Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech In 1893: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled Swami Vivekananda’s iconic speech at Chicago in 1893. Mr Modi said, his address gave the world a glimpse of India’s culture and ethos. On September 11 in 1893, more than a century ago, Swami Vivekananda delivered a speech at the World Parliament of Religions […]
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Vinoba Bhave
Vinoba Bhave: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Vinoba Bhave on his birth anniversary. Vinayak Narahari also known as Vinoba Bhave (1895 – 1982) was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya, he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered a National Teacher of India and the […]
Mohenjo-Daro
Mohenjo-Daro: The recent spell of heavy rains and floods that ravaged large parts of Pakistan’s Sindh province has also taken a heavy toll on the archaeological site of Mohenjodaro. In fact, the calamity has pushed the archeological site – situated on the bank of the Indus river – to the “brink of extinction”. Mohenjo-daro, a […]
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai: The Prime Minister paid tribute to V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, the legendary freedom fighter on his 151th birth anniversary on 5th September 2022. He was popularly known as Kappalottiya Tamilan (The Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal (scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press). Chidambaram Pillai: Birth: Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai […]
Who Was Pandurang Khankhoje?
Who Was Pandurang Khankhoje? Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is currently in Canada for the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, will travel to Mexico where he will unveil statue of Maharashtra-born freedom fighter and agriculturalist Pandurang Khankhoje (1883-1967). Khankhoje had a close connection with Mexico, the country in which he sought refuge due to his […]
Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon: The 119-year-old Curzon Gate in Bardhaman in West Bengal is at the centre of a political row after the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-run Bardhaman municipality has decided to erect a statue of Bardhaman’s Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahatab and his wife Radharani in front of the city’s prominent landmark. Of all the Viceroys of India, […]
Australopithecus
Australopithecus: The fossils of our earlier human ancestors, located in a cave in South Africa, are a million years older than previously understood according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The researchers analysed the fossilised remains of Australopithecus from Sterkfontein caves and argued they lived at […]
Holy Relics Of Lord Buddha
Holy Relics Of Lord Buddha: Four Holy Relics of Lord Buddha are being taken from India to Mongolia for an 11-day exposition to coincide with Mongolian Buddha Purnima celebrations. These relics are to be displayed at the Batsagaan Temple in Gandan Monastery complex in Ulaanbaatar. The four relics come from among 22 Buddha relics, currently […]
Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir
Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir in the temple town of Dehu in Pune district. Sant Tukaram was the contemporary of Shivaji. He is considered as the greatest Maratha Bhakthi reformer. He made the Vithoba cult popular. He composed devotional songs on Vithalswamy called as Abhangs. […]
Job Charnock
Job Charnock: Recent archaeological excavations in Kolkata have provided further evidence of human habitation in the city from centuries before the time British administrator Job Charnock was said to have founded the city. Charnock worked for the East India Company. He was historically been credited with founding the city in 1690 when the Company was […]
