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THE CODE OF HAMMURABI HAMMURABI RECEIVING CODE OF LAWS FROM SUN GOD SHAMSH. INTRODUCTION The Code of Hammurabi was inscribed on a stele and placed in a public place so that all could see it, although it is thought that few were literate. The stele was later plundered by the Elamites and removed to their capital, Susa; it was rediscovered there in 1901 in Iran and is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The code of Hammurabi contained 282 laws, written by scribes on 12 tablets. Unlike earlier laws, it was written in Akkadian, the daily language of Babylon, and could therefore be read by any literate person in the city.

These are the important section used in day to day prosecution. for those who are doing LAW they should learn, discuss and comprehend these sections.  109 – Abutment 147/148 – Punishment for rioting and armed with deadly weapon 154 – FIR 294 – Obscene acts 295A – Outraging religious beliefs 302 – Qatl-e-amd (intentional and deliberate murder) 324 – Attempt to commit Qatl-e-amd 337 – Shujjah (bodily hurts) 345 – Wrongful confinement 352 Punishment for assault 365 Kidnapping 376 Rape 379 Theft 384 Extortion 392 Robbery 452 House trespass 504 Intentional insult 505 infect of politicians 420 Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property Source:  The main source of this post is Wikipedia. 

Abraham Lincoln  was the 16th President of the United States , serving from March 1861 until  his assassination in April 1865 . Lincoln led the United States through its  Civil War —its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.   In doing so, he preserved the  Union , abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. Abraham Lincoln was born Feb 12, 1809, in Hardin Country, Kentucky. His family upbringing was modest; his parents from Virginia were neither wealthy or well known.  became a lawyer in  Illinois , a  Whig Party leader , and a member of the  Illinois House of Representatives , where he served from 1834 to 1846.  Elected to the  United States House of Representatives  in 1846 in 1846, Lincoln promoted rapid modernization of the economy through banks, tariffs, and railroads. Because he had originally agreed not to run for a second term in Cong...

Paulo Coelho  (  born August 24, 1947), is a  Brazilian  lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum.  The Alchemist , his most famous novel, has been translated into 80 languages.  The author has sold 175 million copies worldwide and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author.

The  Grand Mosque seizure  occurred during November and December 1979 when extremist insurgents calling for the overthrow of the House of Saud took over Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The insurgents declared that the Mahdi (the "redeemer of Islam") had arrived in the form of one of their leaders – Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani – and called on Muslims to obey him.

Wikipedia says, Rana Bhagwandas  (20 December 1942 – 23 February 2015), was a senior judge and former acting chief justice of the  Supreme Court of Pakistan  (CJP). He has enjoyed extremely high reputation as a judge.  He remained the acting CJP during the 2007 judicial crisis in Pakistan and also briefly became the acting  Chief Justice of Pakistan  when the incumbent  Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry  went on foreign tours in 2005 and 2006,  and thus became the first  Hindu  and the second non- Muslim  to serve as chief of the highest court in Pakistan.  Rana Bhagwandas also worked as the Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan. He headed the interview panel for the selection of the Federal Civil Servants 2009.

Sources = wikipedia and trak.in Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela  (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African politician and activist. On April 27, 1994, he was made the first President of South Africa elected in a fully represented democratic election. Mandela was also the first black President of his country.