V. O. Chidambaram Pillai: The Prime Minister paid tribute to V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, the legendary freedom fighter on his 150th birth anniversary. He was popularly known as Kappalottiya Tamilan (The Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal (scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press). Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (VOC) was born 5th September 1872 to […]
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Vanniyar Movement
Vanniyar Movement: With local body polls round the corner, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK government in Tamil Nadu) has announced the construction of a memorial in Villupuram to people killed in police firing and clashes in 1987, during a movement demanding reservation for the Vanniyar community. Vanniyars are one of the largest and most consolidated […]
Jallianwala Bagh Complex Renovation
Jallianwala Bagh Complex: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex in Amritsar on August 28, 2021. The monument was first opened by then President Dr Rajendra Prasad on April 13, 1961, as a tribute to the victims of the massacre on April 13, 1919. The central government set up the Jallianwala […]
Who Are Dimasas?
Who Are Dimasas?: A suspected militant attack left five truckers dead in Assam’s Dima Hasao hill district. Intelligence inputs suggest that an outfit called the Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) was behind the attack. The Dimasas (or Dimasa-Kacharis) are the earliest known rulers and settlers of Assam, and now live in Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, […]
Who Was Hari Singh Nalwa?
Who Was Hari Singh Nalwa? Afghanistan, which has earned the name of graveyard of the empires, could not be controlled by anyone completely. But Hari Singh Nalwa, a legendary Sikh commander, tamed the turbulent forces at play in Afghanistan and earned the reputation of the most feared Sikh warrior there. Hari Singh Nalwa was a […]
Sree Narayana Guru
Sree Narayana Guru: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Sree Narayana Guru on his Jayanti. Narayana Guru (1855 – 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He was born into a family that belonged to the Ezhava caste. He led a reform movement against the injustice in […]
Malabar Rebellion
Malabar Rebellion: Former BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav Thursday said the Moplah rebellion of 1921 was one of the first manifestations of the Taliban mindset in India, and claimed the LDF in Kerala was celebrating it as a communist revolution. August 20 marks the centenary of the Malabar rebellion, which is also known as […]
Rana Punja Bhil
Rana Punja Bhil: A dispute has erupted in Rajasthan over the hoisting of a flag on the statue of Rana Punja Bhil, a historical figure considered as a hero by the tribal Bhil community. After the Amagarh fort dispute, this is the second issue in Rajasthan within a month. About Rana Punja Bhil: He was […]
Abanindranath Tagore: Important Points
Abanindranath Tagore: The year-long celebrations marking 150 years of Abanindranath Tagore will be started soon, with a host of online workshops and talks paying tributes to the leading light of the Bengal School of Art. Birth: Abanindranath Tagore took birth in a family of Tagores of Jorasanko in Kolkata in 1871. He was a nephew […]
Tipu Sultan:
Tipu Sultan: Mysore King Tipu Sultan is at the centre of controversy in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over attempts to name a garden after him in Govandi, a suburb in Eastern Mumbai. A local corporator had suggested that a newly developed garden be named after Tipu Sultan as he was a “freedom fighter” and had […]
