Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Kim Jong-il (b. 1942), the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) from 1994 onwards, died.
A street vendor set himself on fire in Tunisia to protest against police harassment. The incident sparked the Jasmine revolution and similar protests in other Arab countries.
Congo's government, rebels and opposition parties signed a power-sharing peace accord to end four years of civil war and set up a transitional government.
The Simpsons, the longest-running American sitcom, made its debut.
A cease-fire was declared between India and Pakistan bringing an end to the 1971 war. The line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir was established and Radio Bangladesh began its transmissions for the first time.
India sent in troops to Goa and the other Portuguese colonies of Daman and Diu.
Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru assassinated British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police.
Ugyen Wangchuck was crowned first King of Bhutan.
At Kitty Hawk, in the U.S.A., Orville Wright made the first sustained motorized aeroplane flight.
Pope Paul III excommunicated Henry VIII of England from the Catholic church.
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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.