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  INDIA DON’T HAVE NATIONAL SPORTS No particular sport is recognised as India’s national game, something confirmed by the country’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Since when is Hockey NOT the National Sport of India? This revelation came to light in 2012 when a 10-year-old girl named Aishwarya Parashar filed a Right to Information (RTI) request with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to get official declarations on the   national anthem , sport, song, bird, animal, flower and the country’s symbol. The PMO forwarded the query to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. In response to the RTI, the ministry confirmed that it had not declared any sport or game as India’s national game. Why Not other Sports?  India was nowhere near the top in any other sports. Chess despite being invented by India, was being ruled by the Soviet Union (Russia). In fact, before Viswanathan Anand, India hardly had any player representing the nation at the highest level. Kabaddi is yet...

  Magadha: before Chandragupta’s period India around the 4 th  century BCE was divided into numerous kingdoms and republics. The foremost among them was the Magadha Kingdom in eastern India, whose rulers beginning with King Bimbisara (543- 492 BCE) had embarked on a quest for empire building. Magadha boundaries had been much extended over time and contained a good part of central, eastern, and north India. Alexander the great (365-323 BCE) invaded India in 326 BCE and in consequence much of north-eastern India was thrown into turmoil and political chaos.                                                             Magadha Kingdom before Mauryas   Who was the Chandragupta Maurya?   Chandragupta Maurya, who founded the Maurya Empire, was one of the most important rulers in the history of India. He is credited for...

  METALLOGRAPHY OF COINS IN INDIA   1.        INTRODUCTION Welcome Readers, here we are with another interesting blog for you in Meta Monday. India has been one of the earliest issuers of coins in the world (circa 6 th Century BC). India has unique and diverse coinage techniques be it minting techniques, motifs, sizes, shapes, the metals used. Currently, there are Re.1, Rs. 2, Rs.5 and Rs.10 coins in use. While using them you must have wondered about how and what coins are made of, their metallography and design. Here are the answers to all these questions. Let’s go through them. 2.        COIN MAKING PROCEDURE: Pic Credit: Britannica Encyclopedia The above image shows the general procedure of making coins in India. ·          Re.1 Coin: In independent India, one rupee coins was first minted in 1950 and is currently in circulation.The one rupee coin is the small...