Secret Chamber

In the tenth century there was a slave named Ayaz who rose to a high position in the court of Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznavi. He had a secret chamber where before retiring to bed he took off his wealthy robes and put on his slavery rags. Then he stood before a huge mirror seeing himself from head to toe, thanking God for his present fortune.

Subhash Mukhopadhyay

-- On October 3rd 1978 he became the first physician in India to perform IVF.
-- Durga was the test tube baby created by him.
-- Instead of applauses he was insulted for creating Durga.
-- He was barred from attending conferences and sharing his achievements.
-- He committed suicide at his Kolkata residence.

To meet one's Waterloo

-- Acc. to Dictionary.com it means, " To encounter one's ultimate obstacle and to be defeated by it."
-- Waterloo battle was fought on Sunday, 18-June-1815 between Napoleon Bonaparte's French army and Anglo led allied army at Waterloo then Netherlands now Belgium.
-- In reality it was never fought at Waterloo.
-- It got its name because of Anglo led army's leader Duke of Wellington making Waterloo his headquarters.
-- After defeat Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena where he died in 1821 after living for six years.
-- Waterloo Teeth: Some locals pulled out the teeth of dead soldiers and sold them to dentists. These are known as Waterloo Teeth.

Blood Transfusion

-- First recorded Blood Transfusion was done by ' Dr. Jean Baptiste Denys ' in 1667 AD.
-- A teenage boy and a labourer were transfused with small amount of sheep's blood.
-- Dr. Jean was charged with murder after he transfused calf's blood to Antaine Mauroy leading to his death.
-- Later it was found that Antaine Mauroy had died of arsenic poisoning leading to Dr. Jean's acquittal. Now wife of Antaine Mauroy was charged with his murder.
-- After the trial Dr. Jean quit practice of medicine.
-- In 1902 Dr. Karl Landsteiner discovered four blood groups making blood transfusion safe.

Suriname and Hindus

-- When you see the map you will find Suriname sitting quietly just above Brazil.
-- Suriname is a small country with 3,86,000 citizens and one third of these are Indian Hindus.
-- Suriname was settled by British.
-- In 1667 Dutch exchanged their colony New Amsterdam for Suriname with British.
-- In 1863 as the Dutch freed their African Slaves ( around 70000) they were forced to import mainly Hindus as contract labourers from India.
-- These Indians were mainly from U.P,  West Bihar and Ganges plains of North India. As they embarked from Calcutta they are still referred to as Kollakittas even today.