Another of my father's submissions today :) Thanks Dad.

1. Chaitra - Ramanavami (Birthday of Lord Rama)
2. Asadha - Rathayatra (Pilgrimage of the Jagannatha Chariot ar Puri)
3. Sravana - Jhulanayatra (Swinging the Lord Krishna)
4. Sravana - Rakshabandhana ((Tying on lucky threads
5. Bhadrapada - Jaramashtami (Birthday of Lord Krishna)
6. Asvina - Durga Puja (Homage to theGoddess Durga)
7. Asvina - Navaratri (Festival of Nine Lights)

1. 1328 - Scottish Wars of Independence end
2. 1707 - Kingdom of Great Britain formed
3. 1786 - Opening night of 'The Marriage of Figaro' in Vienna, Austria
4. 1834 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies
5. 1840 - The Penny Black, the first adhesive postage stamp was issued in Britain
6. 1869 - The Folies Bergère opens in Paris
7. 1930 - The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named

1. The word vodka comes from the Russian word for water: voda
2. In 15th Centrury, Swedes used a form of vodka for gunpowder production
3. The first recorded exports of Russian vodka were to Sweden in 1505
4. Saturating a sticking plaster with vodka before removing it from the skin dissolves the adhesive
5. 80 proof vodka freezes at just bellow -40°C
6. 100ml of 80 proof vodka contains 0g Carbohydrate, 0g Fiber, 0g Protein, 0g Fat and 222 calories
7. The most expensive vodka in the world is Diva vodka produced by Blackwood Distillers of Scotland. The vodka is made with natural spring water and triple distilled through diamond and ruby sand

1. Photoshopping
2. Screen Scraping
3. Web Mash-up
4. Flash Detection
5. Web Browser
6. SOAP Request
7. Dual Boot

1. Phats & Small - Change
2. Staind - Change
3. Future World - Change
4. Lionel Richie - Change
5. Bugge Wesseltoft - Change
6. Tears For Fears - Change
7. DefTones - Change

Thanks to Elephino for today's list, a tribute to the late Humphrey Lyttelton.

1. Born May 23, 1921
2. Hosted The Best of Jazz on Radio 2 since 1967
3. Hosted I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue since 1972
4. Received honorary doctrates from Warwick (1987), Loughborough (1988), Durham (1989), Keele (1992), Hertford (1995) and de Montfort (1997)
5. Recorded his hit Bad Penny Blues in 1956, the first British Jazz record to get into the Top 20
6. "As we journey through life, discarding baggage along the way, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication."
7. Died April 25, 2008 following surgery