A labour of love, archive on Banaras Hindu University founder Madan Mohan Malaviya takes shape Subject :Modern History Context: To create an archive on the principal founder of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), ‘Mahamana’ Madan Mohan Malaviya, a Professor of History at the university Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Dhrub Singh, along with his […]
‘Salaam Aarati’ soon to be renamed as ‘Aarati Namaskara’ in Karnataka Subject : Modern History The decision comes after Hindutva outfits urged the State government to abolish the rituals “performed in the name of Tipu Sultan” at some temples. The ‘Salaam Aarati’ ritual is practised in some temples in Karnataka it is believed that […]
Assam movement example of unity efforts: Sonowal Subject : Modern History Talukdar was the first person to be killed in the movement in 1979. The programme was organised by the Assam Society of Goa . The Assam Movement (also Anti-Foreigners Agitation) (1979–1985) was a popular uprising in Assam, India, that demanded the Government […]
Tipu Sultan Subject : Modern History Context : The Federation of Mysore Muslims’ Organisations has urged the Mysore Deputy Commissioner to ban the play Real Dreams of Tipu which is to be staged at Rangayana from November 20 Concept : About Tipu Sultan Born in November 1750, Tipu Sultan was Haidar Ali’s son […]
Split over Lord Curzon gate: TMC statue politics riles Oppn, experts Subject: Modern History Lord Curzon achieved infamy for his decision to partition Bengal in 1905 and now a 119-year-old structure built in honour of Lord Curzon, who served as the Viceroy of India for six years from 1899, in the city of […]
India @75: Freedom songs that catalysed struggles against colonialism Subject: Modern History Section: Freedom struggle Context: Poets like Rabindranath Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh, Subramania Bharati, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Sarojini Naidu, Mahadevi Verma and others in India rejected the racialised territorial notion of nationalism during the freedom struggle and linked it to the larger cause […]
Pingali Venkayya Subject: Modern History Section :Personality Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid homage to Pingali Venkayya on his birth anniversary. Concept: PingaliVenkayya was born on 2nd August 1876 in Bhatlapenumarru village of Andhra Pradesh. PingaliVenkayya was agriculturist and also an educationist who set up an educational institution in Machilipatnam. […]
Raja Ram Mohan Roy: 250th birth anniversary Subject: Modern History Section: Personality Content: One of the most influential social and religious reformers of the 19th century, Ram Mohan Roy, born on May 22, 1772 in what was then Bengal Presidency’s Radhanagar in Hooghly district. Roy worked in the sphere of women’s emancipation, modernizing […]
Kartar Singh Sarabha Subject: Modern History Section: Freedom struggle Context: The AAP government in Punjab orders its offices to put up photos of its mascot Bhagat Singh and his hero Kartar Singh Sarabha. Concept: Kartar Singh Sarabha: He was born in a highly educated family. He was brought up by his grandfather Badan […]
Forgotten names of RIN Subject: Modern History Section: Freedom struggle Context: Author Pramod Kapoor brings out in his meticulously researched history of the short-lived Royal Indian Navy (RIN) mutiny, that Admiral John Henry Godfrey, who headed the RIN, was the inspiration for spy thriller writer Ian Fleming’s character ‘M’, the boss of his […]