STRANGE FACTS ABOUT RULERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD • It is not only important to be a Multi linguist now? Even rulers of large empires took interest in learning various languages. Holy Roman emperor Charles the V th , who inherited the Habsburg Monarchy, was one of them. His Motto Plus Ultra ('Further Beyond'), is the national motto of Spain. He was p eace lover and all the wars he was involved was virtually defensive. He b oasted of his vast empire and once said, “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to Women, French to men an d German to my horse.” Quite a talent, isn’t it? • Dr. Ambumani Ramdoss is not one of the pioneers to bring stringent efforts to ban smoking tobacco. History has such evidences from distant past. When Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco into England in the early 1600’s, King James the I st of England wrote a treatise called "A Counterblaste to Tobacco” arguing against its use. This early example of attempted government regulation of smoking failed miserably and it caught on immediately as an overwhelmingly popular habit amongst the English. • How many years a single family can be ruling the country? The Japanese throne has been occupied by a member of the same family since the sixth century AD. The current emperor, Akihito, is the 125th in succession according to the traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989 succeeding Hirohito (the Showa Emperor). He was one of the first in the Imperial Family who did not receive a commission as an Army officer at the request from his father. • Cross-dressing is mostly considered as a taboo but in modern times, it has b een used for disguise or performance art in literary circles. Even history has proof of cross dressed rulers. A female pharaoh was unknown in Egypt before Hatshepsut, who began her reign in 1502 BC. In order not to shock convention, she had herself portrayed in male costume, with a false beard. One of the famous Egyptian granite sphinxes, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, bears the likeness of her head, with unusual e ar and ruff features, with the traditional false beard which was a symbol of her pharaonic power. • This is not new that the Ruler of Country cannot speak the National Language of the nation. Queen Victoria was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. She earned the nickname "the grandmother of Europe" due to nuptial linkage of her children into royal families across the continent. Strangely, English was not the mother tongue of Queen Victoria. Her mother, the daughter of a German Duke, spoke German in the home, and Victoria, although ruled England for sixty- four years, was never able to speak English perfectly.

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STRANGE FACTS ABOUT RULERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD

• It is not only important to be a Multi linguist now? Even rulers of large empires

took interest in learning various languages. Holy Roman emperor Charles the Vth

, who inherited the Habsburg Monarchy, was one of them. His Motto Plus Ultra

('Further Beyond'), is the national motto of Spain. He was peace lover and all the

wars he was involved was virtually defensive. He boasted of his vast empire andonce said, “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to Women, French to men and German

to my horse.” Quite a talent, isn’t it?

• Dr. Ambumani Ramdoss is not one of the pioneers to bring stringent efforts to ban smoking tobacco. History has such evidences from distant past. When Walter

Raleigh introduced tobacco into England in the early 1600’s, King James the Ist of

England wrote a treatise called "A Counterblaste to Tobacco” arguing against its

use. This early example of attempted government regulation of smoking failedmiserably and it caught on immediately as an overwhelmingly popular habit

amongst the English.

• How many years a single family can be ruling the country? The Japanese throne

has been occupied by a member of the same family since the sixth century AD.The current emperor, Akihito, is the 125th in succession according to the

traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989 succeeding

Hirohito (the Showa Emperor). He was one of the first in the Imperial Familywho did not receive a commission as an Army officer at the request from his

father.

• Cross-dressing is mostly considered as a taboo but in modern times, it has beenused for disguise or performance art in literary circles. Even history has proof of

cross dressed rulers. A female pharaoh was unknown in Egypt before Hatshepsut,

who began her reign in 1502 BC. In order not to shock convention, she hadherself portrayed in male costume, with a false beard. One of the famous Egyptian

granite sphinxes, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, bears the

likeness of her head, with unusual ear and ruff features, with the traditional false beard which was a symbol of her pharaonic power.

• This is not new that the Ruler of Country cannot speak the National Language of

the nation. Queen Victoria was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover.She earned the nickname "the grandmother of Europe" due to nuptial linkage of

her children into royal families across the continent. Strangely, English was not

the mother tongue of Queen Victoria. Her mother, the daughter of a GermanDuke, spoke German in the home, and Victoria, although ruled England for sixty-

four years, was never able to speak English perfectly.