The United Nations declared 1979 as the International Year of the Child, with India playing a significant role in the efforts leading to the U.N. resolution declaring the IYC. Throughout the country, various advocacy and action programs will be organized to observe the International Year of the Child. To provide policy direction to the observance […]
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The United Nations declared 1979 as the International Year of the Child, a year dedicated to advocating for and taking action towards the welfare of children worldwide. India played a significant role in the efforts leading to the U.N. resolution declaring the IYC. Throughout the country, various advocacy and action programs will be organized to […]
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Bhai Parmanand, affectionately known as “Devta Swarup,” was born in 1876 in Karayala, near Chakwal, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan). His early education took place in Chakwal, and he later graduated from the D.A.V. College in Lahore. He pursued post-graduate studies in History at the Presidency College in Calcutta but returned to Lahore to complete […]
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The Army, the oldest and largest of India’s three fighting services, revolves around the infantry soldiers who fight on foot with a gun in hand. These foot soldiers, known as Infantry, constitute the largest part of the Army’s combat strength. They proudly inherit the traditions of the old regiments of the British Indian Army and […]
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FRANZ Schubert who was born inVienna in 1797 and died there in 1828, ranks as one of the greatest comosers of western classical music. Schubert was the son of a school-master of modest means, but he had the advantage of being a member of an intensiely musical family whose string-quartet performances were renowned in their […]
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In January 1863, The Cuttack High School, established in January 1841, was expanded to provide collegiate education. Renamed Ravenshaw College in 1878 in recognition of the contributions made by the then Commissioner of the Cuttack Division, Mr. Ravenshaw, towards the advancement of higher education in the state. Over the past century, hundreds of distinguished individuals […]
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On a cold and windy day 75 years ago, one of humanity’s oldest and most audacious aspirations— to soar through the skies like birds—was finally realized. It was December 17, 1903, when Wilbur and Orville Wright piloted their heavier-than-air flying machine from a remote spot of land protruding into the Atlantic Ocean, known as Kitty […]
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Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, affectionately known as Rajaji, was born in 1878 in the Salem district of Madras. His education took place at the Central College, Bangalore, and the Presidency College and Law College, Madras. Beginning his legal practice in 1900 in Salem, he soon became involved in the freedom movement in 1906. Driven by a fervent […]
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Mohammad Ali Jauhar was born on December 10, 1878, in Najibabad, District Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. He received his education at the M.A.O. College, Aligarh, and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he pursued Modern History. Early in his career, Mohammad Ali established himself as a distinguished journalist and a fearless critic of the British Government. In January […]
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The name may sound foreign, but it belongs to an illustrious Indian family that has been rooted in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Haryana for nearly two centuries. James Skinner, the patriarch of this family and the founder of the esteemed cavalry regiment bearing his name, was born to a Scottish father and a Muslim Rajput […]
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