Haryali Teej: When women pray for blissful married life in Sawan month…See quotes, wishes, messages for auspicious day!

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August 10, 2021, 5:58 PM

Khudiram Bose death anniversary: This freedom fighter was sent to gallows on August 11, 1908 after he was found guilty in the Muzaffarpur conspiracy case when he was just 18 years old.

Khudiram Bose has been the youngest revolutionary freedom fighter executed on August 11, 1908 when he was 18 due to his involvement for his role in the Muzaffarpur conspiracy case.

Khudiram Bose, with another freedom fighter Prafulla Chaki, attempted to assassinate a British judge, Douglas Kingsford but the bombs failed to hit the judge’s carriage and instead hit a different one, leading to the death of two other people.

Chaki committed suicide even before the police could arrest him, however, Bose was arrested and later was sentenced to death when he was only 18. He was hanged at the Muzaffarpur Jail, which has been renamed after him.

Khudiram Bose was born in a village in Medinipur district of West Bengal on December 3, 1889. He was the youngest among four siblings.

In fact, he was brought up by his eldest sister as he lost his parents early in life.

As per newspaper reports, he went to the gallows with a smile.

World Lion Day: PM Modi expresses happiness over increasing number of lions in India

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August 10, 2021, 7:28 AM

World Lion Day was celebrated for the first time in the year 2013 which started as an initiative to protect the big cats.

PM Narendra Modi, on the occasion of World Lion Day, expressed his happiness over the fact that lion population in India has seen a steady increase in last few years.

Conveying his greetings to those passionate about lion conversation, he said, “The lion is majestic and courageous. India is proud to be home to the Asiatic Lion. On World Lion Day, I convey my greetings to all those passionate about lion conservation. It would make you happy that the last few years have seen a steady increase in India’s lion population.

The lion is majestic and courageous. India is proud to be home to the Asiatic Lion. On World Lion Day, I convey my greetings to all those passionate about lion conservation. It would make you happy that the last few years have seen a steady increase in India’s lion population. pic.twitter.com/GaCEXnp7hG
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 10, 2021

Do you know about Phoolan Devi who is known as “Bandit Queen”?

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August 9, 2021, 5:48 PM

Phoolan Devi’s story is a tale of woman who refused to give up to the cruel men’s world but lived a life of a leader who punished her rapists on her own terms and conditions. Born in a lower class family, she was raped by her husband, mercilessly gang raped too by unidentified men. But she did not lose courage, did shoot all 22 rapists who raped her, then contested elections and became MP from UP.

Phoolan Devi’s story sounds like a Bollywood flick!

She was born in a small village where girls were treated as an unfortunate burden, then she was married at an age of 11 to around 30 year-old-man who raped her for many years. At 18, she was gangraped by high caste outlaws, was locked up in Behmai, a town which was once called as Thakur town. Here she was raped many times till she went unconscious.

But this woman of grit and determination did not give up and finally chose a path of courage and leadership and became a gang leader, then a burglar and thereafter a dacoit.

In 1981, she came back to the village where she was raped many times and here she identified two men who had raped her. She asked them of other men who were there with them and when they refused to tell her about there whereabouts, she shot all 22 of them in one go.

This was the biggest bloodbath by a hooligan in India’s record, which caught the attention of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Soon this woman was given suffix of Devi and she was called as Phoolan Devi, an incarnation of the Goddess Durga.

However, she surrendered to the government after it accepted her demands to return her father’s land, to provide a government job to her sibling, and not to offer a death sentence to her gang members.

In 1983, Phoolan was accused for 48 criminal offenses, however, in 1994, a low caste preacher from Uttar Pradesh freed Devi of all the charges that was filed against her and she was finally released in 1994.

In 1996, she stood for the eleventh Lok Sabha election for Samajwadi Party from Mirzapur area in Uttar Pradesh and won the election.

On July 25, 2001,three masked shooters opened fire at Phoolan Devi and she was shot dead outside of her Delhi home. She was rushed to a close by hospital but was stated dead

Ghut Ki Guni! Marvel the great blend of nature and architecture on Jaipur streets

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August 9, 2021, 4:53 PM

Ghat ki Guni or Ghat Ki Ghuni is a beautifully carved narrow alley stretching between eastern hill range of Aravalis in Jaipur which provide access to the areas situated in the east side of Jaipur & beyond.

Ghat ki Guni is also a starting point of the road leading to Agra -the city of Taj Mahal, hence called Agra Road.

Reginald Herber, Bishop & traveler who came to Jaipur on 28 January 1825 had described Ghat ki Guni in his memoir – Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824–1825.

“….The pass grew narrower, the path steeper & more rugged as we proceeded along with it & the little stream which we were ascending instead of dimpling amid the grass & stones now leapt & bounded from crag to crag like a Welsh rivulet. Still all was wild & dismal when on a turn of road we found ourselves in front of a high turreted & battlement wall, pierced with a tier of arched window & showing us beyond them the dark green shades of a large oriental garden……”

Founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the founder of Jaipur city in 1739, Ghat ki Guni area envisaged the Mughal style terraced gardens such as Vidhyadhar Garden and Raj Niwas Garden.

These gardens were inspired by Mughal gardens of Delhi, Kashmir and elsewhere. Apart from these gardens, there are dwelling units, Havelis and many temples at both sides of the road. Over the period of time, people moved out of these buildings and the area stands deserted as of now, leaving the marks of a beautiful surroundings where chhatris and jharokhas run parallel in one line, leaving one stunned at the marvel of the beautiful architecture.

Emirates puts a flight attendant on top of world’s tallest building. See the video here…!

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August 9, 2021, 12:35 PM

Emirates is celebrating the opening of tourism in a different way! It puts a flight attendant on top of world’s tallest building. See here

Emirates, in its instagram page, says, “Real or fake? A lot of you have asked this question and we’re here to answer it.
Here’s how we made it to the top of the world’s tallest building, the @BurjKhalifa” and then it shares the video which is as following:

Book Lovers’ Day: The best libraries of the world go on twitter to celebrate the day!

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August 9, 2021, 11:34 AM

Book Lovers Days is celebrated each day on August 9 to harnesses all the excitement which bibliophiles feel about books into one celebration.

Book Lovers Day is being celebrated with zeal by all book lovers throughout the world. The temples of ‘bookaholics’ are being remembered in different parts of the world and all renowned libraries and galleries have come on twitter to wish the book reading class a happy ‘Book Lovers Day’. See how:

It seemed only fitting to share this image of author Sarah Waters standing in front of the dream bookshelf this #BookLoversDay 📚⁠

Which books are you currently enjoying? ⁠
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📸 Sarah Waters by Mary McCartney, 2008 © Mary McCartney / National Portrait Gallery, London⁠ pic.twitter.com/IGziFwBYW8
— Portrait Gallery (@NPGLondon) August 9, 2021

This is your #BookLoversDay weather update…

Jenny kiss'd me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in; pic.twitter.com/mHTDTtt9qI
— National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot) August 9, 2021

Happy #BookLoversDay! 📚

Did you know that you can treat the book lover in your life to a book adoption from our selection of classics?

From Little Women to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, there’s a favourite for everyone.

👉https://t.co/doHWGwYj9A pic.twitter.com/hrUBeLYHlF
— The British Library (@britishlibrary) August 9, 2021

Happy #BookLoversDay, a day to celebrate reading and bibliophilia!

We love this drawing by William Orpen from our archives, in which he depicts himself in a library reading books by ‘Wells’ (possibly the author HG Wells).

What are you reading? We'd love to know! pic.twitter.com/efa930ypUy
— National Gallery of Ireland (@NGIreland) August 9, 2021

Today is #BookLoversDay 📚

What's your favourite Beatles book? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/q0Q76dP9a1
— The Beatles Story (@beatlesstory) August 9, 2021

August Kranti Diwas: Know the history of Quit India Movement

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August 8, 2021, 3:15 PM

August Kranti Diwas: Know the history and significance of the day which became the turning point of the freedom struggle in India against Britishers’ regime.

The August Kranti movement emerged as the turning point in the history of the freedom struggle as Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to launch the Quit India movement from August 9, 1942. He called upon Britishers to leave India and exhorted countrymen to “do or die”.

August Kranti Diwas & Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement is also known as the Bharat Chhodo Andolan which was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942 at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). The movement was started to end the British rule in India. As the protest was held in August, it was known as August Kranti or August Movement. Each year, this day is celebrated by paying tribute to freedom fighters who laid their lives for the country.

Gandhi delivered his speech, which commenced the Quit India Movement, at Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank Maidan, which was popularly known as August Kranti Maidan. The ‘Do or Die’ speech went into the hearts of Indians, and many faced the consequences of the movement.

World Tribal Day 2021 Theme, Wishes Quotes, Poster Images, Greetings, History, Significance

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August 8, 2021, 3:01 PM

The World Tribal Day is celebrated each year on August 9 all across the world. The tribals speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures.

The World Tribal Day also called as the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year with an aim to promote and protect the rights of the world’s Indigenous population.

This day also recognises the achievements and contributions which the Indigenous people make to improve the world issues such as environmental protection.

It was in December 1994 that the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples should be observed on August 9th each year.

The so-called date of August 9 was chosen recognising the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held in Geneva in 1982.

World Tribal Day Significance

World Tribal Day is observed to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population while acknowledging the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues including environmental protection.

As indigenous peoples are often among the poorest ethnic groups in society, the day was very much required. According to the UN, indigenous people have been making up less than 5 per cent of the world’s population but account for 15 per cent of the poorest.

They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures.

World Tribal Day Theme

The theme of World Indigenous Day 2021 is “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract

World Tribal Day Quotes

“Modern man has lost the sense of wonder about the unknown and he treats it as an enemy.”

― Laurens van der Postl

“She gazed at him alluringly and grinned. No further words were necessary.”

― Jason Medina

You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.”

― idowu koyenikan

Tokyo Olympics Live Updates: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wins First Gold Medal for india in olympics

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August 7, 2021, 12:35 PM