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 […]
Category: Important Personalities
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 […]
Dr. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao : Statistician
Dr. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao: Statistician Dr. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, the world-renowned statistician who pioneered several fundamental statistical concepts, passed away at the age of 102 (22th August 2023). C.R. Rao was born on September 10, 1920, in Bellary district, Karnataka in a Telugu family. He pioneered several fundamental statistical concepts such as the Cramer–Rao inequality […]
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 140th Birth Anniversary
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Birth Anniversary: PM Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker & various ministers pay floral tribute to Savarkar on his 140th birth anniversary. Born on 28th May in 1883 near Nasik in Maharashtra, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was popularly called Veer Savarkar. Veer Savarkar was a freedom fighter . He called 1857 revolt as the first […]
