What connects the Yale University in Connecticut with St. Mary’s Church in Chennai, India? Here’s an interesting story from history… Yale University is named after Elihu Yale, a Governor of Madras, India. But his professional and private lives were scandalous and he was eventually removed from the Governorship for his illegal trading. So why was the Yale university named after him?
Tax on salt was the third largest source of revenue for the British Raj. But with the alarming numbers of salt smugglers on the prowl, the British had to find a way to protect their revenue. So what did they do? They built a giant wall of thorns that went all the way from Punjab to Odisha! Read on to know more.
