Category: History Current Affairs

Soya Meal As An Essential Commodity: The government has notified, under the Essential Commodities Act 1955, to declare ‘soya meal’ as an essential commodity up to 30th June, 2022. This step is expected to stop any unfair practises (like hoarding, black marketing etc) in the market having the potential to hike the prices of soya […]

Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Prime Minister has paid tributes to Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya on his Jayanti Birth: 25th December 1861, in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh. He was a great educationist, pioneer, an eloquent rhetorician, and a national leader. He was given the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi and the second President […]

Tiananmen Square Massacre: Workers at the University of Hong Kong put took down the towering “Pillar of Shame”. The 8-metre (26-foot)-tall sculpture, which was taken away in parts, remembered the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. There is more than one Pillar of Shame. It is a series of […]

Tablighi Jamaat: The Islamic missionary organisation made headlines again this month as it was banned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Literally, it means a society for spreading the faith. It is a conservative Muslim organisation. It is a Sunni Islamic missionary movement. The aim is to reach out to ordinary Muslims and revive their […]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Prime Minister paid tribute to India’s first home minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on his 71st death anniversary on 15th December. Born: 31st October 1875 in Nadiad, Gujarat. First Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India. He always requested the people of India to live together by uniting (Ek Bharat) in order […]

Who Was Salar Masud And Raja Suhaldev? Speaking at the inaugural event of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor in Varanasi, PM Modi referred to the battle between Salar Masud and Raja Suhaldev. Salar Masud: Salar Masud was also known as Ghazi Mian. He acquired popularity as a warrior in the 12th century. He was the […]

Raja Chait Singh: Cited by Modi in his Kashi speech. By the late 18th century, Benaras had declared independence from the Nawab of Awadh. In 1771, Maharaja Chait Singh succeeded to the throne of Banaras with the help of British authorities. Two years later, the Maharaja transferred the domain to the East India Company under […]

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The US intelligence reports said the tension on the Russia-Ukraine border represents a major security crisis for the region, with the potential to snowball into a broader conflict. Ukraine says that Russia has amassed around 90,000 troops at the border. Ukraine and Russia share hundreds of years of cultural, linguistic and familial links. […]

Paika Rebellion:   The 1817 Paika rebellion of Odisha could not be called the first war of Independence, but considering it as a beginning of a popular uprising against the British, it would be included as a case study in the Class 8 National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) history textbook, the Union […]