Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: 150 years of the country’s national song The family of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the writer and composer of ‘Vande Mataram’, recently hailed the Prime Minister’s gesture to mark the 150 years of the country’s national song. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, also known as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, was one of the greatest novelists and […]
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Chaolung Sukapha
Chaolung Sukapha: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways led a vibrant celebration of Assam Day and paid rich tributes to Chaolung Sukapha. Chaolung Sukapha was a 13th-century ruler who founded the Ahom kingdom that ruled Assam for six centuries. He is widely referred to as the architect of “Bor Asom” or “greater Assam”. […]
108th Birth Anniversary of Indira Gandhi
108th Birth Anniversary of Indira Gandhi: India paid tributes to former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal, her memorial site in New Delhi on the occasion of her 108th birth anniversary. Born on 19th November 1917 in Allahabad to Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, Indira Gandhi became India’s first and only woman Prime […]
Birth Anniversary of Batukeshwar Dutt
Birth Anniversary of Batukeshwar Dutt: Batukeshwar Dutt, a brave revolutionary who fought alongside Bhagat Singh in India’s freedom struggle, was remembered on his birth anniversary on 18th November.Batukeshwar Dutt was a freedom fighter and was born on 18th November 1910 in Khandaghosh village, Burdwan district, West Bengal. During college, he met Bhagat Singh, who inspired […]
Piprahwa Relics
Piprahwa Relics: A portion of the holy Piprahwa Relics of Lord Buddha, brought from India, were on Saturday enshrined at Thimpu’s prominent monastery, Tashichhodzong, considered the seat of Bhutan’s highest spiritual and political institutions. The Piprahwa Relics are a collection of sacred artifacts discovered in 1898 at the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, It is […]
Vande Mataram-150 years Celebration
Vande Mataram-150 years Celebration: The Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the year-long commemoration of 150 years of the National Song “Vande Mataram” in New Delhi. “Vande Mataram,” written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in a blend of Sanskrit and Bengali, is the National Song of India. It was first featured in his novel Anand Math […]
Sudan Civil War
Sudan Civil War: Sudan is gripped by a devastating civil war that has derailed its democratic transition and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The war stems from a power struggle between two rival military factions — the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces […]
Over 100 gold coins from the Vijayanagara era were unearthed
Over 100 gold coins from the Vijayanagara era were unearthed: Over 100 gold coins from the Vijayanagara era were unearthed inside an earthen pot during restoration works at a Later Chola-period Shiva temple in Kovilur, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.A total of 103 punch-marked gold coins of varying sizes and shapes were discovered during excavation near […]
Neasden Temple
Neasden Temple: King Charles III and Queen Camilla made a memorable visit to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, widely known as Neasden Temple, in London. Neasden Temple, or BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, is a Hindu Temple, located in Neasden, London. It was the first traditional Hindu stone temple in Europe. The temple opened in 1995. […]
Dilmun Civilization
Dilmun Civilization: Kuwait’s Failaka Island has just yielded one of its most significant secrets in decades: a 4,000-year-old temple belonging to the powerful Bronze Age Dilmun civilization. Dilmun Civilization was a civilization located in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Dilmun was mainly located on the islands of Bahrain and Failaka Island in Kuwait. […]
