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Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Statue

In News The Prime Minister unveiled the 108-feet high bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda. It is installed at the Kempegowda International Airport. It is “Statue of Prosperity,” and it has been built to commemorate the contribution of Kempegowda. The statue has been designed by renowned sculptor and Padma Bhushan awardee Ram Vanji Sutar. […]

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India paid tributes to Maulana Azad on his birth anniversary. Image Courtesy: Culture  Key Points Born: November 11, 1888 Place of Birth: Mecca, Saudi Arabia Association: Indian National Congress Movement: Indian Nationalist Movement Political Ideology: Liberalism; right-winged; Egalitarian Publications: Ghubar-e-Khatir (1942-1946); India Wins Freedom (1978); Passed Away: February […]

Shyamji Krishna Varma Jayanti

In News Recently, the Prime Minister has paid tributes to Shyamji Krishna Varma on his Jayanti.  About Shyamji Krishna Varma  He was born on 4th October, 1857 in Mandvi town of Kachchh district of Gujarat. He was one of the foremost freedom fighters in the history of the freedom movement of India with a high […]

Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti

In News The Prime Minister paid tributes to former Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji on his Jayanti. About Lal Bahadur Shastri He was born on October 2, 1904 at Mughalsarai in Uttar Pradesh.  His father was a school teacher who died when Lal Bahadur Shastri was only a year and half old. Freedom Struggle […]

Acharya Vinoba Bhave Jayanti

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India paid tributes to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his Jayanti, 11th September. Acharya Vinoba Bhave Original name: Vinayak Narahari Bhave Birth: September 11, 1895, in a Chitpavan Brahmin family at Gagoda village of the Konkan area of Maharashtra. Personal Life:  He is regarded as the National Teacher of […]

Dara Shikoh

In News The Vice President calls Dara Shikoh a torchbearer of social harmony.   Dara Shikoh About: He was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. In 1655 his father and Mughal emperor Shah Jahan declared him the Crown Prince; he was assassinated by his younger brother, Aurangzeb, in a bitter […]

Lord Curzon

In News  The 119-year-old Curzon Gate in Bardhaman in West Bengal is at the centre of a political row. About Lord Curzon Early Age:  Born in 1859 into British nobility. He was educated at the elite Eton College school and attended Oxford.  Role: In 1891, he became Under-Secretary of State for India (the deputy minister […]

Women Heroes of India’s Freedom Struggle

In News Recently, on the occasion of Independence Day address to the nation, the PM of India paid tribute to women freedom fighters for showing the world the true meaning of India’s “Nari shakti”.  Rani Laxmibai The queen of the princely state of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai is known for her role in the 1857 revolt.  […]

Pingali Venkayya

In News Recently, the Ministry of Culture organized ‘Tiranga Utsav’ to celebrate Pingali Venkayya’s 146th Birth Anniversary. About Pingali Venkayya Birth: He was born in a Telugu Brahmin family at Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam, in what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Designer of India’s National Flag: Pingali Venkayya, a freedom fighter and the […]

Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

In News Recently, it was the 102nd death anniversary of Lokmanya’ Bal Gangadhar Tilak. About Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Birth:  He was born on July 23, 1856, in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri. Education:  He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Deccan College of Pune in 1877 and obtained his LL.B degree from Government Law College in 1879.  Tilak was well read in […]