Who Was Gangubai Kathiawadi? A film starring actor Alia Bhatt is facing legal trouble after individuals claiming to be family members of the main protagonist, Gangubai Kathiawadi, have objected to her portrayal in the film. Gangubai Kathiawadi Known for One of Mumbai’s well-known and influential brothel owners in the 50s and 60s. She also […]
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Nabin Chandra Sen: 175th Birth Anniversary
Nabin Chandra Sen Birth Anniversary: The nation is remembering revolutionary Bengali poet and writer Nabin Chandra Sen on his 175th birth anniversary. He described the battle of Plassey and the arrival of British rule in India as “A Night of Eternal Gloom”. Nabin Chandra Sen’s novel-in-verse Bhanumati and memoir of his travels ‘Prabaser Patra’ […]
Tarapur Massacre
Tarapur Massacre: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said February 15 would henceforth be commemorated as “Shahid Diwas” in memory of the 34 freedom fighters who were killed by police in Tarapur town (now subdivision) of Bihar’s Munger district 90 years ago. The freedom fighters had never got their due, the Chief Minister said, even […]
Tilka Manjhi 272nd Birth Anniversary
Tilka Manjhi: The Nation is remembering revolutionary freedom fighter and tribal leader Tilka Manjhi on his 272nd birth anniversary. He organized Adivasis into an army and led the famous Santhal Hool in 1784 against the exploitative British. In 1770, there was a severe famine in the Santhal region and people were dying of hunger. […]
Sachindra Nath Sanyal: Important Points
Sachindra Nath Sanyal (1893 – 1942): His 80th death anniversary was observed on 7th February this year. He was born in 1893. He was the founder of the Hindustan Republican Association. HRA was created to carry out armed resistance against the British Empire in India. Sanyal founded a branch of the Anushilan Samiti in […]
Who was Ramanujacharya? Statue Of Equality
Statue Of Equality: The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Statue of Equality, a statue of Ramanujacharya, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Telangana. India is celebrating his 1,000th birth anniversary as the ‘Festival of Equality’, upholding the view that the world is one family, ‘vasudhaiva kutumbakam’,” It is a 216-feet tall statue, which is made […]
Chauri Chaura Incident: In News
Chauri Chaura Incident: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remembered the heroes of our freedom struggle on completion of hundred years of Chauri Chaura incident. The Chauri Chaura incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Provinces (modern-day Uttar Pradesh) in British India, when […]
Tipu Sultan in News
Tipu Sultan: Naming a playground on Tipu Sultan in Mumbai sparked a controversy. Born in November 1750, Tipu Sultan was Haidar Ali’s son and a great warrior, also known as the Tiger of Mysore. He was a well educated man fluent in Arabic, Persian, Kanarese and Urdu. Mysore had grown in strength under the leadership […]
INS Khukri
INS Khukri: INS Khukri, lead ship of the Indian Navy’s Khukri class corvettes and an indigenous surface-to-surface missile fitted vessel that had the distinction of being part of both, the Western and Eastern Fleets, is scheduled to be handed over to the Diu Administration on 26 January 2022. Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, the ship […]
Amar Jawan Jyoti
Amar Jawan Jyoti: The government has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate and merged it with the one instituted at the National War Memorial in 2019 a few hundred meters away. The eternal flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate in central Delhi was an […]
