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Bindusaar(How he got his name)

Bindusaar was the son of Chandragupta Maurya,the founder of Mauryan empire under the guidance of Acharya Chanakya. Chankya who was a great kingmaker used to prepare Chandragupta against every possible challe-nge regarding administration and life threat. He used to mix poison in Chandragupta's food in small quantity to build his immunity against possible poison attack on king. One fine day  Chandragupta accidentally shares his food with his pregnant  wife and she got poisoned.  When the king realised his mistake, the poison spread in the queen's body.Doctors wer called to treat the queen and save the child. After successful delivery of the baby, they were not  able to save the queen but using the ayurvedic treatment they were successful in concentrat-ing the poison on baby's forehead and a big mark or "Bindu"was seen on the baby's fore-head and thus named Bindusaar.                        Thanks for reading the article, share it with your family and friends.

Hemu (The last hindu ruler )

King Hemu was the last hindu ruler of Delhi. He was one of the feudatories of the sur king "sher shah suri". He was also expert in canon mechanism and horse breads.      When  Sher shah died accidentally  in 1555 at the Kalinger fort, there was no such brave  ruler who could have replaced him . Seeing the weekness of Sur dynasty, Humayun saw it an opportunity to attack on Delhi and re-establish Mughal dynasty in India. So he attacked delhi, defeated the last sur ruler and established Mughal dynasty in Delhi. But he could not celebrate this victory for a long time . It is said that he died accidentally when he fell from stairs of his observatory cum library "Sher Mandal".       At the time of death of Humayun, his minor son Akbar was only 12 years old, and he was living in Kabul under the protection of one of Humayun's General "Bairam Khan". At this time Hemu saw an opportunity to seize and capture Delhi and establish his ow -n kingdom in Delhi. He star