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Sushasan Diwas or Good Governance Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna recipient and former Indian Prime Minister, late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on December 25 every year. In 2021, the Government of....
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Call him a poet, a scholar or a visionary but it is Raja Ravi Varma’s body of art that has left an indelible mark upon generations of Indians and Europeans of the Indo-British Era, and has even reached out to a global audience ....
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In 2003, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, had brought back the ashes of Indian freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma and his wife Bhanumati ....
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When a shy 22-year-old son of a Pathan fruit merchant was selected by Devika Rani, the doyen of Hindi cinema in the 1930s, to star in her film Jwar Bhata in 1944, it was more than just a change of name for the young man. Muhammad....
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Milkha Singh (November 20, 1929 – June 18, 2021) was more than just a sprinter of international repute. He won India’s first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games of 1958 in 400 m - the only male Indian sprinter to hold the ho....
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Widely known as the ‘father of the Indian space programme’ Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an award-winning scientist, industrialist and innovator, who helped establish the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and led it....
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There are some people who are exceptional not just because they are <....
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The history and evolution of the Indian atomic energy programme is synonymous with the life of Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha. Often referred to as the father of India’s atomic energy programme, Dr Bhabha had a prodigious persona and ....
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It was August 9, 1958. The place was Beleghata CIT Road, Calcutta (not Kolkata yet). Academy Award recipient Satyajit Ray was shooting the third part of his Apu trilogy, Apur Sansar (The W....
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Pandit Jasraj needs no introduction. One of the most accomplished vocalists of Hindustani classical music of the north Indian style, he was known for his soul-stirring voice and multi-octave range. With his demise on August 17, a....
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