Subject: History Context: Important ruling was given for black rain survivors in Japan Concept: The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and another one on Nagasaki three days later on August 9 as part of second world war. Thousands of people died in both cities in due to their exposure […]
Subject: History Context: Tilak’s death anniversary is observed on August 1 Concept: Born on July 23, 1856, Tilak was a mathematician, philosopher, scholar and social reformer. To impart quality education to the country’s youth, he founded the Deccan Education Society in 1884. He also started two weeklies, Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratta (in English), through […]
Subject: History Context: Senior IPS officer has made an allegation that Indian history had been distorted under education ministers including MaulanaAbulKalam Azad Concept: He born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1888, his family relocated to Calcutta (now Kolkata) two years after his birth. He studied a variety of languages such as Persian, Urdu and Arabic, […]
Subject: History Context: Every year July 26 is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas to mark the successful completion of “Operation Vijay” Concept: India and Pakistan fought the Kargil War between May and July of 1999 in Kargil district under the temperature of minus 10 degree Celsius. The conflict began after Indian forces detected infiltrations by […]
Subject: History Context: July 23 is birth anniversaries of great freedom fighters Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad Concept: Bal Gangadhar Tilak Born on July 23, 1856, Tilak was a mathematician, philosopher, scholar and social reformer. To impart quality education to the country’s youth, he founded the Deccan Education Society in 1884. He also […]