Al-Biruni, a polymath, Founder of Indology and geodesy

Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Al-Bīrūnī

Al-Biruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist. He was conversant in Khwarezmian, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, and also knew Greek, Hebrew and Syriac. He spent a large part of his life in Ghazni in modern-day Afghanistan, capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty which was based in what is now central-eastern Afghanistan. In 1017 he traveled to the Indian subcontinent and authored “Tahrikh Al-Hind” (History of India) after visiting India. He is given the titles the "founder of Indology". He was an impartial writer on custom and creeds of various nations, and was given the title al-Ustadh ("The Master") for his remarkable description of early 11th-century India. He also made contributions to Earth sciences, and is regarded as the "father of geodesy" for his important contributions to that field, along with his significant contributions to geography.

Dubai fire for 31st night fireworks celebration

Dubai: Smoke was still rising from a 63-storey luxury hotel in Dubai today as authorities worked to determine the cause of a spectacular fire that engulfed the building on New Year's Eve.
The huge blaze at The Address Downtown hotel erupted around 9:30 pm (1730 GMT) on Thursday, sparking panic but no reports of serious injuries.
Authorities went ahead with a dazzling fireworks display at the nearby Burj Khalifa -- the world's tallest skyscraper -- despite the inferno, the latest in a series of fires in recent years to hit the buildings that make up Dubai's futuristic cityscape.

Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle (officially the Volkswagen Typ 1, informally in Germany the Volkswagen Käfer and in the USA as Volkswagen Bug) is a two-door, four passenger, rear-engine economy car manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003.

In April 1934, Adolf Hitler gave the order to Ferdinand Porsche to develop a Volkswagen (literally, "people's car" in German, pronounced [ˈfɔlksvaːɡən]).

Manufacturer of Volkswagen Beetle is Volkswagen. It's a economy car. 2-door saloon and 2-door convertible body was designed for Volkswagen Beetle. This model is also called as "Beetle", "Super Beetle", "Bug", "Superbug", "Kodok", "Coccinelle", "Maggiolino", "Maggiolone", "Käfer", "Fusca", "Vocho", "Escarabajo", "Bolillo", "Pichirilo", "Cucaracha", "Boble", "Garbus".

Bigg Boss 9 :: Contestant, Host and Winner

Bigg Boss 9 :: 2015-2016

Bigg Boss is a famous reality TV show and the Indian version of Bigg Brother. This information is accurate and important to know about Reality show of Bigg Boss. Winner of Bigg Boss 9 is Prince Narula.

Bigg Boss 8 :: host, contestant list and winner

Bigg Boss 8 :: 2014-2015

Bigg Boss is a famous reality TV show and the Indian version of Bigg Brother. This information is accurate and important to know about Reality show of Bigg Boss. Winner of Bigg Boss 8 is Gautam Gulati among two other finalist Ali Quli Mirza and Karishma Tanna.

Top 10 selling cars of October 2015

Top 10 selling cars of October, 2015

There are a short list of Top 10 selling cars in India. In this list you can see Maruti holds top 4 position. This list is written on October, 2015.

Here's a list of the top 10 selling cars of October 2015:

1. Maruti Swift Dzire – 24502 units

2. Maruti Alto – 22861 units

3. Maruti Swift – 17669 units