Context: The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary celebrated every year on 28th January. More on the news: Born at Dhudike near Ludhiana in Punjab in 1865, Lala Lajpat Rai was a multi-faceted personality and led a life of ceaseless activity dedicated to selfless service to the nation. He... .Read more
Updated on 29 January, 2021 GS1 Modern Indian History
Context: Recently a statue of freedom fighter Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant has been unveiled after shifting it to a new location from the previous location of the Parliament premises. About Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant: Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter and one of the architects of modern India. Alongside Mahatma Gand... .Read more
Updated on 28 January, 2021 GS1 Modern Indian History
Context: Recently, the Union Culture Ministry of India announced that January 23 - birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose, would be celebrated as “Parakram Diwas”, to mark day of courage every year. More on the news: The government had decided to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary year starting from January 23, 2021 in a befitting manner ... .Read more
Updated on 20 January, 2021 GS1 Modern Indian History
Context: Recently the Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas. More on the news: December 6, 2020, marks the 64th death anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. The social reformer, economist, thinker, politician and the first Law Minister of Independen... .Read more
Updated on 7 December, 2020 GS1 Modern Indian History
Context: The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Bhagwan Birsa Munda on his Jayanti. About Birsa Munda: Born in 1875, he was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious movement that came to be known as Ulgulan (revolt) or the Munda rebellion th... .Read more
Updated on 16 November, 2020 GS1 Modern Indian History
Context: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the first Central Trade Union of India founded on October 31, 1920, has completed hundred years of its formation recently. Background: Emergence of a class of casual general labour: The beginning of the labour upsurge against oppression and exploitation goes back to the second half of the nineteenth c... .Read more
Updated on 3 November, 2020 GS1 Modern Indian History