Unsung tribal freedom fighters Subject: History Section: Modern India Context: Ministry of Culture has released the third Comic book on stories of 20 Tribal Freedom Fighters on 2nd August at Tiranga Utsav celebration in New Delhi. Concept: Tilka Majhi rebelled against the atrocities of the British East India Company. He mobilised the Pahadia tribe […]
The Gujarati and Marathi identities in cosmopolitan Mumbai Subject : History Section :Post independence Context: The controversy triggered by Governor B S Koshyari’s statement has rekindled an old debate on a sensitive issue that is rooted in the origin story and political cross-currents of Maharashtra The struggle for Maharashtra Maharashtra was created on […]
Fairs Subject :History Section : Art and Culture PM mentioned fairs in his Mann Ki Baa Name State Salient features Minjar Mela Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. Minjar is the most popular fair of Chamba which is attended by a large number of people from all over the country. This mela is held on the […]
Overcoming the Aryan-Dravidian divide Subject: History Section: Art and culture Context: Many eminent scholars, both local and international, have written about the Dravidian movement’s colonial origins The Dravidian movement The Dravidian movement in British India started with the formation of the Justice Party on 20 November 1916 in Victoria Public Hall in Madras […]
What was the Pal-Dadhvav massacre, whose centenary the Gujarat govt is observing? Subject: History Section: Modern India Context: The Gujarat government marked 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav killings, calling it a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala Bagh”. Before this, the incident had been featured on the state’s Republic Day tableau. The day was […]
Chess and chaturanga Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context: Prime Minister will inaugurate the world’s biggest chess event at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Concept: Chaturanga is an old Indian two-player board game that was invented at least 1,500 years ago and is believed to be the earliest predecessor of the game of chess. […]