March 19, 2024

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Bhima Nayak

Bhima Nayak sometimes spelled as Bhima Naik, was a resident of Dhaba Bawdi in the Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh. He was a prominent leader of the Bhils of Nimar. He took part in the Uprising of 1857 against the British Raj raising an anti-British force by bringing in men from Bhil, Bhilala, Mandoi, and Naik tribes, and collaborated with Tantia Tope. He deployed his troops on the Bhil-populated Bombay (Mumbai) and Agra Highway between Singhawa and Khull, where they constantly disturbed the British troop movements. Bhima had an important role in the 1857 Ambagani War. On the basis of....Read More

Dayanand Saraswati

Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti was celebrated on March 5. As per Hindu Panchang, Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti is celebrated on the tenth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna. ABOUT MAHARISHI DAYANAND SARASWATI He was born in 1824 in Tankara, Gujarat in a Brahmin family. He was earlier named Mool Shankar Tiwari as he was born during Mool Nakshatra. He wandered as an ascetic for fifteen years in search of truth. Dayananda’s views were published in his famous work, Satyarth Prakash (The True Exposition). He supported a number of social reforms and publicly denounced discrimination and women inequality.....Read More

Shafiqur Rahman Barq

Parliament lost its oldest member, with the passing of Shafiqur Rahman Barq aged 93 at a hospital in Moradabad. The five-time MP from Sambhal in western Uttar Pradesh was set to recontest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on a Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket. Barq was born on July 11, 1930 in Sambhal and was elected five times as an MP and four times as an MLA .Read More

Pankaj Udhas is no more

Renowned ghazal singer and Padma Shri awardee Pankaj Udhas, died recently due to prolonged illness. He was 72. He was best known for hits like- “Chitthi Ayee Hai” and “Aur Ahista Kijiye Baatein”. He launched his career with a ghazal album ‘Aahat’ (1980) and followed it up with three other successful albums — ‘Mukarar’, ‘Tarrannum’ and ‘Mehfil’.Read More

Avdiivka

Ukraine has withdrawn from the settlement of Lastochkyne in eastern Ukraine. As the war enters its third year, Russian troops have mounted heavy attacks and taken Avdiivka — a key eastern town — while Ukrainian troops are struggling with a lack of ammunition. The battle for Avdiivka was one of the bloodiest of the two-year war.Read More

Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu's birth anniversary is celebrated by the nation every year on February 13. This year marks the 145th birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu. ABOUT SAROJINI NAIDU Born in Hyderabad on 13 February 1879 She was a poet and political activist. Her poetry earned her the nickname 'Nightingale of India'. A disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, she was instrumental in the Indian National Movement, which fought for the country's independence. In 1925, she was elected as the INC President at Kanpur session. She was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress (second overall, after Annie Besant). When Sarojini....Read More

Satyendra Nath Bose

The death anniversary of Indian mathematician and physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose was observed on 4th ABOUT S N BOSE Born- January 1st, 1894 in Calcutta He started his career in 1916 as a lecturer in physics at Calcutta University. Along with Meghnad Saha, he established modern theoretical physics in India. Bose wrote a brief article titled "Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quanta". In agreement with him, his article was translated by Einstein into German and published in Zeitschrift für Physik in 1924 under Bose's name. Satyendra Nath Bose collaborated with Einstein to develop the Bose-Einstein statistics and developing....Read More

Kalpana Chawla

The death anniversary of Kalpana Chawla was observed recently on February 1st. She was an Indian-American astronaut who made history as the first Indian-origin woman to go to space. ABOUT KALPANA CHAWLA Kalpana Chawla was born on 17 March 1962, in Karnal, Haryana. After completing her undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh in 1982, she moved to the United States to pursue her Master's degree. In 1988, Chawla joined NASA's Ames Research Center, where she worked on various projects related to space exploration. Chawla's first journey into space came in 1997 aboard the Space Shuttle....Read More

Three panels of judges were appointed for assessing the performance of Marching Contingents from three Services, Marching Contingents from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)/other auxiliary forces and tableaux from various States/Union Territories and Ministries/Departments. RESULTS Best Marching Contingent among the three services – Sikh Regiment Contingent Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces – Delhi Police Women Marching Contingent Best three Tableaux (States/UTs) First – Odisha (Woman Empowerment in Viksit Bharat) Second – Gujarat (Dhordo : A Global Icon Of Gujarat’s Border Tourism) Third – Tamil Nadu (Kudavolai System in ancient Tamil Nadu – Mother of Democracy) Best Tableau (Ministries/Departments)....Read More

R. Champakalakshmi

The academic community has mourned the loss of eminent historian R. Champakalakshmi. She was the former president of Indian History Congress and professor in the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Champakalakshmi was a multidisciplinary expert in archaeology, iconography, ideology, statecraft and trade.  Read More

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