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Akbar the Great: A Story of Wisdom and Challenges

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4 pages

Sultanate & Mughal Period

Akbar the Great: A Story of Wisdom and Challenges

Discovering the Emperor's Heart

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On this calendar date

Bharat

1959
Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.
1925
The deadliest tornado in U.S. history spawned in Missouri and traveled more than 219 miles (352 km) across Illinois and Indiana, leaving one of the longest continuous tornado tracks ever recorded.

World

2019
Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing as many as 80, a disputed number of whom were civilians.
2015
Gunmen attacked the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia, killing 24 people.
2005
As per a court order, the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo, an American woman who suffered brain damage, was removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia.
1996
The deadliest fire in Philippine history broke out at a nightclub in Quezon City, causing 162 deaths.
1990
Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.
1985
The first episode of the soap opera Neighbours was broadcast on the Seven Network, later becoming the longest-running drama in Australian television history.

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