Lord Curzon: The 119-year-old Curzon Gate in Bardhaman in West Bengal is at the centre of a political row after the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-run Bardhaman municipality has decided to erect a statue of Bardhaman’s Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahatab and his wife Radharani in front of the city’s prominent landmark. Of all the Viceroys of India, […]
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Australopithecus
Australopithecus: The fossils of our earlier human ancestors, located in a cave in South Africa, are a million years older than previously understood according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The researchers analysed the fossilised remains of Australopithecus from Sterkfontein caves and argued they lived at […]
Holy Relics Of Lord Buddha
Holy Relics Of Lord Buddha: Four Holy Relics of Lord Buddha are being taken from India to Mongolia for an 11-day exposition to coincide with Mongolian Buddha Purnima celebrations. These relics are to be displayed at the Batsagaan Temple in Gandan Monastery complex in Ulaanbaatar. The four relics come from among 22 Buddha relics, currently […]
Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir
Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir in the temple town of Dehu in Pune district. Sant Tukaram was the contemporary of Shivaji. He is considered as the greatest Maratha Bhakthi reformer. He made the Vithoba cult popular. He composed devotional songs on Vithalswamy called as Abhangs. […]
Job Charnock
Job Charnock: Recent archaeological excavations in Kolkata have provided further evidence of human habitation in the city from centuries before the time British administrator Job Charnock was said to have founded the city. Charnock worked for the East India Company. He was historically been credited with founding the city in 1690 when the Company was […]
Sant Kabir Academy And Research Centre : Maghar,Uttar Pradesh
Sant Kabir Academy And Research Centre : Maghar,Uttar Pradesh President Ram Nath Kovind recently inaugurated the Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre under Swadesh Darshan Yojana at Maghar (Uttar Pradesh). Sant Kabir Das was a very renowned saint, poet and social reformer of India who lived during the 15th century. His esteemed works and poems […]
Anangpal Tomar II
Anangpal Tomar II: The National Monuments Authority (NMA) (set up for the protection and preservation of monuments under the Ministry of Culture) has planned to erect a statue of Anangpal Tomar II somewhere in central Delhi and develop it into a tourist spot. Many believe he was the founder-king of Delhi. Anangpal II Belonged to […]
Qutub Minar Not a Place Of worship: ASI
Qutub Minar Not a Place Of worship: ASI The Qutub Minar complex is not a place of worship when it was first notified as a protected monument in 1914 and its character cannot be changed now, the Archaeological Survey of India submitted in a Delhi court. It said this while opposing a plea challenging the […]
Raja Ram Mohan Roy 250th Birth Anniversary
Raja Ram Mohan Roy 250th Birth Anniversary: The Ministry of Culture has organized an inaugural Ceremony to commemorate Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his 250th Birth Anniversary. The inaugural ceremony was organized at the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation, Salt Lake, Kolkata, and at Science City Auditorium, Kolkata. It is an year long celebration […]
Malviya Mission
Malviya Mission: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan pitched in with an idea of a “Malviya Mission” to develop enabling ecosystem across the country for teacher education/faculty development. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 – 1946) was an Indian educationist and a Freedom Fighter. He was conferred the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi. During his […]
