Yogendra Singh Yadav Naib Subedar Yogendra Singh Yadav PVC is a soldier in the Indian army . He was awarded the highest Indian military honour, Param Vir Chakra for his actions during the Kargil War on 4 July 1999. Early life [ edit ] Yogendra Singh Yadav was born in Aurangabad village, Bulandshahr District, Uttar Pradesh . [ citation needed ] Career [ edit ] Kargil War [ edit ] Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav of the 18 Grenadiers was part of the Commando ' Ghatak ' (Deadly or Lethal) Platoon tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on Tiger Hill in the early morning hours of 4 July 1999. Yadav then charged the second bunker along with two of his fellow soldiers and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, killing four Pakistani soldiers. PVC Citation [ edit ] Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav was part of the leading team of a Ghatak Platoon tasked to capture Tiger Hill on the night of ¾ July 1999. After the war [ edit ] Portrayal in film and media [ edit ] References [ edit ]
BBC - Female 'gladiator' remains found in Herefordshire The archaeology team, are carefully excavating a 10-metre wide corridor Archaeologists in Herefordshire have uncovered the remains of what could possibly be a female gladiator. Amongst the evidence of a Roman suburb in Credenhill, they have found the grave of a massive, muscular woman. The archaeological Project Manager, Robin Jackson, said: "Maybe the warrior idea is one that you could pursue, I'll leave that to people's imaginations." Her remains were found in a crouched position, in what could be a suburb of the nearby Roman town of Kenchester. She was found in an elaborate wooden coffin, reinforced with iron straps and copper strips, which indicate her importance. Robin Jackson said: "When we first looked at the leg and arm bones, the muscle attachments suggested it was quite a strapping big bloke, but the pelvis and head, and all the indicators of gender, say it's a woman." An offering of beef and a fired pot were also found in the grave, and she was buried on top of a base of gravel.
Jack Churchill Churchill stares down the barrel of a captured Belgian 75 mm field gun. Early life[edit] Second World War[edit] Churchill resumed his commission after Poland was invaded. In May 1940 Churchill and his unit, the Manchester Regiment, ambushed a German patrol near L'Epinette, France. Churchill was second in command of No. 3 Commando in Operation Archery, a raid on the German garrison at Vågsøy, Norway on 27 December 1941.[10] As the ramps fell on the first landing craft, Churchill leapt forward from his position playing "March of the Cameron Men"[11] on his bagpipes, before throwing a grenade and running into battle in the bay. Jack Churchill (far right) leads a training exercise, sword in hand, from a Eureka boat in Inveraray. In September 1944 Churchill and a Royal Air Force officer crawled under the wire, through an abandoned drain and attempted to walk to the Baltic coast. Later life[edit] Family[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit]
Alcibiades Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of Scambonidae (/ˌælsɨˈbaɪ.ədiːz/;[1] Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης Κλεινίου Σκαμβωνίδης, transliterated Alkibiádēs Kleiníou Skambōnidēs; c. 450 – 404 BC), was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. He was the last famous member of his mother's aristocratic family, the Alcmaeonidae, which fell from prominence after the Peloponnesian War. He played a major role in the second half of that conflict as a strategic advisor, military commander, and politician. During the course of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades changed his political allegiance on several occasions. In his native Athens in the early 410s BC, he advocated an aggressive foreign policy, and was a prominent proponent of the Sicilian Expedition, but fled to Sparta after his political enemies brought charges of sacrilege against him. In Sparta, he served as a strategic adviser, proposing or supervising several major campaigns against Athens. Early years[edit] Rise to prominence[edit]
Audie Murphy Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1925 – May 28, 1971) was one of the most famous and decorated American combat soldiers of World War II . He served in the Mediterranean and European Theater of Operations where he was presented the Medal of Honor and several other decorations for heroism in combat including decorations from France and Belgium . He was born into poverty on a farm in northeast Texas and was named for two family friends who kept the Murphys from starving. Murphy lied about his age to enlist in the military and follow his dream of becoming a soldier. He was only 19 years old when he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Murphy always maintained that the medals belonged to his entire military unit. In his postwar civilian life, Murphy enjoyed a two-decade career as actor. Early life [ edit ] She died when I was sixteen. Military service [ edit ] The death of Murphy's mother added even more impetus to his ambition to become a soldier. Mediterranean Theater [ edit ] North Africa [ edit ]
Modern Science Map Shahnameh Shahnama (Book of Kings) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) The Shahnameh (pronounced [ʃɒːhnɒːˈme]) or Shahnama (Persian: شاهنامه Šāhnāma, "The Book of Kings") is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran (Persia) and the Persian-speaking world. Consisting of some 50,000 verses,[1] the Shahnameh tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of the Persian empire from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. Today Iran, Persian speakers of the neighboring nations such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and the greater region influenced by the Persian culture celebrate this national epic. Faramarz, son of Rostam, mourns the death of his father, and of his uncle, Zavareh. Composition[edit] The Shahnameh is an epic poem of over 50,000 couplets, written in early Modern Persian. Content[edit] The mythical age[edit] Rostam Slaying The Dragon by Adel Adili Message[edit]
Epic artwork of the Persian Book of Kings 15 September 2010Last updated at 09:12 By Vincent Dowd Arts reporter, BBC News The Shahnameh tells the Iranian version of the history of the world The Epic of the Persian Kings exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge features illustrations inspired by the Shahnameh - poet Ferdowsi's Book of Kings - on its 1,000th anniversary. The paintings date from the early 13th to the late 19th Century In Persian literature it's a given that the Shahnameh - Book of Kings - is a timeless classic; In the West however the work is probably less well-known now than in Victorian times. A new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge focuses on the gorgeous artwork the Shahnameh has inspired over the centuries. The work was completed exactly 1,000 years ago by the Persian poet Ferdowsi, who dedicated his life to crafting its 60,000 verses. His rhyming couplets give the history of Persia as it was then understood, from the beginnings of time. Legendary tale Religious outcast?
Alexander_of_Abonutichus Alexander of Abonoteichus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀβωνοτειχίτης), also called Alexander the Paphlagonian (c. 105-c. 170 CE), was a Greek mystic and oracle, and the founder of the Glycon cult that briefly achieved wide popularity in the Roman world. The contemporary writer Lucian reports that he was an utter fraud - the god Glycon was supposedly constructed out of a glove puppet. The vivid narrative of his career given by Lucian might be taken as fictitious but for the corroboration of certain coins of the emperors Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius[1] and of a statue of Alexander, said by Athenagoras to have stood in the forum of Parium.[2] Lucian describes him as having swindled many people and engaged, through his followers, in various forms of thuggery.[3] The strength of Lucian's venom against Alexander is attributed to Alexander's hate of the Epicureans. Biography[edit] Lucian's own close investigations into Alexander's methods of fraud led to a serious attempt on his life.