Battle of Adwa: The Prime Minister of India recently laid a wreath at the Adwa Victory Monument in Addis Ababa, paying tribute to Ethiopia’s historic victory in the 1896 Battle of Adwa. It was fought by the Ethiopian Empire, which was then known as Abyssinia, and Italy in 1896, near Adwa, Ethiopia, as the concluding […]
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Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar
Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar: A commemorative postage stamp in honour of the king Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II (Suvaran Maran) was released by Vice President of India. Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar (705 AD-745 AD), also known as Suvaran Maran, was a ruler of the Mutharaiyar lineage. Suvaran Maran was also known as Shatrubhayankar. Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar fought several battles alongside the Pallava […]
C. Rajagopalachari : Birth Anniversary
C. Rajagopalachari : Birth Anniversary Prime Minister of India paid tribute to C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) on his birth anniversary, recalling his role as a freedom fighter, thinker, statesman, and India’s last Governor-General.Rajagopalachari (1878–1972), popularly known as Rajaji, was a freedom fighter, jurist, writer, statesman, and the first and only Indian Governor-General of India. Gandhi famously […]
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay : 150 years of the country’s national song
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: 150 years of the country’s national song The family of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the writer and composer of ‘Vande Mataram’, recently hailed the Prime Minister’s gesture to mark the 150 years of the country’s national song. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, also known as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, was one of the greatest novelists and […]
Chaolung Sukapha
Chaolung Sukapha: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways led a vibrant celebration of Assam Day and paid rich tributes to Chaolung Sukapha. Chaolung Sukapha was a 13th-century ruler who founded the Ahom kingdom that ruled Assam for six centuries. He is widely referred to as the architect of “Bor Asom” or “greater Assam”. […]
108th Birth Anniversary of Indira Gandhi
108th Birth Anniversary of Indira Gandhi: India paid tributes to former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal, her memorial site in New Delhi on the occasion of her 108th birth anniversary. Born on 19th November 1917 in Allahabad to Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, Indira Gandhi became India’s first and only woman Prime […]
Birth Anniversary of Batukeshwar Dutt
Birth Anniversary of Batukeshwar Dutt: Batukeshwar Dutt, a brave revolutionary who fought alongside Bhagat Singh in India’s freedom struggle, was remembered on his birth anniversary on 18th November.Batukeshwar Dutt was a freedom fighter and was born on 18th November 1910 in Khandaghosh village, Burdwan district, West Bengal. During college, he met Bhagat Singh, who inspired […]
Piprahwa Relics
Piprahwa Relics: A portion of the holy Piprahwa Relics of Lord Buddha, brought from India, were on Saturday enshrined at Thimpu’s prominent monastery, Tashichhodzong, considered the seat of Bhutan’s highest spiritual and political institutions. The Piprahwa Relics are a collection of sacred artifacts discovered in 1898 at the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, It is […]
Vande Mataram-150 years Celebration
Vande Mataram-150 years Celebration: The Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the year-long commemoration of 150 years of the National Song “Vande Mataram” in New Delhi. “Vande Mataram,” written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in a blend of Sanskrit and Bengali, is the National Song of India. It was first featured in his novel Anand Math […]
Sudan Civil War
Sudan Civil War: Sudan is gripped by a devastating civil war that has derailed its democratic transition and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The war stems from a power struggle between two rival military factions — the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces […]
