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Who was responsible for the partition of India?
Who was responsible for the partition of India? Did it happen due to Mohammed Ali Jinnah or Mahatma Gandhi? Or were the British of the view that the country needed to be divided?
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How did Islam and Hinduism thrive together in Medieval India?
In countries in the Middle East, Indonesia and many North African countries, the onset of Islamic rulers spread Islam in a rapid manner, eventually wiping off the local religion. However in spite of widespread Muslim rule for several centuries,…
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Did the Ancient Egyptians understand the importance of the brain?
I remember hearing recently that new research has suggested that the ancient Egyptians did not view the brain as a useless organ, and had a reason for disposing of it in the manner they did. I can't find references to this online, and am wondering…
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Where does Lincoln say the South wants us to believe as they believe?
I can no longer find this article or speech, written by Lincoln in which he says argues that the North had done everything in its power to accommodate the South, but the South was still not appeased because they wanted not just that the North…
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Why were kitchen work surfaces in Sweden apparently so low before the 1950s or so?
Watching old "newsreel"-like films from the 1950s and 1960s, and seeing this in old comics and from other Swedish sources, I have formed the perception that many/most/all kitchens in Sweden, prior to some sort of "boom" of modern kitchens in the…
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Why did the United States drop a uranium bomb instead of a plutonium bomb on Hiroshima?
Why did the United States choose to use an untested uranium-fueled (Little Boy) bomb at Hiroshima instead of a plutonium-fueled (Fat Man) bomb, which had been successfully tested at Trinity? Surely the components for additional plutonium bombs…
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Why did Henry III of England give his sons English names, other than naming them after his favourite saints?
Was the decision by King Henry III to give his two sons the very Anglo-Saxon, 'English' names of Edward and Edmund rather than any names of French derivation commented on at the time by contemporaries, apart from the fact they were named after the…
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How did knights who required glasses to see survive on the battlefield?
Googling this has been less than helpful on the history factor, and a quick look at HEMA rules and regulations says it's easier to use fencing masks instead, which isn't what I'm asking. (This was mildly helpful however, considering that from what…
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How advanced was the satellite technology during the Yom Kippur War?
A couple decades after Sputnik, how advanced was the satellite technology during the Yom Kippur War, and how did U.S. intelligence completely miss the mobilization of Arabian armies?
I have read a few different articles like afhistory.org, but I'd…
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Why did Ford pardon Nixon?
Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon for the crimes he committed during his presidency was quite an unpopular and controversial move. Why did he make this decision?
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Were there German bomb disposal units in WW2?
There is lots of information about British bomb disposal units in Britain during WW2. Britain dropped a lot of bombs in Germany. Many of them didn't explode - they're still digging them up now.
The information that I'm having difficulty in finding…
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Did medieval kingdoms issue health related guidelines?
Today national health protection agencies around the world such as CDC in United States often issue health and personal hygiene guidelines during pandemics or epidemic or where a large population of a nation is under threat from a particular…
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What was the "Favorable result" that the German admiralty was expecting from the naval attack on the Royal Navy in 1918?
The infamous order from 24th October 1918 was planning to slam the German High Seas Fleet against the British Royal Navy. If I recall correctly, this was the second time Germany tried to even the odds at sea, but the failed Battle of Jutland showed…
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Why did Churchill become the PM of Britain during WWII instead of Lord Halifax?
It looks as though both Churchill and Lord Halifax were considered for the top job in 1940, but Halifax turned it down and Churchill took it.
History is not my area of specialization, so I cannot dig up resources to read up about this matter…
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Gender Color Association: When did boys become blue and girls pink?
What historical evidence exists for the origin of the association of blue colors with boys, and pink colors with girls?
I realize this is a cultural specific trait. An article "Beyond Pink and Blue" looks at how color preferences vary across…
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