Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker: The recently-released Malayalam film Pathonpatham Noottandu (‘Nineteenth Century’), directed by Vinayan, has earned both critical acclaim and audience approval. It is based on the life of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a social reformer from the Ezhava community in Kerala who lived in the 19th century. Born into a well-off family of merchants in […]
Category: Important Personalities
Mary Roy
Mary Roy: Mary Roy, educator and women’s rights activist, died at the age of 89. She is known for winning a Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the gender biased inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Malabar Nasrani community of Kerala. The judgement ensured equal rights for Syrian Christian women as with their male siblings […]
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 – 2022) was a Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union. As the country’s head of state from 1988 to 1991, he served as […]
150th Birth Anniversary Of Shri Aurobindo Ghosh
150th Birth Anniversary Of Shri Aurobindo Ghosh: To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Shri Aurobindo Ghosh, the central government is holding spiritual programmes from August 12 to August 15, 2022, across 75 prisons in India. About Sri Aurobindo: In Pondichéry he founded a community of spiritual seekers, which took shape as the Sri Aurobindo […]
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: Ministry of Culture organised a curtain raiser for two days International Conference on the “Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter” at the Department of Chemistry, Delhi. The Conference will be held on the 161st birth anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray on 2nd-3rd August 2022, […]
Statue Of Peace Of Swami Ramanujacharya
Statue Of Peace Of Swami Ramanujacharya: In Srinagar, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah unveiled Swami Ramanujacharya’s Statue of Peace. Ramanujacharya was Born in 1017 in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. Ramanujacharya is revered as a Vedic philosopher and social reformer. He travelled across India, advocating equality and social justice. He Brought the treasure of Vedic […]
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray: Ministry of Culture along with the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA) organized a curtain-raiser for two days International Conference on the “Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter”. PC Ray’s contribution to the field of Science was a step toward nation-building. […]
125th Birth Anniversary Of Alluri Sitarama Raju
125th Birth Anniversary Of Alluri Sitarama Raju: PM Modi to launch the year-long celebrations on the 125th birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju, enabling a new generation to be aware of the heroics of Alluri and the sacrifices he made for the tribal community. Alluri Sitarama Raju (1897 – 1924) was an Indian revolutionary who […]
Guru Tegh Bahadur: Important Points
Guru Tegh Bahadur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 400th Parkash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji at the Red Fort in New Delhi on 21st of April, 2022. Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621 – 1675) was the ninth of ten Sikh Gurus and the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his […]
Tribute To Veer Kunwar Singh
Tribute To Veer Kunwar Singh: The Government will pay tribute to freedom fighter Veer Kunwar Singh (1777-1858) on his birth anniversary (23rd April). He belonged to a family of the Ujjainiya clan of the Parmar Rajputs of Jagdispur, currently a part of Bhojpur district, Bihar. He was the chief organiser of the fight against the […]
