Tipu Sultan Subject: History Context: Nearly 1,000 km from where he once ruled, Mysore King Tipu Sultan is at the centre of controversy in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over attempts to name a garden after him in Govandi, a suburb in Eastern Mumbai. A look at the genesis of the controversy and more. Concept: Tipu […]
J&K parties barred from paying tributes on Martyrs’ Day Subject : History Context : J&K political parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday alleged they were denied permission to pay tributes at the graveyard in Srinagar’s Naqsband Sahib of 22 Kashmiris, who died during an anti-monarchy […]
India to display relics of St. Ketevan Subject: History Context : Almost 400 years after she was murdered in present day Iran, relics of St. Queen Ketevan that were found in Goa in 2005 are likely to be put on display in India as well as her native Georgia, according to Archaeological Survey […]