Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland became the world's longest rail tunnel when workers drilled through the last two metres of rock in a nationally televised ceremony.
Finland became the first country in the world to declare Internet broadband access a legal right.
China launched its first astronaut, Yang Liwei into orbit aboard Shenzhou 5. He circled the planet 14 times during the 21-hour trip.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk for their work to end apartheid in South Africa.
Hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo and chief of the German air force during World War II, committed suicide on the eve of his scheduled execution for war crimes.
Pierre Laval, the puppet prime minister of Nazi-occupied Vichy France, was executed by a firing squad for treason.
Tata Airlines (which later became Air India), founded by J. R. D. Tata, made its first flight carrying airmail from Karachi to Bombay.
The Graf Zeppelin, the first commercial airship to cross the Atlantic, completed its maiden voyage.
Napoleon Bonaparte of France landed on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean to spend his last years in exile.
Aurangzeb captured Bijapur, thus ending the 170 year rule of the Adil Shahi dynasty.
The greatest Mughal emperor, Akbar was born in Umarkot, Sindh.
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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.