Alluri Sitharama Raju
Context Prime Minister unveiled a 30-foot-tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitharama Raju at Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh as the year-long celebrations of the freedom fighter’s 125th birth anniversary. About Alluri…
Indian History, Culture and Diversity
Aurangabad city renamed as Sambhajinagar
Context Recently, Maharashtra Govt. approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar, and Osmanabad city which is named after the last ruler of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan as Dharashiv. Why…
Who was Sant Kabir?
Context Recently, the President of India inaugurated the Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre Swadesh Darshan Yojana and paid tribute to the Bhakti saint, Kabir at Maghar (Uttar Pradesh). According…
Tamil Nadu sculptures
Tamil Nadu sculptures Context Ten antiquities (sculptures) retrieved from Australia and the United States were handed over to the Government of Tamil Nadu in Delhi. Some of the returned antiquities,…
Martand Sun Temple
Context After prayers were held at the ruins of the eighth-century Martand Sun Temple in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has expressed its concern to the district…
Haflong Hindi
Context A “nativised” Hindi known as Haflong Hindi associated with Assam’s only hill station is trying to hold its own amid a row over the Centre’s move to make Hindi…
Cyclopean Wall listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site
Context Bihar government has sent a fresh proposal to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to get Cyclopean wall, a more than 2,500 years old structure at Rajgir, listed in…
Singaperumal Koil Temple
Context Singaperumal Koil, located around 45 km from the city, has an ancient cave shrine to Narasimha. Singaperumal Koil, dating back to the Pallava period, is among the country’s well-known…
UNESCO City of Literature
Context Kozhikode was proposed by the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) to be branded as a City of Literature with the help of UNESCO. Key Details of City of…
What was the Pal-Dadhvav massacre?
What was the Pal-Dadhvav massacre? Context Recently, the Gujarat government marked 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav killings, calling it a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala Bagh”. Before this, the incident…
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