Anangpal Tomar II: The National Monuments Authority (NMA) (set up for the protection and preservation of monuments under the Ministry of Culture) has planned to erect a statue of Anangpal Tomar II somewhere in central Delhi and develop it into a tourist spot. Many believe he was the founder-king of Delhi. Anangpal II Belonged to […]
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Qutub Minar Not a Place Of worship: ASI
Qutub Minar Not a Place Of worship: ASI The Qutub Minar complex is not a place of worship when it was first notified as a protected monument in 1914 and its character cannot be changed now, the Archaeological Survey of India submitted in a Delhi court. It said this while opposing a plea challenging the […]
Raja Ram Mohan Roy 250th Birth Anniversary
Raja Ram Mohan Roy 250th Birth Anniversary: The Ministry of Culture has organized an inaugural Ceremony to commemorate Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his 250th Birth Anniversary. The inaugural ceremony was organized at the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Salt Lake, Kolkata, and at Science City Auditorium, Kolkata. It is an year long celebration […]
Malviya Mission
Malviya Mission: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan pitched in with an idea of a “Malviya Mission” to develop enabling ecosystem across the country for teacher education/faculty development. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 – 1946) was an Indian educationist and a Freedom Fighter. He was conferred the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi. During his […]
Who was Devasahayam Pillai?
Devasahayam Pillai Becomes First Indian Layman To Be Declared Saint By Pope Francis: Devasahayam was recommended for the process of Beatification by the Vatican in 2004. Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person’s entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. […]
What Is Khalistan Movement?
What Is Khalistan Movement? Khalistan flags were found tied on the main entrance gates and walls of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly recently. Slogans were also written on the walls of the assembly complex. The flags have now been removed by the administration. It is the fight for a separate Sikh state and owes its origins […]
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Birth Anniversary
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister on 9th May, 2022 paid tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. According to the Bengali calendar, the Tagore Jayanti falls on the 25th day of the Boishakh month. He was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861. He was also referred to as ‘Gurudev’, […]
Rakhigarhi Skeletons
Rakhigarhi Skeletons: DNA samples collected from two human skeletons unearthed at a necropolis of a Harappan-era city site in Haryana have been sent for scientific examination, the outcome of which might tell about the ancestry and food habits of people who lived in the Rakhigarhi region thousands of years ago. The skeletons of two women […]
Russia’s Victory Day : 9th May
Russia’s Victory Day: May 9 is celebrated as “Victory Day” in Russia To commemorate the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II. It was first celebrated in 1965 under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. It was occasionally marked in the Soviet era and revived by President Boris Yeltsin for the 50th anniversary […]
Basava Jayanti
Basava Jayanti: Basava Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Lord Basavanna, the 12th-century poet-philosopher, and the founding saint of the Lingayat faith. This year it falls on 3rd May 2022 Basavanna was a philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet and a social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka. Basavanna spread social […]
