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CAMBODIA ( SERIES -1 ) It is said that everything is wrong in history except names and dates and everything is right in literature except names and dates . So, HENRY FORD in 1916 said , ” History is more or less bunk “. Thirteen years later, however, he opened the outdoor history museum in

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -52 ) INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT OF VIETNAM HO CHI MINH returned to VIETNAM in 1941 to lead VIET MINH independence movement after staying in SOVIET UNION , THAILAND, INDIA and CHINA and taking part in numerous COMMUNIST activities . Men in Black were a 10,000 member guerrilla forces that operated with the VIET

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -51 ) CAMRADE HO CHI MINH OF VIETNAM To a FRENCH Philosopher AUGUSTE COMTE , history is a ‘positive philosophy’ . And LEOPOLD VAN RANKE , the great GERMAN historian and the father of modern historical writings , was of the opinion that the business of history ‘is not to judge the

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -50 ) EMPEROR BAO DAI OF VIETNAM BAO DAI was the last Emperor of VIETNAM who ruled the country from 8th January 1926 to 30th August 1945 . He was the thirteenth and final Emperor of the NGUYEN DYNASTY , the last ruling Dynasty of VIETNAM . He was Emperor of ANNAM

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -49 ) EMPEROR TU DUC OF VIETNAM TU DUC was the fourth Emperor of the NGUYEN DYNASTY of VIETNAM . He ruled the country from 5th October 1847 to 19th July 1883 . He was the son of Emperor THIEU TRI who was born on 22nd September 1829 as Prince NGUYEN PHUC

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -48 ) DISEASES, DISASTERS AND REBELLIONS DURING EMPEROR MING MANG To political scientist SAMUEL POPKIN , out of the total population of around eight million people of VIETNAM, millions of people could have been perished, but as per royal tax register, 206,835 tax payers were removed from the register in 1820 due

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -47 ) NGUYEN DYNASTY OF DAI VIET NGUYEN DYNASTY was the last VIETNAMESE Dynasty which ruled the country from 1802 AD to 1945 AD . Called NGUYEN LORDS , NGUYEN family emerged into prominence in the 16th century under the rule of LE DYNASTY . They established feudal rule over a larger

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TAY SON DYNASTY OF DAI VIET TAY SON DYNASTY was founded in DAI VIET in wake of a rebellion against both the NGUYEN LORDS and TRINH LORDS . Three brothers , who established this Dynasty , were from the district of TAY SON of DAI VIET . TAY SON means ‘western mountains’. The century-long war

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -45 ) RULE OF MAC DYNASTY IN DAI VIET MAC DYNASTY or HOUSE OF MAC ruled the whole of DAI VIET from 1527 AD to 1540 AD and the northern part of the country from 1540 AD to 1593 AD . Subsequent members of this Dynasty ruled over the province of CAO

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -44 ) THE PIG EMPEROR LE TUONG DUC OF DAI VIET A CHINESE diplomat , who visited DAI VIET in 1513 AD , called Emperor LE TUONG DUC AD the PIG EMPEROR due to his terrible leadership . LE TUONG DUC was the nineth Emperor of the LATER LE DYNASTY of DAI

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VIETNAM ( SERIES -43 ) THE DECLINE OF THE LATER LE DYNASTY OF DAI VIET It is said , ‘ Historical research is digging into the past in order to re-enact the past in its entirety .’ And a historian can neglect neither research nor style . This is the concluding operation of writing history