Role of Indian Diaspora in Indian National Movement Subject: History Context: The Indian diaspora’s endeavour in freedom struggle of India is less known. It is essential to recognise it’s efforts as a nation otherwise we shall fail in paying due homage to our freedom fighters in entirety. Leadership of Indian Diaspora in Indian […]
Sagol Kangjei: The ancient polo of Manipur Subject : History Context: Part of Home Minister Amit Shah’s programme in Manipur on Friday was the inauguration of a 122-foot-tall statue of a polo player astride a Manipur Pony in Imphal, a project that has been in the works for several years now. About Sagol […]
Wall of Peace Mural thrown open in Kerala Subject: History The Wall of Peace, a great work of modern mural art on the 700 footlong compound wall of Government Vocational Higher Secondary School at Cherpulassery, was inaugurated on Monday. The mural, in dimmed golden shade done with cement and sand on the 10ft […]
Swami Dayanand Saraswati Subject : History He was presiding over the annual general meeting of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. The PM also asked the academic and cultural institutions across the country to produce well researched knowledge about the contributions of the founder of Arya Samaj Swami Dayanand Saraswati, whose 200th birth […]
Ramappa temple Subject :History Context: The President laid the foundation stone for another project called ‘Development of Pilgrimage and Heritage Infrastructure of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple’ at Mulugu in the state. Concept: The temple located in Palmapet in Mulugu, was constructed in 1213 AD during the reign of the […]
A look at Malik Ahmed and Ahilyabai Holkar Subject: History Context: The Maharashtra Education Minister has sought a proposal from the district administration to rename the Western Maharashtra city of Ahmednagar as ‘PunyashlokAhilyadevi Nagar’, after the 18th century Malwa queen, Ahilyabai Holkar. Details: In August this year, the Maharashtra Assembly unanimously passed two […]
Agra and Kohinoor Subject: History Introduction: The Koh-i-Noor is a large, colorless diamond that was found close to Guntur in the state, India, probably within the thirteenth century. It weighed 793 carats (158.6 g) uncut and was initially owned by the Kakatiya dynasty. Timeline of Possession 14th Century AD: In the early 14th […]
Indian National Congress Subject :History The Indian National Congress was founded at Bombay in December 1885. The early leadership – DadabhaiNaoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji, W.C. Bonnerji, Surendranath Banerji, Romesh Chandra Dutt, S. SubramaniaIyer, among others – was largely from Bombay and Calcutta. A retired British official, A.O. Hume, also played a part […]
Indian History Congress Subject :History Context: 81st session of the Indian History Congress (IHC) at the Madras Christian College, Chennai. About Indian History Congress: Indian History Congress(IHC) was founded in IHC is the largest association of professional historians in South Asia. It has about 35000 members of which over 2000 delegates participate in […]