Blood and Iron (speech) iron chancellor." Blood and Iron (speech) Blood and Iron (German: "Blut und Eisen") is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories. It is also a transposed phrase that Bismarck uttered near the end of the speech that has become one of his most widely known quotations. In September 1862, when the Prussian House of Representatives was refusing to approve an increase in military spending desired by King Wilhelm I, the monarch appointed Bismarck Minister
The Statesman (India) the leading English newspapers in West Bengal, India. "The Statesman" is a direct descendant of two newspapers, "The Englishman" and "The Friend of India", both published in Calcutta (now Kolkata). "The Englishman" was started by Robert Knight, who was previously the principal founder and editor of The Times of India. Knight founded "The Statesman and New Friend of India" on 15 January 1875, which later adopted the current name. The "Statesman" was managed by a British corporate group until it transferred ownership to a consortium of companies with N A Palkhivala as Chairman in the mid-1960s. The first editor assigned