Valentine's Day is the day of love. On this day, the winds get slower, the music of violin gets louder, everything gets prettier and your special ones become the treatment for your sore soul. Valentine is celebrated all across the globe with love and joy. Valentine's Day is the symbol of love, the love we learned from books, movies, and the love stories which became immortal. Human history is filled with love stories that have been recorded through the ages and have become the true idea of love. Some of them ended on a happy note while most of them ended with lovers sacrificing themselves for their love. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, here we bring you the top 10 Immortal love stories from all around the world.
1. Romeo and Juliet: How is it possible that we talk about love stories and the name of Romeo and Juliet doesn’t come to our mind. The love story was a play penned by William Shakespeare. It is the story of two lovers who fell in love and sacrificed themselves to be together in heaven after their families refused their marriage.
2. Bajirao Mastani: Most cinema fans are aware of the love story of Bajirao Mastani. As per the stories, Bajirao met Mastani when he was sent to save Hyderabad palace. They fell in love in first sight and got married even though Bajirao was already married. Despite opposition from his clan, he married her for who she was. Mastani committed ritual suicide after he died in battle.
3. Laila and Majnu: Qays ibn al-Mulawwah fell in love with Laila when he was just a kid. He kept practicing his love religiously and wrote poems to express his love for her. He used to sing his poem at the street corner proclaiming his love for her. But when he asked Laila’s father for her hand for marriage, he refused to give her daughter to a madman and married Laila to some rich guy. This broke Majnu’s heart and receded into the wilderness, writing poetry, and reading it to himself. After a few years, Laila’s husband died, and escaping from her family she started searching for Majnu but never heard from him again. This caused her distress and she died. Listening to the news of Laila’s death Majnu also died on the spot.
4. Cleopatra and Mark Anthony: Cleopatra is known as the most powerful and most charming queen of Egypt. She managed to charm to of the most powerful men in the world. After the death of her husband Julius Caesar, she falls in love with Mark Anthony. But their love ended on a sad note as Mark killed himself after he heard the fake news of his lover's death. while her other lover Octavian led the Roman army into conquering Egypt and refusing to fall prey to Cleopatra's charm. Cleopatra took her life by inducing an asp bite in her.
5. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal: Known as the most influential Mughal emperor after Abkar, Shah Jahan got married thrice. But he gave his heart just to Mumtaz Mahal. But Mumtaz died during giving birth to his child. In memory of her last words, he built her a mausoleum to etch their love for eternity. The Taj Mahal still stands today reminding us of a husband's love.
6. Salim and Anarkali: This is one of the most loving yet devastating stories of Indian history. Salim was the son of the renowned Mughal Emperor, Akbar fell in love with the beautiful courtesan Anarkali. But as soon Akbar got to know about their love, he tried every tactic to make them fall out of love. But their love was so strong that nothing came in their way. At last, to separate them, Akbar ordered to entomb alive in a brick wall, right in front of Salim’s eyes.
7. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: The young Victoria was absolutely smitten when she met Albert, a German prince, who also happened to be a distant relative. During their married life they showcased themselves as a middle-class family, focusing on domestic values and self-sufficiency. After having 9 children and being married for 21 years, Albert died of influenza in 1861 leaving his wife devastated. She withdrew from public life. The woman who popularized the white wedding dress became known as the monarch in black, wearing her mourning dress and her widow's veil.
8. Pierre and Marie Curie: The two scientists met in Paris when Marie was a student in France. She rejected Pierre's proposal as she wanted to return to Poland. However, he was willing to follow her even if it meant being a French teacher there. The couple married a year later and made several breakthroughs in science like discovering elements like radium and polonium and winning the Nobel prize for discovering radioactivity.
9. Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson: In 1931, the heir to the English throne, Edward of Wales met Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee and it was love at first sight. When his father died in 1936, Edward became king and was unable to discharge his duties properly with his plans of marrying Ms. Simpson, something that would shake the very foundations of the monarchy, the church, and the British Parliament. Left with no choice, he abdicated his throne to his brother, George VI, and married Wallis.
10. Bonnie and Clyde: If you're wondering what inspired Bunty Aur Babli, it was Bonnie and Clyde. They were robbers and con artists in the United States during the Great Depression and left the police reeling in their pursuit. Although it would have been far from a love story in those days. What is surprising is Bonnie stood by Clyde no matter how many crimes they committed together.
