How Pakistan floods have imperiled Mohenjo-daro’s world heritage tag Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context: The recent spell of heavy rains and floods that ravaged large parts of Pakistan’s Sindh province has also taken a heavy toll on the archaeological site of Mohenjo-Daro. In fact, the calamity has pushed the archeological site […]
What is kurki and why is it a big issue in Punjab? Subject: History Section: Post Independence A 65-year-old farmer, Balwinder Singh, died by suicide outside the office of the Muktsar DC on August 29. He had been sitting on a dharna outside the administrative complex against kurki orders for his land based […]
Book throws new light on Bengal’s women revolutionaries Subject: History Section: Post Independence The first files on women revolutionaries in Bengal appeared in the Intelligence Branch of British India roughly around 1919. And by 1947, more than 200 cases of conviction and sentencing of women were recorded in these files. All such interesting […]
Hyderabad Liberation Day Subject: History Section: Post Independence Context: Ministry of Culture will organize the inaugural programme of the year-long commemoration of the Hyderabad Liberation Day, on 17th September 2022. The Government of India has approved the yearlong commemoration of the “Hyderabad Liberation Day” for the period 17th September, 2022 to 17th September,2023. Concept: On 17th September […]
Puli Thevar Subject : History Section : Personality Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to brave Puli Thevar on his birth anniversary. Concept: Puli Thevar was a Tamil Palaiyakkarar who ruled Nerkattumseval, situated in the Sankarankoil taluk, Tenkasi, formerly Tirunelveli Tamil Nadutold the East India Company that “not even […]
New Naval Ensign : Nishaan Subject : History The Saint George’s cross has been removed from the new Indian Navy flag. The elements of the new Indian Navy flag consist of the national flag (tricolor) in the upper left canton, symbolizing the national spirit of India’s maritime force. In the lower right-hand corner […]
How India adopted its military flags and badges based on Lord Mountbatten’s suggestions Subject :History Section :Modern India Context: The new Naval Ensign (flag), which was unveiled by PM Narendra Modi on Friday(September 2) in Kochi, has brought into focus the flags and ranks adopted by the Indian military after Independence. Documents accessed […]
New Naval Ensign: The naval prowess of Chhatrapati Shivaji that has always inspired the Indian Navy Subject : History Section : Medieval India Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new Naval Ensign (flag) at Kochi on Friday (September 2), which bears the seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who laid the foundations of […]