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British-Era secret tunnel found inside Delhi Legislative Assembly, connects to Red Fort

  A tunnel-like structure was discovered at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Speaking to ANI, Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the tunnel connects the legislative assembly to Red Fort and was used by the Britishers to avoid reprisal while moving freedom fighters.  Goel further informed that the Delhi Legislative Assembly, which was used as Central Legislative Assembly after shifting of capital from Kolkata to Delhi in 1912, was turned into a court in 1926 and Britishers used this tunnel to bring freedom fighters to the court.  "When I became an MLA in 1993, there was hearsay about a tunnel present here that goes till Red Fort and I tried to search for its history. But there was no clarity over it," he stated.  "Now we have got the mouth of the tunnel but we are not digging it further as all the paths of the tunnel have been destroyed due to metro projects and sewer installations," he added.  The assembly speaker added that i...

India's athletes won more medals in Tokyo than all previous paralympics combined, not yet appreciated


 In its best-ever performance till date and even crossing the tally of Tokyo 2020 Olympics, India's unprecedented Paralympics campaign proved that the country has a lot of room for sports provided they are given equal opportunities and appreciation. 

India has created history at the Tokyo Paralympics, returning home with as many as 19 medals, their best-ever tally in a single edition of the Paralympics by far. With as many as 5 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals, finishing inside the top 25 at the Para Games in Tokyo. 

But the reality is even after achieving such a feat and winning more medals than all their previous Paralympics combined, those athletes are struggling to find their place in the chaos of Indian society which has to date only been recognized mainstream sports or the athletes that are not specially abled. 

Sunil Nagar told his son Krishna that he might not be able to help him grow tall, but he certainly could learn to jump as high as he wished. In that simple advice was born India's sensational gold-plated jump smash as Krishna Nagar became a Paralympic champion on Sunday. 

The Indian campaign was full of such stories, yes India might not be able to compete their tallies with China or US but the truth is even to get here, Indian athletes had to fight through odds of politics, society norms, mental pressures and most importantly their physical disabilities.

They represented the country at an international stage just like any other sports be it cricket, hockey or other Olympics sports, but their disabilities have been labeled as a 'benefit' which is why the Indian population fails to recognize them and hype them up just like Neeraj Chopra.

We arent saying other sports should be less appreciated but just that they too deserve their part of popularity because this is what motivates them and go the distance again.

Nevertheless, India is improving in sports other than cricket which is very amusing to see and hope they break even more records in the coming Paris 2024 Games.

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