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 of the most epic photos ever taken?

 1. Moving a 7600 ton apartment building to create a boulevard in Alba Iulia, Romania, 1987

2. Black officer protecting KKK member from protesters, 1983

3. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as a young gentleman, 1986

4. Hannah Stilley, born 1746, photographed in 1840. Probably the earliest born individual captured on film

5. Transporting 'The Apple', the first Indian satellite, 1981

6. The glasses John Lennon wore when he was assassinated, 1980

7. Spielberg doing the first Indiana Jones movie in 1980

8. Due to strong crosswinds, a landing plane crashes with a truck standing near the runway, 1976

9. Highway picnic during the Oil Crisis, 1973

10. A foreskin away from death
a Pakistani soldier during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence examines whether the man is circumcised or not(i.e. Hindus are not)

11. A stripper visits the trading floor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, late 1970s

12. Man working at analog computer, 1968

13. The Prague Spring of 1968: Soviet soldier chasing young man who had thrown stones at a tank

14. Early morning train, Japan, 1964

15. Test pilot George Aird – flying a English Electric Lightning F1

16. The Beatles play for 18 people in the Aldershot club, December 1961. They were to become superstars in one and a half years time

17. Canteen for Disney workers, 1961

18. The East Bay Dragons, the first black bikers’ club, Oakland, California, 1960s

19. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro fishing, 1960

20. A swimmobile in New York City, 1960

21. Audrey Hepburn shopping with her pet deer “Ip” in Beverly Hills, CA, 1958

22. Charlton Heston as Moses in “The Ten Commandments,” drive-in theater, Utah, 1958

23. Uploading (:D) the first 5 MByte hard disk to a PanAm plane, 1956

24. Coca Cola is introduced in France, 1950

25. In the aftermath of the D-Day invasion, two boys watch from a tree as American soldiers drive through the town of St. Lo. France

26. A flight simulator in 1942

27. An opium den in Singapore, 1941

28. The real Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, 1928

29. Filming of the MGM screen credits - The beginning of the Hollywood era, 1928

30. Factory workers race on the roof (test track) of the Fiat Factory in Turin, Italy, 1923

31. The unbroken seal on Tutankhamun’s tomb, 1922 (3,245 years untouched)

32. A beggar running alongside King George V’s coach, 1920

33. The first international match at Wimbledon

34. Princeton students after a snowball fight, 1893

35. Interior of a London Pub, 1898

36. Overly manly man Carl Akeley posed with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896

Series 2

1950 Mumbai

. A 90s picture of Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and Miss World Aishwarya Rai

A rare photoshoot of Madhubala for the LIFE magazine

A 1970s photo of Amitabh Bacchan and family

A rare picture of President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad

A 1980s Picture of The Bandit Queen- Phoolan Devi

Mourning of death of Ramkrishna Paramhansa with young Vivekananda (4th from left)

Young Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli

1950s Opera House on MG road in Bangalore

Naval Tata, Ratan Tata and Noel Tata

A very rare photograph of Nathuram Godse, who shot Mahatma Gandhi

What are some epic lines said for cricketers?

“When Sir Vivian Richards retired I thought it was an end of the entertainment, but then he came, The King of the entertainment.”-Rameez Raja

Yes you guessed it right he is none other than VIRENDER SEHWAG.

“I would always have Sehwag in my team because I want to watch him bat ,not bowl to him”- Shane Warne

“player like sehwag bring crowd back to test cricket”- Kapil Dev

“He destroys even the most experienced bowler if he stays more than 10 overs”-Srikanth

here comes God’s wish

“I have learnt from Sehwag how to play in nervous 90”-Sachin

last but not least-

“He is ghajni of cricket, he forgets about the format he is playing”-Vikram Sathaye

Source: Google