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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: A Turning point in the Freedom Struggle

Context: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tribute to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also called Massacre of Amritsar, incident happened on April 13, 1919, in which British troops commanded by Gen. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known …

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Jyotiba Phule

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule-The Father of Indian Social Revolution

Jyotiba Phule Context : On the birth anniversary of Jyotiba Phule, the Prime Minister has paid tribute to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Analysis  The title of Mahatma by Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar was given to ‘Jyotiba’ Govindrao Phule for his great work for the lower castes. Rightly described as ‘the father of Indian social revolution’ by Dhananjay Keer, …

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Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes

Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes

 Context: Challenges Faced by Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes. Analysis The ‘Denotified Tribes’ (DNTs) are a heterogenous group engaged in various occupations such as transport, key-making, salt trading, entertaining — acrobats, dancers, snake charmers, jugglers — and pastoralists.  These communities were branded ‘born criminals’ under the colonial-era Criminal Tribes Act, 1871. They were ‘denotified’ in …

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Sankaradeva

Sankaradeva and His New Vaishnavite Order 

Context: Sankaradeva was born in Nagaon district’s Batadrava, also spelt Bordowa, in September 1449. He lived for 119 years and died at Bheladonga, now in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district. Analysis The saint-reformer founded a new Vaishnavite order within Hinduism. He was the greatest spiritual leader of Assam, who simplified the modes of religious practices …

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Assamese Bhaona

Assamese Bhaona

Assamese Bhaona Context : More than five centuries after saint-reformer Srimanta Sankaradeva created Assamese Bhaona, a dramatic form of entertainment to convey spiritualism in the Vaishnav mold, the Congress in Assam has tweaked it for a political statement against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens. Assamese Bhaona Analysis The political Bhaonauses music and …

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Birsa Munda

Birsa Munda-The Freedom Fighter Of India

Context: The President of India remembered Birsa Munda. Analysis Birsa Munda was an Indian freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero. He spearheaded the Millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (Present-day Jharkhand) In recognition of his impact on the national movement, the state of Jharkhand was created on his birth anniversary in 2000. …

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Bamiyan Buddhas

Detailed Explanation on The legacy and Return of the Bamiyan Buddhas

Context: 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas.  Analysis In March 2001, the Taliban began blowing up two monumental Buddha statues in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley.  Once among the tallest statues in the world, the ancient Bamiyan Buddhas were lost to the world forever.  The legacy of the Bamiyan Buddhas In their Roman draperies …

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Civil Disobedience Movement

Dandi March and The Civil Disobedience Movement—1930-31

Dandi March and The Civil Disobedience Movement —1930-31 : On the 91st anniversary of the historic salt march led by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi in Gujarat, the Prime Minister of India flagged off a symbolic 386-kilometer ‘Dandi march’, following the same route.  The PM also launched Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 …

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