Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh : Chief Of Material Of The Indian Navy Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh assumed duties as the Chief of Material of the Indian Navy He took over from Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani, who retired following 39 years of praiseworthy service spearheading the Navy’s maintenance efforts. Vice Admiral Deshmukh graduated as an Engineer […]
Category: Important Personalities
Iyothee Thass Pandithar
Iyothee Thass Pandithar: The Tamil Nadu government installed a statue of Dalit rights and anti-caste activist Iyothee Thass Pandithar at Gandhi Mandapam in Chennai. Iyothee Thass Pandithar was born on 20 May 1845 in Madras presidency. He was a prominent anti-caste activist and a practitioner of Siddha medicine. In the 1870s, Iyothee Thass organised the […]
Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary
Birsa Munda Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister 2 day visit is scheduled to the native village of tribal icon Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary and launch a welfare scheme for the community. Birsa Munda was a folk hero and a tribal freedom fighter hailing from the Munda tribe. He spearheaded an Indian tribal mass […]
Acharya JB Kripalani Birth Anniversary
Acharya JB Kripalani Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Acharya Jivatram Bhagwandas(JB) Kripalani on his birth anniversary (11th November 1888 in Hyderabad, Sindh). He Joined Gandhi’s cause in 1917, associated with the Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, and Quit India Movement. J.B. Kripalani was the president of the Indian National […]
Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Birth Anniversary
Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary. Jayaprakash Narayan born on 11th October 1902, in Sitabdiara, Bihar, popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (People’s Leader), was an Indian Independence activist, social reformer and political leader. Influenced by both Marxist […]
Birth Anniversary Of Shri Ramalinga Swamy
Birth Anniversary Of Shri Ramalinga Swamy: India celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of Shri Ramalinga Swamy, also known as Vallalar, on 5th October, 2023. Shri Ramalinga Swamy was a prominent Tamil poet in the 19th century and a member of the “gnana siddhars” lineage. He was born in the village of Marudhur in Tamil Nadu. […]
Matangini Hazra
Matangini Hazra: Matangini Hazra was remembered on the 81st anniversary of her martyrdom. Matangini Hazra Birth: 1869. Birth place Tamluk, West Bengal. Matangini Hazra was 73 when she fell to British bullets, leading a protest march in 1942 in Tamluk, Bengal. Her death made her a martyr for many, inciting revolutionaries to establish their own […]
Dr M S Swaminathan: Passed Away
Dr M S Swaminathan: Passed Away Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (MS Swaminathan) (1925 to 2023) who passed away recently, played a crucial role in heralding the Green Revolution that helped India combat food insecurity. MS Swaminathan Birth date: August 7, 1925. Birth Place: in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. Swaminathan brought a social revolution through his policies to […]
Acharya Vinoba Bhave Birth Anniversary
Acharya Vinoba Bhave Birth Anniversary: The Prime Minister of India paid homage to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his birth anniversary. Vinayak Narahari Bhave was born on September 11, 1895, in Gagode, Bombay Presidency (Maharashtra). Vinoba Bhave was a prominent nonviolence activist, freedom fighter, social reformer, and spiritual teacher who followed Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence […]
Jaya Verma Sinha : First Woman To Lead The Railway Board
Jaya Verma Sinha : First Woman To Lead The Railway Board Jaya Verma Sinha has become the first woman to lead the Railway Board (in the Railway Board’s 118-year history), the top decision-making body for India’s Ministry of Railways. The Ministry of Railways was founded in 1905; HQ: Rail Bhawan, New Delhi It functions as […]
