In 2011 the Cotton College State University was established vide an Act of the Government of Assam, with the college as a constituent. Cotton University came into being in 2017 via The Cotton University Act, 2017 that enabled the unification of Cotton College State University and Cotton College. It was…
Art begins in the Predynastic Period in Egypt (c. 6000 – c. 3150 BCE) through rock drawings and ceramics but is fully realized by the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150 – c. Facts about Art in Ancient Egypt The earliest work of art dates back 5,000 years ago to the…
President Monroe, ordered Jackson to this area to defend the US borders. But instead of defending the United States, Jackson invaded Spanish West Florida on May 24, 1818, and occupied Pensacola with his troops for fourteen days after the Spanish surrender on May 28. By 1821, Jackson was asked by…
The notion of human beings as consumers first took shape before World War I, but became commonplace in America in the 1920s. Consumption is now frequently seen as our principal role in the world. Around 1925, when General Motors introduced the yearly automobile model change, that is the point in…
The CET was started in the year 1984. Every year more than 1 million students take this exam. This common entrance test is exclusively for the students of Karnataka only. This entrance exam is organised to provide eligible candidates admission to different undergraduate courses in Karnataka. The examination is also…
The protests in Saudi Arabia were part of the Arab Spring that started with the 2011 Tunisian revolution. Protests started with a self-immolation in Samtah and Jeddah street protests in late January 2011. Arab Spring 1 Jasmine Revolution. The Arab Spring began in December 2010 when Tunisian street vendor Mohammed…
Horses became part of the Olympic Games in 684 BC, when four-horse chariot races were held in the hippodrome at Olympia. Chariot Racing. Chariot racing was said to be the event that founded the Olympic Games in Greece. It was added in 680 BC expanding the racing games from a…
Renaissance art is marked by a gradual shift from the abstract forms of the medieval period to the representational forms of the 15th century. Subjects grew from mostly biblical scenes to include portraits, episodes from Classical religion, and events from contemporary life. The developments of the Renaissance period changed the…
Anderson (1919 – 1994): Born in 1919, Charles Edward Anderson was the first African American to earn a Ph. D. in meteorology. That degree was from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. ### Who was the first African American meteorologist? Anderson (1919–1994) was the first African American to receive…
Donna Reed, original name Donna Belle Mullenger, (born January 27, 1921, Denison, Iowa, U.S.—died January 14, 1986, Beverly Hills, California), American film and television actress who embodied a wholesome engaging girl next door in numerous movies in the 1940s and ’50s and later on television. ### What was the cause…