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Shyamji Krishna Varma

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India paid tributes to Shyamji Krishna Varma on his Jayanti.  The Prime Minister also recalled bringing the ashes of Shyamji Krishna Varma back to India from Switzerland in 2003 and getting his reinstatement certificate from the UK in 2015. About Shyamji Krishna Varma He was one of the […]

Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh

In context Recently, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh (1886-1979) State University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.  Who was Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh? He was an Indian freedom fighter, journalist, writer, revolutionary, President in the Provisional Government of India,  and a social reformist in the Republic of India. Background: Early […]

Battle of Saragarhi

In Context 12th September 2021 marks the 124th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi fought between the British Indian Army’s Sikh Regiment and Afghan tribesmen. About Battle of Saragarhi Historical Background: The Battle of Saragarhi is considered one of the finest last stands in the military history of the world. Saragarhi was the communication tower […]

Swami Vivekananda

In News Recently, the Prime Minister recalled Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. About On September 11, 1893, Swami Vivekananda delivered his famed speech at the ‘Parliament of the World’s Religions’, garnering a full two-minute standing ovation and the moniker of ‘cyclonic monk of India’. He introduced […]

Death Centenary of Subramania Bharati

In News  Recently, the Vice-President of India paid floral tributes to Mahakavi Subramania Bharati to mark the death centenary of the poet and freedom fighter. Who was Subramanya Bharati? He was an outstanding Indian writer of the nationalist period and is regarded as the father of the modern Tamil style. He is also known as […]

Hari Singh Nalwa

In Context Afghanistan, which has earned the name of graveyard of the empires, could not be controlled by anyone completely. But Hari Singh Nalwa, a legendary Sikh commander, tamed the turbulent forces at play in Afghanistan and earned the reputation of the most feared Sikh warrior there. About Hari Singh Nalwa He was one of […]

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

In News Recently, the Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his Jayanti. About Bal Gangadhar Tilak Birth: 23rd July 1856 at Ratnagiri (now in Maharashtra). He was a scholar, mathematician, philosopher and ardent nationalist with firm belief in Indian values and ethos. He helped lay the foundation for India’s […]

Mangal Pandey Jayanti

In News Many politicians paid tribute to Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary Indian freedom fighter, on his 194th birth anniversary. About Mangal Pandey Early Life: He was born on July 19, 1827, in a town near Faizabad, what is now eastern Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, although some give his birthplace as a small […]

Garden’s Name on Tipu Sultan

In News Recently, the name of Tipu Sultan has been at the centre of controversy on naming a garden after him in Govandi, a suburb in Eastern Mumbai. About the Issue Background In January 2021, a Samajwadi Party corporator from Govandi suggested the Market and Garden Committee to name a newly developed garden after Tipu […]

Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair

In News Recently, it has been decided to produce the biopic of Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair. About Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair (Image Courtesy: NPG) Birth: On 11th July 1857 in Mankara village of Malabar’s Palakkad. He was an acclaimed lawyer and judge in the Madras High Court and one of the early builders of the […]