Umbrella

Either in rainy season or in hot days, umbrella is very important to us. Umbrella is a very old thing. We can see kings and rulers using big umbrellas in famous religious books, Mahabharata(in nepali 'माहाभारत') and Ramayana(in nepali 'रामायण').

                         Modern umbrella is said to be invented over 4000 years ago. In the old days, Egyptians used umbrella to protect themselves from heat of the sun. Umbrella used against rain was invented in China. The word umbrella is made of Latin word, 'umbra'(umbra means shadow or shade). In European and American countries, from 16th  century, umbrella became famous to protect us from rain in rainy seasons. 

                          Firstly, women used umbrella and slowly men also loved umbrella. The umbrella of old time used to be ugly and unsightly. In the old time wood and bone of whale were used to make umbrella. In 1852 A.D. , Samuel Fox  started the making of umbrella with the help of small pieces of steel. In 1830 A.D. , "James Smith and Sons" shop was opened, which was the first umbrella shop of the world.



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