Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Australian teenager Jessica Watson completed her seven-month voyage just short of her 17th birthday, becoming the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.
After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet army began its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invaded Israel immediately after its formation, thus starting the first Arab-Israeli War.
McDonald's opened its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
The Moscow Metro, the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union was opened to the public.
The world's first air-hostess, nurse Ellen Church welcomed passengers aboard the United Airlines tri-motor Boeing 80 A at Oakland airport in California.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was started by Reverend John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission for those living in the rural, remote areas of Australia.
Prominent activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to work for women's suffrage.
The first basketball stadium was opened at Union Grounds, Brooklyn in the U.S.
The machine gun was patented by James Puckle, a lawyer in London.
Anne Boleyn, the second queen of Henry VIII of England, was tried for treason and sentenced to death.
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Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.