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We know why is it Independence Day. But several fail yo understand why is it Republic Day and the difference between them.  Reason: It's the day on which the country officially became a republic ;came into force with a constitution. In simple words, the day the constitution came into force. What Do People Do? Much effort is put towards organizing events and celebrations that occur on Republic Day in India. Large military parades are held in New Delhi and the state capitals. Representatives of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force and traditional dance troupes take part in the parades. A grand parade is held in New Delhi and the event starts with India's prime minister laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate, to remember soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country. India's president takes the military salute during the parade in New Delhi while state governors take the military salutes in state capitals. A foreign head of state i...

Heros are not only those that we see in the movies and comics; heros do really exist.  When we speak about real heroes, all that we could conceive is the military men. The first intergovernmental military organization ie the UN peace keeping force was formed in 1945. The intergovernmental force which was led by the hero that I'm talking about was much before that in August 1942. He fled his won country in order to make it free.  Yes, there is one and only hero who can be related to the above said information.  It's none other than Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. Popularly known as Nethaji. He was born in the erstwhile Bengal Province to Janakinath Bose and Parbhavathi Dutt Bose in 1897. Though he was born in a well to do family he fought for the independence of India. He's also an able politician, capable of motivating the young youth and was elected as the president of the INC in 1938. However, was ousted due to differences in opinion with Mahatma Gan...

John Pennycuick: 🤔 In 1876, Madras Province was in the grip of a famine. It lasted for two years, spreading across the subcontinent. More than a million people died of starvation in Madras Province alone. Overall, the famine is estimated to have killed as many as 10 million people, a tragedy that went largely unnoticed in the rest of the world. Solution: While the political solution is well known, a second solution, less famous and highly contested today, came in the form of a remarkable feat of engineering. A tale of two rivers Two rivers originate from the Western Ghats—the big Periyar , which flows west along with several tributaries, and the small Vaigai , which flows east into Madurai and beyond. During summer, the Vaigai often dried up, many a time never even reaching Madurai. The Madras Province included present-day Kerala, Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, southern Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and southern Odisha, excluding the princely states of...

Hello! Everyone. This is Boopathy.                       ILP [ Inner Line Permit ] is a         permit or obligatory document that Indian citizens from other states require to enter the North-Eastern states of India.                  It originated from Colonial Rule, 'Inner line' notified under Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations,1873 by British in order to protect the commercial interest.                  After Independence, Government of India retained the ILP to safeguard the interest of Indigenous tribal communities of North-Eastern parts.                 Initially ILP was given only to the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram. From 01-01-2020 Manipur also got included in ILP regime.Meanwhile Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim also raised demand for...

Hello! Everyone. This is Arun Balaji. Swami Vivekananda, an inspiring and well-known personality. Suddenly, an unknown monk became famous when he presented Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago. Let us read about Swami Vivekananda's early life, education, works, teachings, philosophy books, etc.   On his B-Day and national youth day; let's know some stuff about him. Swami Vivekananda founded Ramakrishna Mission on 1 May 1897 for one's own salvation and for the welfare of the world. Do you know his lectures, writings, letters, and poems are published as The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda? He always focuses on teaching universal principles rather than personalities. He had tremendous intellect. His unique contributions always enlighten and awaken us. He was a spiritual leader and social reformer.  "All the powers in the universe are already our. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."- Swa...