AUSTRALIA ( ODI Series-2023)

• 1st ODI Surya Kumar Yadav — 0 runs 1 ball
• 2nd ODI Surya Kumar Yadav — 0 runs 1 ball
• 3rd ODI Surya Kumar Yadav — 0 runs 1 ball

So by this, he has become the first cricketer in ODI history of approximately 50 years to make this record.

Though there are 14 other players (including 6 other Indian players) in ODI history who got Golden Ducks including Sachin Tendulkar (1994), Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, etc. But none of the above got 3 Ducks on the very first ball.

In this context Gautam Gambhir’s Commentary is relevant,

When asked about SKY’s form to him…

“Surya Kumar Yadav is surely a good player as he is seeing him since 2014 and at this point, there is nothing to be said about the form of the batsman as he just played three very good balls. Good form and bad form can be decided when a player plays more balls and consistently perform well/badly. So I believe with time he will have to prove himself again.”

I too feel it is just a matter of time as Sachin Tendulkar too suffered from 3 Ducks at the start of his career similarly SKY Mr. 360 and the Number One T20 batsman (2022 ranking) will surely prove himself again across the formats at the right time.

Who is Sai Pallavi?

 Pallavi was born on 9 May 1992 in Kotagiri district of Tamil Nadu. Sai Pallavi Senthamarai was brought and raised in Coimbatore. Sai Pallavi is a well-established south Indian actress who have made debuts in various regional movies like Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu Films. Sai Pallavi is named by her fans as a Natural Lady Star. She is one of the few actresses who dubbed their own voice irrespective of the language in all their films.

Career

Sai adores her mother for the dancer she is. Sai once said in an interview that if she wasn't interested in acting, she would have become a dancer like her mother. Sai participated in several competitions and events at school which made her popular in school. She even took part in the dance television show Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva which was telecasted on Vijay TV. She also participated in the reality show Dhee Ultimate Dance Show on which she became a finalist. This could be possible due to her passion for dancing and her mother's support.

Sai Pallavi got noticed for the first time for her character role as Malar in the Malayalam film Premam in 2015. The movie Premam received high and was a blockbuster movie. She received immense love and awards for this film. Her character Malar in the film got her nominated for the Film fare award for best female debut south category. She was also honored by SIIMA awards for best debut female. She landed herself in the International race too by receiving the Asian Film award for the Most Popular Actress.

What was the most epic battle in history?

 September 11th, a day that changed the world.

But this is 1683, not 2001.

I'm talking about the clash of two cultures, two empires, with more than 200,000 soldiers involved in the gigantic Siege of Vienna. The magnificent city of Vienna, Austria, a cultural center of Europe and Western Christianity, was under siege by the forces of the Ottoman Empire.

The siege looked a bit like this:

This was the decisive battle between West and East. The great bastion of Christianity, the capital of the mighty Habsburg Empire, against the most dangerous enemy Europe had ever faced: the Turks.

Facing 200,000 men with a garrison of only 20,000, the Austrians seemed defeated. The siege had cut off all supplies to the city, making the besieged increasingly hungry. The siege lasted two months, from July to September, and only then did a turning point come.

King John Sobieski of Poland arrives to the rescue with a charge of the Winged Hussars, the elite Polish cavalry, routing the Ottomans and ending the siege. This also leads to the decline of the Ottomans for the next 23 decades.

Despite the Poles' bad reputation militarily, this was the time they saved all of Europe. Congratulations to Poland!

And if the miraculous charge of the hussars seems rather familiar to you:

You're right! This battle was essentially the inspiration for the siege of Minas Tirith where the Rohirrim play the part of the Poles.

What are some interesting facts about Indian history that schools never teach?

 The History of common people that our history books either ignore or marginalse. And the history of things that are commonly found in our surroundings - our food, language, games etc.

Somehow we also think that history means kings and queens and battles and wars. But what about us?

Let me tell you some intersting facts from these aspects- food, literature, games, movies

A lot of food items that you eat have developed during the World war including Fanta (created on the orders of German subsidary of Coca Cola in the Nazi Germany because there was a shortage of Coca cola In Germany due to trade embargo), Nutrella (developed in Italy because of shortage of chocolate in the post war years), Instant Noodles (developed in Japan to provide nutritious food to people in less time after the post war destruction.

Panchatantra is the most translated book of the world after Bible which has been translated in over 200 different versions in all major asian and European languages. Panchatnatra has been translated into Persian, Syriac, Hebrew, Arabic, French, Latin, English, German, Thai, Malaya, Chinese and many more such languages. Interestingly it is assumed that around 30 percent of all fables have their roots in Panchatantra

The game of Snake and Ladder was developed in India by Saint Gyandev in the 13th century as Mokshpath (way to salvation) where the snakes represented the vices and ladders the virtues. The original was deeply philosophical and spiritual in nature and not merely a pass time board game

The actress of first Malyalam film of Indian cinema never worked in any other film. Not because she didn't get work. But because the orthodox section of the society burned down her place and she had to run away to save her life. Her fault - she played an upper caste character despite being a lower caste woman herself!!

Who was the craziest leader in history?

 Muammar Gadaffi was famously eccentric.

Once, during a state visit to Italy, the Libyan dictator hired 200 Italian models. He specified they all be under the age of 35, over the height of 5′7″ and “beautiful”. Immediately, hundreds of women applied, thinking he had some sort of fancy party or gala in mind, perhaps something a little more naughty…

Wrong! Muammar Gadaffi had zero naughty purposes, nor anything immodest or glamorous — he went on to lecture the ladies for two hours straight about the virtues of Islam and the purpose of women being to provide for their husbands needs, run a household and birth children. He then told them: “I know you are likely Catholics, and Catholics believe Jesus was crucified. This is a lie, I have it on good authority that he was saved and taken DIRECTLY to Heaven by God. And an imposter was crucified in his place!”

By the end of his speed course about Islam, Gadaffi proceeded to present every single one of the 200 women with a copy of the Quran, as well as an autographed book authored by himself about his views on politics and society. No snacks were given, no breaks and the Italian models were then told to leave, with the urgent message to convert to Islam.

Who is the most savage person in history?

 She drank blood, tortured and had s@x with young women and men to remain young and beautiful: Elizabeth Báthory

She has been described as the most vicious and cruel female serial killer in all recorded history so far. She enjoyed their screams and pain.

When she was 11 or 12, she had a baby by a lower-order lover who was working as an artisan in her family's dynasty. He was castrated and then torn to pieces by the dogs of “Noble family” along with the baby .

It was revealed later that she enjoyed torturing, m@lesting and killing young girls who were daughters of her peasants. She believed that drinking the blood of young girls would preserve her youthfulness and her looks. Wearing and drinking their blood would keep her hormones high( as she believed) Witnesses later revealed that she stabbed her victims (young girls) or biting their bre@sts, hands, faces and arms, cutting them with scissors, sticking needles into their lips or burning them with red-hot irons, coins or keys. Some were beaten to death and some were starved. The story that Elizabeth used to bathe in their blood seems to have been added later on. She would enjoy drinking their blood during their mansturation cycle.

Elizabeth was not put on trial, because of her family’s standing, but she was shut up in Csetje Castle, held in solitary confinement in a room whose windows were walled up. She was 54 when she died there in 1614 in utter pain and agony. Is it true?

Every Indian and history books talk about Jodha Akbar’s love story, but why don’t they discuss the stories of Chandragupta Maurya and Helena? Was Akbar love real or just merely lust?

 

Akbar and Maryam Uz Zamani Begum

Akbar was the Padishah of Mughal Empire and he did not have any love story with anyone and certainly not any fictional lady named Jodha Bai.

Jodha Bai is a misnomer in James Tod’s book because he confused his daughter in law and wife of Salim, Jagat Gosain who was Princess of Jodhpur as Maryam Uz Zamani, wife of Akbar. His sources were mostly court gossips and laymen information and therefore he got confused and made a fictional Jodha Bai.

No authentic history book written by historians calls Akbar’s marriage to Princess of Amber , Maryam Uz Zamani Begum (original name alleged to be Harka Bai or Heer Kunwari) to be a Romantic Saga but a strict strategic alliance in which she was given as wife to Akbar in immense pressure and very unwillingly by the Raja. Her own feelings are not known but surely she accepted her fate as she was a princess and her first duty was to save her house and her people. In Mughal Sources she is mentioned as loyal, chaste and moralistic woman. She did trade and could issue certain farmans dealing with charities.

Akbar had other wives and many concubines and their names are even mentioned in Mughal sources. Ruqayah Sultan Begum and Salima Sultan Begum who were his cousins were his pure blooded Mughal Wives and were respected in his Harem and by the Emperor.

Sandrocottus and Seleucid Princess

The information on Sandrocottus's Seleucid wife is very vague. Little to no information are available on her or their relationship. She was a peace treaty where Seleucus sent her in Antahpura of Sandrocottus to be his wife. It's not known who initiated marital alliance in the Treaty but it was Seleucus who was on the defeating side.

The Seleucid Princess’ name was not Helena. None of the sources mentions any of the daughters of Seleucus and Apama being called Helena. And no authentic history books glorify this so called love story because no sources of any love story are available. Chandragupta is not known to be a romantic king. Even in Parishisth Parvan, it's daughter of Nanda who fell in love with him at first sight while he was busy trying to consolidate his gains and deal with Parvatak. He even rejected the princess simply because when she put her foot on his chariot, it broke.

Both Emperors were not lover boys and Sandrocottus was an extremely smart and educated man and very, very disciplined man because of his strong military career and moralistic upbringing in Taxila University.

Megasthenes praises Sandrocottus as a very conscientious King who spent his entire day in the court listening to the problems of his people.

Meanwhile, Akbar was just a typical Mughal Emperor, it's just that his officers were really talented and Akbar as an individual could command loyalty.

What are some of the greatest marketing disasters in history?

 In 1974 Indian government introduced FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act) after which foreign companies operating in India were asked to dilute their equity to domestic companies (upto 60 percent). Indira Gandhi executed it with iron hand partuclaly during Emergency.

In 1977 Janta Party defeated Congress and for the first time a non Congress government came to power. At the same time the protectionist Morarji Desai government asked Coca Cola to dilute their 60% equity to local companies and give their secret recipe as part of fair competition policy. Coca Cola agreed to the first condition but refused the second. The Janta Party government refused them permission to conduct trade in India and Coca Cola left the country. Now there was a 100 crores Cola market in India untapped. The government decided to launch their own soft drinks brand. After deliberations the name of the brand was fixed as “77” (Double seven) to commemorate the year of launching and he year of formation of Janta Party government (1977). So the Cold Drink was staged as an achievement of the Janta Party and this political marketing didn't do great favours to either the brand or the company. Their advertisements promoted the cold drink with the promise of “Good Times” (the promise of Acche Din started from there only!!)

The cold drink was launched in late 1977 with massive PR claiming the cold drink to be a Swadeshi brand and claimed that it tastes exactly like Coca Cola. But this claim failed badly because people gave negative response to the brand and considered it way inferior to the taste of Coca Cola. Also Parle Agro launched Thums Up which was much superior Cola brand. So the sales were poor gaining a profit of only 93000 and after that the losses started piling so that government stopped issuing the sales reports of the company.

Another problem was that the Janta Party government was itself very unstable and within 3 years and two PM’s later the government lost the 1980 elections and Congress came back to power. Congress Party saw Double Seven as a Janta Party initiative and therefore didn't promoted it due to which the company died gradually. By 1990’s Pepsi and Coca Cola reentered Indian market and Thums Up was bought was Coca Cola. Double Seven was long forgotten.

What are some rare photos of world history?

 Some rare/interesting photos of world history:

One of Japan’s last samurai, in the late 1800s

A selfie in 1920; a century ago!

Dubai Airport and its surrounding area in the ‘80s

A photograph of a British woman, Margaret Neve, born in 1792. The photo is dated 1902.

The world’s first photograph, taken in France in 1826.

The world’s first self-portrait, taken in Philadelphia in 1839.

Also taken in 1839, this is the first photo with people in it, taken in Paris.

The first photo taken from above! In 1860

The first photo of Earth, as seen from a view from the Moon.

When Bill Clinton met President Kennedy.

What are some of the awful batting collapses in the history of cricket?

 2014

India vs Bangladesh

This match saw one of the worst batting display from both the teams

India batted first and was bundled out for mere 105. From 55/3 India faltered to 86/9. Some big hitting by Umesh Yadav ensured that India crossed the 100 mark. Defeat was confirmed for India. But what happened was hardly believable considering India was bowling with bowlers like Mohit Sharma, Stuart Binny etc who were not established bowlers at that time.

Bangladesh was 44/2 at one point when Stuart Binny was introduced as bowling change. And from there Bangladesh fell like Nine Pins.

Stuart Binny took 6 wickets and gave away only 4 runs in 4.4 overs, breaking the record of Anil Kumble as the best bowling figures from India (Kumble took 12/6). Bangladesh lost their last 8 wickets for mere 14 runs. They were bundled out for only 58 runs and lost the match by 47 runs. Mohit Sharma took the rest of the 4 wickets.

Stuart Binny was adjusted the Man of the match for taking six wickets. The cumulative total of the match was 163/20.

What are the rarest pictures you have ever seen?

 In 1896 the Olympics came back in Athens. The participants in the 100m race did not even know how to start in the right way. Some of them were bent forward, and others erect. Rules had not yet existed. They were only working out the thing, and had no idea that they were making history.

The photos of the last Samurai were taken in 1860s. These were actual warriors but their moment was coming to a close. Their entire class disappeared in several years. A tradition spanning a long period of time was lost literally overnight.

In 1953 Queen Elizabeth turned out to be the world centre. The first time her coronation was broadcasted on TV. It was seen by millions of people. The monarchy ceased to be a personal affair, something visible to everyone.

The first Indian cricket team to visit England came in 1886. It appeared an insignificant thing, but it was not. That trip served to make cricket something massive at home.

And then there is the Schwerer Gustav, a huge war machine. It demonstrates the extent to which man can go to construct destruction.

It is a trend: things appear, develop, and fade away. History does not cease--it goes on.

Who was Anarkali in Indian history, and what did she do to become famous?

William Finch and Edward Terry, two British visitors at Jahangir’s court heard the rumours that there was a lady named Anarkali, who was wife of Akbar and mother of Prince Daniyal. He and Jahangir had a love affair while Akbar was alive and when he got to know about it, he confined her alive in a closed wall and she died.

No contemporary sources of Akbar and Jahangir mentions Anarkali, Neither Akbarnama or Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri. Other scholars also does not mention any such incident.

If there was indeed such a woman, she might had been a concubine/courtesan because Salim would not dare to have an affair with Akbar's legitimate wife. And if she were a Concubine, how could she say no to a prince. He might would have secretly punished her as her voice didn't matter.

Altogether, there might be some truth behind the rumours but again, no literally or archeological evidences are available to prove the legend as truth.

Anarkali Bagh also does not mention Jahangir or salim and therefore has no evidence for it to be belonging to real Anarkali.

Her being mother of Prince Daniyal is pure rumour and isn't supported by legitimate sources at all.

What are some crazy coincidences in history?

 History repeated itself so precisely in England that it almost defies explanation. Two murders, two young women, 157 years apart, yet their stories are so strikingly similar they read like the same crime.

This is the story of Erdington murders.

• Mary Ashford was killed on 27th May 1817 in Pype Hayes Park, Erdington, Birmingham. Barbara Forrest was killed on 27th May 1974 in Pype Hayes Park, Erdington, Birmingham.
• Both Mary and Barbara were 20 years old at the time.
• Both events occurred on a Whit Monday, a popular English bank holiday.
• Mary and Barbara were both born on 31st December.
• Both women spent their last evening dancing before being assaulted and killed.
• The Last name of the accused in both cases was Thornton.
• Mary and Barbara had expressed a feeling of doom in the days before the tragedy.
• Both Thorntons were acquitted due to lack of evidence against them.
• A Sibling of each of the victims refused to accept the verdict and fought for justice but neither murder was ever solved.

Coincidence or history repeating itself?