Ambedkar Jayanti Subject : History Section: Personality Concept: Bhirao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb, was the chairman of Constitution Drafting Committee and a champion of Dalit and minority rights movement in India. Ambedkar, who was an economist and social reformer, also served as the first Law Minister of Independent India. Born into a […]
Uttaramerur inscription Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Concept : Greeting Tamilians on the occasion of Puthandu, the Tamil New Year, Prime Minister of India mentions an over 1,100 year old inscription from Tamil Nadu. About the inscription: The Uttaramerur inscription is dated around 920 A.D. in the reign of Parantaka Chola. It testifies […]
Teja Singh Sutantar Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Concept : Punjab Chief Minister unveiled a statue of Teja Singh Sutantar, a former MP and revolutionary leader. Teja Singh Sutantar Teja Singh was born as Samund Singh in 1901 in Aluna village of Gurdaspur district. After completing his schooling, he joined Khalsa […]
Mughal Chronicles Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Context: NCERT removes chapter on Mughals The chronicles commissioned by the Mughal emperors are an important source for studying the empire and its court. They were written in order to project a vision of an enlightened kingdom to all those who came under its […]
Kalakshetra teacher booked for harassment, its director gets panel summons Subject : History Section: Art and culture Context: Kalakshetra teacher booked for harassment, its director gets panel summons Concept: Kalakshetra Foundation is an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field […]
Thirra Dance Form Subject: History Section: Art and culture Concept : Recently, ‘Nagaraja Thira’ was celebrated at the Sree Muchilottu temple at Kuthiravattom in Kozhikode. Thirra Dance Thirra or Theyyam thira is a ritual dance performed in “Kaavu”(grove)& temples of the Malabar region in Kerala State, South India. This art form is performed […]
Pattanam Mystery Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Concept : Pattanam is a village in central Kerala. It is said to be the only multicultural archaeological site on the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Pattanam is a part of Muziris which is called the ‘first emporium’ of the Indian Ocean. The […]
Famed US museum to repatriate stolen artefacts Subject :History Section: Art and Culture Concept : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is returning 15 antiquities to the Government of India after having learned that these were “illegally removed” from India. Art works returned The sculptures date back from the 1st century BCE […]
Indian Council of Historical Research Subject :History Section: Art and Culture Concept : The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) is looking to tap rolls of leather-bound record books with details such as place of origin, names, births, deaths, reason of death, place of residence, grants made to temples, caste and clan to […]
Sisupalgarh: ancient city in odisha Subject : History Section: Ancient India Concept : The nationally protected 2,700yearold Sisupalgarh, a fort city on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, is being bulldozed by the land mafia, even as official notifications are ignored, and the State government and ASI point a lazy finger at each other. About […]