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9th August: #TheDayInHistory
August 9 is the 81st anniversary of the Quit India Movement, which #MahatmaGandhi called the biggest struggle of his life. The Day is celebrated as #AugustKrantiDay by paying tributes to freedom fighters. Salute to our freedom fighters. #Jaihind
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On This Day In Royal History . 12 September 1938 . Prince Arthur of Connaught died aged 55 . . About Prince Arthur (½) . Early life & military career; . ◼ Prince Arthur was born on 13 January 1883 at Windsor Castle. His father was the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, third son of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His mother was the former Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. . ◼ Arthur was the first British royal prince to be educated at Eton College. . ◼ After attending finishing school, Prince Arthur was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars in 1901. During the Second Boer War, he saw active duty with the 7th Hussars. In 1907, he was promoted to the rank of captain in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). He became the honorary Colonel-in-Chief of this regiment in 1920. . ◼ During the First World War, Prince Arthur served as aide-de-camp to British army Generals Sir John French & Sir Douglas Haig, the successive commanders of the British Expeditionary Force in France & Belgium. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1919 & became a colonel in the reserves in 1922. In October 1922, Prince Arthur was promoted to the honorary rank of major general & became an aide-de-camp to his first cousin, King George V. . ◼ Since the king’s children were too young to undertake public duties until after the First World War, Prince Arthur carried out a variety of ceremonial duties at home & overseas. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thedayinhistory #theyear1938 #d12sep #PrinceArthur #PrinceArthurofConnaught #houseofsaxecoburgandgotha #HouseofWindsor #History #otd #BritishArmy #BritishMonarchy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDIAk2jhqQ/?igshid=y7zkvmxxz08n
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#TheDayInHistory 😌 #TwosDay #22222 😍 #Tuesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CaSgeTupu7C/?utm_medium=tumblr
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23rd May #TheDayInHistory On this day in the year 1984, #BachendriPal became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of #MountEverest. Later, she led expeditions in 1993, 1994 & 1997 with a team comprising of only women in Indo-Nepalese Women's Mount Everest Expedition. (at Mahakal Ki Nagri Deoghar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAjX4xPAYS1/?igshid=11s4z2tp3g8wh
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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself #quote #thedayinhistory #instalike #instapic #instagood #instagood
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All you have to do is be yourself And live the story that no one else can live the story of your own unique life Be proud Be confident And most of all, be happy #quote #thedayinhistory #photoshoot #photooftheday #bestoftheday #instalike #likeforlike #like4like #like #instagood #instadaily #instasize #insta #followme #follow
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