By : Satyaki Paul On May 21, 1991 our former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, this year marks the 30th death anniversary of him. Shri RajeevratnaBirjeesGandhi (1944-1991) was the sixth Indian prime minister from 1984-1989. He attended the Doon School in Himalayan foot hills and later he went to Trinity College for further studies. At […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On June 1, 1842 Satyendranath Tagore (1842-1923) was born at JorasankoThakurbari located in Kolkata district (erstwhile Calcutta) of West Bengal. He was the nephew of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. His father was Devendranath Tagore, who was Rabindranath Tagore’s elder brother. In his initial days he was home-tutored, but later for higher […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On June 18, 2021 our country’s one of legendary athlete Milkha Singh died from COVID19 related complications at a north Chandigarh hospital. He was 91. The millennials and zillennials came to know of his fame through the Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag which was released in 2013. After few days his […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul The date June 01, 2021 marks the first death anniversary of renowned Anthropologist Professor Lakshman Kumar Mahapatra (1929-2020). From early days he was a bright student wherein he stood second at matriculation (1946). He was the topper of University of Calcutta. Later, he taught Anthropology at Lucknow and Dharwad. However, he […]
Continue ReadingBy : Satyaki Paul On May 21, 2021 world renowned environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna (1927-2021) passed away due to COVID related complications. He was a staunch Gandhian by principle, and spent his life persuading and educating the villagers to protest against the destruction of the forests and Himalayan mountains for developing Anthropocentric projects. In the 1970s, […]
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