Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
IN the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia, is a chain of islands called theSolomon Islands. They were given the name by a Spanish explorer of the sixteenth century who saw the islanders wearing gold ornaments, and thought he had reached the lands which had supplied gold to Solomon, the famous king of ancient Israel.
The southern islands of this chain are part of a country also called the Solomon Islands. The country was ruled by Great Britain from 1893 to 1978, when it gained its independence. The country has a population of about 320,000. Most Solomon Islanders are dark-skinned people called Melanesians. Most of them live in houses built on stilts.
The Solomon Islands exports fish products, copra, palm oil and timber — but no gold!
The capital of the country is Honiara.
Last updated on :12/5/2001
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Area : 27,556 sq km
Capital : Honiara
Population : 509,190
Language : Melanesian pidgin, English (official), more than 80 indigenous languages
Currency : 1 Solomon Islands dollar (SI$), consisting of 100 cents
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.