VIJAYANAGAR Subject : History Context : Karnataka got its 31st district with the State government on Monday issuing an official gazette notification carving out Vijayanagara district from the mine-rich Ballari district. Concept : About Vijaynagar Empire Vijayanagara or “city of victory” was the name of both a city and an empire. The empire […]

    DHEKIAJULI Subject: History Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his second visit in a fortnight to poll-bound Assam. On sundaymodi was at the historic “martyr” town of Dhekiajuli,to lay the foundation stone for two medical colleges and launch a road and highway project. Concept: Dheikajuli Incident Dhekiajuli was home to possibly the youngest […]

    KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN Subject : History Context : Concept : Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), the foremost 20th-century leader of the Pashtuns ( a Muslim ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan) was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was called the “Frontier Gandhi”. Ghaffar Khan met Gandhi and entered politics in 1919 during […]

    CHAURI CHAURA INCIDENT Subject: History Context : PM will inaugurate the centenary Celebrations at ChauriChaura at Gorakhpur Dist. Uttar Pradesh. Concept: ‘ChauriChaura’ Incident The incident took place on 4 February 1922 at ChauriChaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province. A large group of protesters participating in the Non-Cooperation Movement clashed with […]

    BARGIS Subject: History / Culture Context : The ruling All India Trinamool Congress wary of the large number of non-Bengali-speaking voter base in the state, has found a specific word to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party .The word ‘bargi’ as the TMC likes to call the BJP, is of special significance in Bengal’s […]

    JOY BANGLA Subject: History Context:  Even as the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of religious politics by repeating the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant, the latter has countered that the ruling party in the state was engaging in Bengal sub-nationalism with its use of the slogan ‘Joy Bangla’. […]

    GOVIND BALLABH PANT Subject : History Context : The 9-feet statue of Govind Ballabh Pant inside Parliament premises has been temporarily relocated . Concept : PanditGovind Ballabh Pant (1887 – 1961) was a lawyer, an Indian freedom fighter and one of the architects of modern India. In 1921, he was elected to the […]