The best horrible history facts ever

 Horrible Histories author Terry Deary and the stage-adaptor and actor Neal Foster got together to pick their all time favourite horrible history facts…

The perfectly horrid author of Horrible Histories Terry Dear has got together with the ghastly adaptor of Horrible Histories on stage (for the last 10 years!) Neal Foster to pick out their favourite most horrible, savage, gruesome and gross history facts. And here they are:

In the savage Stone Age, people would kill a bear and then rip open its stomach to eat the meal the bear had consumed before it was killed

Romans liked watching people killing other people - on one morning alone, 10,000 people were killed in Rome’s Coliseum just for fun

If you committed treason against the slimy Stuarts, you were hanged until you were nearly dead, your organs removed while you were still alive and then you were cut into four piecesOver 50,000 people were executed at Marble Arch when it was main place for execution in London

The Countess of Salisbury had her head chopped off - but it took 11 blows of the axe before they got it off

When Richard the Lionheart captured Cyprus, he made all the men on the island shave off their beards

King Charles I wore two shirts at his execution so people wouldn’t think he was shivering from fear

In Tudor times a cook was boiled to death in a giant cauldron because he poisoned the soup

In Saxon times, half of the population were dead before they were 25In Georgian times you could be hanged for impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner

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GOD OF CRICKET : Sachin Tendulkar

 “People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.” – Sachin Tendulkar

Famed all across the world and carrying the nation’s pride on his No. 10 jersey, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is prominent in the list of great personalities. Popularly known as a ‘master blaster’, he is a true inspiration for all cricket lovers. This finest right-handed batsman in the history of international cricket started his cricket journey at the age of 11 and made his first-class debut when he was 15 and his first test debut against Pakistan at the age of 16. We know, that in India cricket is a religion and Tendulkar is a modern legend and India’s very own God of Cricket.

After his retirement in 2013, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna – the youngest person to receive this award. With a career of 22 years 91 days, he has recorded as the only player to score over 30,000 runs in international cricket, the only one to secure 100 international hundreds and the first player to score a double hundred in limited-overs cricket, 62 Man of the Match, 15 Man of the Series, and the list is endless.

He was among the first Indian players to become a part of the Yorkshire club. Not just this, being an active member of Rajya Sabha, he has donated his entire Rajya Sabha money to the Government of India for the country’s welfare.

Tendulkar carried the hopes of millions every time he walked up to bat and continues to be the biggest reason students across the world aspire to make a career in Sports and Sport Management. Watching his memorable knocks and winning many games single-handedly, people started watching cricket just to see him bat.

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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.” – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

People’s favourite leader, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, also known as APJ Abdul Kalam, was a millennial Aerospace scientist. Named the Missile Man of India, he brought astounding technological reform to the country. From introducing the launch vehicle facility and ballistic missile to supporting the second round of nuclear tests at Pokhran, he did everything necessary for the nation’s civilian space program and military missile development.

Dr Kalam spent close to 4 decades in ISRO and DRDO as a scientist and administrator.He served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. After retiring, he became a visiting professor at IIMs, IITs, and other universities where he motivated students to innovate and compete with the world.

From the Prithvi missile in 1988 to the Agni missile in 1989, his contribution and achievements have earned him the Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, King Charles II Medal, Hoover Medal, and many others. He is a hero to millions of people making him one of the great personalities of all time. 

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जर्मनी संघीय गणराज्य का संविधान

23 मई 1949 के मूल कानून ( ग्रंडगेसेट्ज़ ) का वर्तमान संस्करण जर्मनी के संघीय गणराज्य का संविधान है।

मूल कानून को 1949 में अपनाया गया था, शुरू में जर्मन एकीकरण तक राज्य के बुनियादी संगठन के लिए एक अनंतिम ढांचे के रूप में। "मूल कानून" नाम का उद्देश्य इसकी अनंतिम प्रकृति को व्यक्त करना था। लेकिन शुरू से ही, मूल कानून में हमेशा संविधान की सभी विशेषताएं शामिल रही हैं और 60 से अधिक वर्षों तक प्रभावी रूप से काम किया है।

31 अगस्त 1990 की एकीकरण संधि में, जर्मनी के संघीय गणराज्य और जर्मन लोकतांत्रिक गणराज्य की सरकारें जर्मन एकता को बहाल करने के लिए सहमत हुईं। बाद में जनमत संग्रह (मूल कानून के अनुच्छेद 146 के अनुसार) के साथ एक नया संविधान तैयार करने के बजाय, मूल कानून के अनुच्छेद 23 की प्रक्रिया को चुना गया: पूर्वी जर्मनी संघीय गणराज्य में शामिल हो गया, और पाँच नए संघीय राज्य ( लैंडर ) और बर्लिन के पुनर्मिलित शहर-राज्य का निर्माण किया गया। पश्चिम और पूर्वी जर्मनी की संसदों ने दो-तिहाई बहुमत से इस निर्णय को मंजूरी दी। जब 3 अक्टूबर 1990 को पुनर्मिलन प्रभावी हुआ, तो मूल कानून पूरे जर्मनी के लिए संविधान बन गया।

1949 से लेकर अब तक मूल कानून में 60 से अधिक संशोधन हो चुके हैं। इन संशोधनों में 1956 में पुनः शस्त्रीकरण के लिए संवैधानिक प्रावधान और 1968 में आपातकालीन कानून शामिल थे। एकीकरण के बाद 1994 में और जर्मनी की संघीय क्षमताओं और वित्तीय संरचनाओं को पुनर्गठित करने के लिए 2006 और 2009 में प्रमुख संवैधानिक सुधार लागू किए गए।

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