Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the freedom fighter — Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar — on the occasion of his guru pooja. Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar: Born on October 30, 1908, in Pasumpon in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, he was a freedom-fighter cum spiritual leader and was seen as a deity […]
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Birth Anniversary Of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Birth Anniversary Of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: On National Unity Day 2022, the Union Home Minister of India remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 147th birth anniversary saying that the latter realised the dream of a strong and united India with his farsightedness. National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31st October to commemorate the […]
100 Years Of Saka Panja Sahib
100 Years Of Saka Panja Sahib: October 30, marks 100 years of the Saka Panja Sahib incident. The gurdwara management bodies from both sides of the borderAmritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) will jointly observe the centenary of Shaheedi Saka Panja Sahib (martyrdom massacre), at Hasan Abdal city […]
Ethiopia- Tigray Conflict
Ethiopia- Tigray Conflict: An Ethiopian government team and Tigray forces are going to have peace talks in South Africa. Since 1994, Ethiopia has had a federal system in which different ethnic groups control the affairs of 10 regions. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) (the party in power in the Tigray region of Ethiopia)- was influential […]
Colour Revolutions
Colour Revolutions: Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 16 appealed to Russia, India, and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to cooperate with each other in order to prevent foreign powers from destabilising their countries by inciting “colour revolutions”. Colour revolutions refer to a series of uprisings that first began in former communist […]
Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech In 1893
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 […]
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 […]
