Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize, though he also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime. Nobel's most famous invention was dynamite, a safer and easier means of harnessing the explosive power of nitroglycerin; it was patented in 1867 and was soon used worldwide for mining and infrastructure development.

Björkborn Manor

Björkborn Manor is a manor house and the very last residence of Alfred Nobel in Sweden. The manor is located in Karlskoga in the Swedish county of Örebro. The manor was completed in 1814 with the purpose of serving as residence for the family who owned

List of Swedish governments

This is a list of Swedish governments and rulers, from the end of the Kalmar Union until the breakthrough of parliamentarism.1521-1523 : Regent Gustaf Eriksson Vasa 1523-1560 : King Gustaf I of Sweden 1560-1568 : King Eric XIV of Sweden 1568-1592

Districts of Småland

This is a list of the historical districts or härader in the province of Småland, Sweden. Each district was also subdivided into congregations

Uchchhakalpa dynasty

The Uchchhakalpa dynasty ruled parts of central India during 5th and 6th centuries. Their territory included north-eastern parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh. Their capital was located at Uchchhakalpa, the present-day Unchehara

Pulopanja

Pulopanja is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is on the Little Nicobar Island and is administered as part of the Great Nicobar tehsil. The village suffered severe damage during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

Govindabhatta

Govinda-bhaṭṭa, known by his pen name Akbariya Kālidāsa, was a 16th-century Sanskrit-language court poet from present-day India. His patrons included Rewa's ruler Ramachandra and the Mughal emperor Akbar

Rayapala

Rayapala was an Indian king belonging to the Naddula Chahamana dynasty. He ruled the area around Naddula, before his relative Katukaraja seized the power

Prithvipala

Prithvi-pala was an Indian king belonging to the Naddula Chahamana dynasty. He ruled the area around Naddula. He achieved military successes against the Chaulukyas, the Paramaras of Vagada, and a Ghaznavid raider

Maharajas of Valkha

The Maharajas of Valkha were part of a central Indian dynasty that ruled the historical Valkha region. They are known from several inscriptions dated to the years 38-134 of an unspecified calendar era. Based on the identification of this era with the

France Bleu Pays de Savoie

France Bleu Pays de Savoie, sometimes referred to as France Bleu Savoie, is a generalist radio station based in Chambéry. The radio station serves the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie, though it can also be received as far as Geneva, Lyon, and in