Sabarmati Ashram Subject: History Context: Over 140 prominent personalities have signed a petition opposing the proposed redevelopment of Mahatma Gandhi-founded Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. Concept: Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust (SAPMT), which manages the ashram, has given its approval for the project with a condition that the government should not see the […]

    PARAKRAM DIWAS Subject: History Context: Government of India has decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a befitting manner at national and international level, beginning from 23rd January 2021. Concept: A High Level Committee, headed by the Prime Minister , has been constituted for deciding the programs, […]

    ASI breathes life into 17th century Dutch cemetery Subject: History Context: ASI breathes life into 17th century Dutch cemetery. As early as 1656 after the decline of the Portugese, the western bank of the river Hooghly was occupied by the Dutch. For nearly two centuries, a Dutch settlement flourished at Chinsurah and started […]

    Shaheed Udham Singh Subject : History Concept : Udham Singh was born in Sunam in Punjab’s Sangrur district in 1899. He was an Indian revolutionary and got associated with the Ghadar Party while in the US. He is best known for his assassination in London of Michael O’Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of […]