Guru Nanak Dev Subject – History Context – Punjab Police want Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary to be declared ‘World Pedestrian Day’ Concept – Guru Nanak Dev is considered the world’s most notable and revered pedestrian. To spread the message of oneness and to break barriers across faiths by engaging in spiritual dialogues, the […]

    Temple Entry Movement Subject – History Context – Brutal attack on Dalits as they turned up for the installation ceremony at a temple Concept – Vaikom, in the northern part of Travancore, became a centre of agitation for temple entry. In 1924, the Vaikom Satyagraha led by P. Kesava, was launched in Kerala […]

    National Unity Day- 31 October Subject – History Context – ‘From Kashmir to North East, country has got freedom from age-old laws’: PM Modi on Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary. Concept – Vallabhbhai Patel was born on 31st October 1875 in Nadiad, Gujarat. A successful lawyer by profession, his life encountered a turning point […]

    Sardar Patel supported Partition Subject – History Context – Sardar Patel supported Partition Concept – World War II ended in the summer of 1945, which was also when India’s leaders, imprisoned from 1942 for their Quit India call, were released. Less than two years thereafter, on February 21, 1947, Premier Attlee announced in […]