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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS... In RAMNAGAR, near Varanasi, the Ramayana is not performed on an ordinary stage. THE ENTIRE TOWN BECOMES THE STAGE — FOR 31 DAYS! Different locations turn into Ayodhya, Janakpur, Chitrakoot and Lanka as the story of Lord Rama unfolds. And here is the extraordinary part... The audience moves from place to place, following the story as though travelling alongside Lord Rama himself! Some stories are watched. Others make an entire town come alive! #Dussehra #Ramayana #IncredibleIndia

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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS... Chandigarh's LIBRARY OF HONESTY run by Sandeep Kumar is open 24 hours in which anyone can come, read book, take home, return it back and all this without any expense. The Libary of Honesty contains about 20,000 books is without lock! Sandeep's initiative was even praised by PM Modi in Maan Ki Baat

It was done in AFRICA AND THEY SUFFERED BADLY In August 1972, dictator *Idi Amin* ordered the expulsion of all Asians from Uganda - about 80,000 people, mostly of Indian origin who had been there since the late 1800s building the Uganda Railway. He gave them *90 days to leave*, calling it an "economic war" to give Uganda back to ethnic Ugandans. He accused Indians of "milking the economy" and said God told him in a dream to expel them. They were allowed to take only $120 and 220 kg of property, and some 5,655 firms, ranches, farms, shops, sugar estates and factories were confiscated and handed over to his soldiers and cronies via the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board. 5458 What happened next: - Trade networks collapsed - the Indian community was 1% of the population but paid ∼90% of taxes and ran most of the commerce. - Shops emptied, factories shut down, sugar and soap disappeared from shelves. - GDP fell ∼5% in 3 years, manufacturing output collapsed from 740 million to 254 million shillings by 1979, real wages fell 90%, and by the time Amin was overthrown the economy had shrunk more than 40%. Years later President Yoweri Museveni in 1986 invited the community back and started returning seized properties, but the economy never fully recovered its pre-1972 trajectory.

BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS... In Chiklana village, Madhya Pradesh, Navaratri Dasara festival is celebrated 6 months early!! Last day of festival... 2 armies are formed — one representing Lord Rama and the other Ravana. Sarcastic remarks fly between them as supporters on both sides cheer and challenge each other! Then comes the climax. Hanuman CUTS OFF RAVANA'S NOSE, and Ravana is symbolically killed with a spear through his navel!

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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS… Coimbatore Head Constable M. Velmurugan intercepted a suspected smuggler. But the SUV sped even as Velmurugan was clinging to the rooftop of the speeding SUV. Velmurugan didn't finch for entire 30–40 kilometres horror experience. Despite the danger, he held on as the vehicle raced along the road. The chase finally ended near Avinashi, on the Tiruppur district border. Police seized over 170 kg of banned tobacco products and arrested 3 suspects. #BharatKeAsliVeer

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India is the only country that took on China in a short battle - Galwan. We lost 25 soldiers. China lost close to 95 soldiers. India is the only country that banned TikTok and continues to do so. India is the only country to have taken on the US. Op Sindhoor hit US assets at Nur Khan Air base. Pakistan was hit hard and its American F16s were destroyed on the ground. We continue to buy Russian oil despite sanctions and trade wars. A Nation that can take on China and US simultaneously for the betterment of its citizens cannot be detracted or perturbed by cockroaches.

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BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS… The Manorama River in Uttar Pradesh was choking under plastic waste, heavy silt and thick aquatic weeds. Parts of it had become stagnant. Instead of waiting for authorities to act, local youths decided to take matters into their own hands. For 3relentless months, led by environmental activist Dileep Kumar, local youths, volunteers and village elders battled the accumulated waste with their own hands. They painstakingly removed tonnes of debris, cleared thick aquatic weeds and desilted stretches of the river. Their sustained effort helped restore the river’s natural flow across several stretches.

BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS… When Nana Patekar saw reports of farmers dying by suicide, he immediately used the ₹1.5 crore set aside to buy a car to help farmers’ families instead.** Then he went beyond writing cheques. He travelled to villages in Vidarbha and personally handed ₹15,000 to families who had lost someone to farmer suicide. His later extended support to *113 more families in Latur and Osmanabad !! #BharatKeAsliVeer

BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS… Growing up in Dubai, Vehaan Subramanian took clean drinking water for granted. Then he discovered that families in Parsiya village, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, were struggling with arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Vehaan researched the problem, found a solar-powered solution and started PROJECT ARUNA VEHAAN put his birthday savings into the project...funding nearly half of the first plant 👏 Today, the plant treats around 2,000 litres of water every hour.... designed to serve 3,000+ people !!! #BharatKeAsliVeer

BEFORE SLEEPING KNOW THIS.... Devotees at the Bala Hanuman Temple in Jamnagar Gujarat started chanting “Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram” on August 1, 1964. The chant has never stopped since then !! 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. For more than 60 years. Devotees take turns to keep the sacred chant going, day and night. This extraordinary devotion earned the temple a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest continuous chant. The chanting continues even today

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