On this day, January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi shot dead. Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), born in Gujarat, regarded as the Father of the Nation. He was a social reformist…

Freedom Fighter Lala Lajpat Rai popularly known as ‘Punjab Kesari’ or the ‘Lion of Punjab’ was born on January 28th in 1865 . He was a great leader, historian, eminent…

The Festival of Lohri marks the beginning of the end of winter and the coming of spring and the new year. It is an occasion to celebrate the harvest of rabi crops, those…

Today is celebrated as  Guru Gobind Singh Ji Jayanti, also called Prakash Utsav or Prakash Parv. Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj was one of the ten revered Sikh gurus. Gobind Rai,…

Former Supreme Court Judge Shri Justice V Ramasubramanian today assumed the charge of Chairperson and Justice (Dr.) Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi as a Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)…

Popularly known as India’s “Joan of Arc“, Rani Lakshmi bai a renowned as one of the greatest personalities of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It is believed that Rani Lakshmi…

Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, young revolutionary from Punjab, martyred during India’s freedom struggle on 16 November 1915, for alleged role in Lahore Controversy was born on 24 May 1896.  …

Study by the Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar (IITGn) confirmed the Lothal dockyard theory. The study ‘Sabarmati and its connection with the Harappan port Lothal and the Nal corridor: A study…

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891) The grammarist, polymath, scholar, humanist, educationist, reformer, and doyen of the Bengal Renaissance was born on 26 September 1820 in a poor Brahman family in a…

Battle of Chappar Chiri: 1710 A.D. The Battle of Chappar Chiri, also called Battle of Sirhind,[ was fought between Mughal Empire and the Sikhs led by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur…