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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

In Context Recently, a book on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan namely, “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Reason, Religion and Nation” has been released by eminent scholar and critic Shafey Kidwai. Also, 17th October 2021 marks his 204th birth anniversary. About Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Early Life: Born on October 17, 1817, in Delhi to a wealthy […]

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port

In News Recently, the Ship-to-Ship operation of LPG was undertaken at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, for the first time in the History of major ports in India. Key Highlights  Kolkata Port was renamed Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. The Kolkata Port is the first Major Port as well as the only riverine port in the country. […]

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

In News Recently, a book named “Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition” was released.  About Vinayak Damodar Savarkar  Early Life:  He was born in a Hindu Marathi family in Nashik, Maharashtra on May 28, 1883.  He was nicknamed ‘Veer’ for his courage from an early age. He, popularly known as Swatantryaveer Savarkar, […]

Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan

In News Recently, the Prime Minister paid tributes to Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his Jayanti. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan About:  He was born on October 11, 1902, in the remote village of Sitabdiara, Bihar. Socialist/ Marxist influence: Jayaprakash Narayan went to the US for education, where he was deeply influenced by Marxist ideology. However, he rejected […]

Jayaprakash Narayan

Context   October 8 marked the 42nd death anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan. Image Courtesy:mkgandhi.org About  He was a freedom fighter of great courage and one of the pioneers of the socialist movement in the country.  Early Life: He was born on  October 11, 1902 in Sitabdiara, a quiet village susceptible to floods, situated near the confluence […]

Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar

In News  Recently, the 201st birth anniversary of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar was observed.                                                                  Image Courtesy: ET About  The title ‘Vidyasagar’ (ocean of knowledge) was given to him due to his vast knowledge in almost all the subjects.  Poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta while writing about Ishwar Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Chandra said: “The genius and wisdom of […]

Shaheed Bhagat Singh

In news About Shaheed Bhagat Singh 1907 Born as Bhaganwala on the 27th September 1907, Bhagat Singh grew up in a petty-bourgeois family of Sandhu Jats settled in the Jullundur Doab district of Punjab. He belonged to a generation that was to intervene between two decisive phases of the Indian national movement – the phase […]

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya

In News  Recently, The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Ji on his 105th birth anniversary.                                                                 Image Courtesy: FE About Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Early Life and Education:  Born on September 25, 1916, in the sacred region of Brij in the village of Nagla Chandrabhan in Mathura District.  He lost his […]

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 […]

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 […]