1916 In India
Events in the year 1916 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst * Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (from 4 April) Events * National income - 17,087 million * Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance – the Lucknow Pact – with All-India Muslim League Law *Indian Medical Degrees Act *Hindu Disposition of Property Act Births *13 February – Jagjit Singh Aurora, military commander (died 2005). *21 March – Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner (died 2006). *23 March – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (died 2008). *8 May – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader (died 1993). *16 September – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer (died 2004). *25 September – Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, RSS (died 1968) *12 December - Maharaj Charan Singh, Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emperor Of India
Emperor or Empress of India was a title used by British monarchs from 1 May 1876 (with the Royal Titles Act 1876) to 22 June 1948, that was used to signify their rule over British India, as its imperial head of state. Royal Proclamation of 22 June 1948, made in accordance with thIndian Independence Act 1947, 10 & 11 GEO. 6. CH. 30.'Section 7: ...(2)The assent of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is hereby given to the omission from the Royal Style and Titles of the words " Indiae Imperator " and the words " Emperor of India " and to the issue by His Majesty for that purpose of His Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Realm.'). According to this Royal Proclamation, the King retained the style and titles 'George VI by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith'''Indian Independence Act 1947'' (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30) The image of the emperor or empress was used to signify British authority—his or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2008 In India
Events in the year 2008 in the Republic of India. Incumbents Governors Events * National income - 55,141,524 million *10 January – Indian car manufacturerer Tata launches the Nano, claimed to be the world's cheapest car. *2 February – The activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) try to disrupt a press conference of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in Mumbai. *2 February – Baba Ram Rahim Gurmeet Singh, the head of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda sect escaped a bomb blast near Nilokheri in Karnal district of Haryana. *3 February – Members of teams trying to conduct social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) were attacked in Manohar Thana block of Jhalwar district in Rajasthan. *5 February – The Orissa government decides to provide a monthly pension of 200 to HIV positive persons under the State-sponsored 'Madhu Babu Pension Yojana.' *7 February – Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss dedicates to the natio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1916 In India
Events in the year 1916 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst * Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (from 4 April) Events * National income - 17,087 million * Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance – the Lucknow Pact – with All-India Muslim League Law *Indian Medical Degrees Act *Hindu Disposition of Property Act Births *13 February – Jagjit Singh Aurora, military commander (died 2005). *21 March – Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner (died 2006). *23 March – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (died 2008). *8 May – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader (died 1993). *16 September – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer (died 2004). *25 September – Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, RSS (died 1968) *12 December - Maharaj Charan Singh, Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1992 In India
Events in the year 1992 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – R. Venkataraman until 25 July, Shankar Dayal Sharma * Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao * Chief Justice of India – Madhukar Hiralal Kania until 17 November, Lalit Mohan Sharma Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant * Arunachal Pradesh – Surendranath Dwivedy * Assam – Loknath Mishra * Bihar – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi * Goa – Bhanu Prakash Singh * Gujarat – Sarup Singh * Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal * Himachal Pradesh – Virendra Verma * Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena * Karnataka – Bhanu Pratap Singh (until 6 January), Khurshed Alam Khan (starting 6 January) * Kerala – B. Rachaiah * Madhya Pradesh – M. A. Khan * Maharashtra – C. Subramaniam * Manipur – Chintamani Panigrahi * Meghalaya – Madhukar Dighe * Mizoram – Swaraj Kaushal * Nagaland – M. M. Thomas (until 12 April), Loknath Mishra (starting 13 April) * Odisha – Yagya D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kanan Devi
Kanan Devi (22 April 1916 – 17 July 1992) was an Indian actress and singer. She was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali cinema. Her singing style, usually in rapid tempo, was used instrumentally in some of the biggest hits of New Theatres, Kolkata. Biography Kanan was born on 22 April 1916 in Howrah, West Bengal. In her autobiography, entitled "Sabaray Ami Nami", Kanan has observed that those she considered as her parents were Ratan Chandra Das and Rajobala, who lived together. After the death of her adoptive father, Ratan Chandra Das, young Kanan and Rajobala were simply left to fend for themselves. Her life story is a true tale of rags to riches. Some say she did her schooling (not completed) from Howrah's St. Agnes' Convent School. A well wisher, Tulsi Banerji, whom she called Kaka babu, introduced Kanan when she was only ten to Madan Theatres/Jyoti Studios, where she was cast in a small role in ''Jaidev'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charan Singh (Sant)
Hazur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji (1916–1990), was the spiritual head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) is a spiritual organization in Radha Soami movement. It is headed by Gurinder Singh. The main centre of RSSB is located on the banks of the Beas River in the northern Indian state of Punjab. Establishment of t ..., Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, after he was named successor by the preceding Beas guru Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji, in 1951. Maharaj Charan Singh served as the guru for the Beas Dera for almost four decades, until his death from heart failure in 1990 at the age of 73. Before his appointment in 1951, he had practiced law in Hisar and Sirsa, India. He was an initiate of Maharaj Sawan Singh's, who was his paternal grandfather and the predecessor of Maharaj Jagat Singh. Maharaj Charan Singh assigned the duties of his successor and Guru to his initiate and nephew Baba Gurinder Singh. Early life and education Maharaj Charan Singh was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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11 February 1968 In India
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music *Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( ; , , ) is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation. The RSS is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family"), which have presence in all facets of the Indian society. RSS was founded on 27 September 1925. , it has a membership of 5–6million. The initial impetus was to provide character training through Hindu discipline and to unite the Hindu community to form a Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation). The organisation promotes the ideals of upholding Indian culture and the values of a civil society and spreads the ideology of Hindutva, to "strengthen" the Hindu community. It drew initial inspiration from European right-wing groups during World War II, such as the Italian Fascist Party. Gradually, RSS grew into a prominent Hindu nationalist umbrella organisation, spawning several affiliated organisations that established numerous schools, charities, an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an Indian politician, proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Upadhyaya started the monthly publication ''Rashtra Dharma'', broadly meaning 'National Duty', in the 1940s to spread the ideology of Hindutva nationalism. Upadhyaya is known for drafting Jan Sangh's official political doctrine, ''Integral humanism'', by including some cultural-nationalism values and selectively appropriating few Gandhian socialist principles such as sarvodaya (progress of all) and swadeshi (self-sufficiency). Early life He was brought up in a Brahmin family by his maternal uncle. His education, under the guardianship of his maternal uncle and aunt, saw him attend high school in Sikar. The Maharaja of Sikar gave him a gold medal, Rs 250 to buy books and a monthly scholarship of Rs 10. and did his Intermediate in Pil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2004 In India
Events in the year 2004 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam * Prime Minister of India: Atal Bihari Vajpayee to 22 May Manmohan Singh * Vice President of India - Bhairon Singh Shekhawat * Chief Justice of India – ** until 2 May – V. N. Khare ** 2 May-1 June – S. Rajendra Babu ** starting 1 June – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Surjit Singh Barnala (until 4 November), Sushilkumar Shinde (starting 4 November) * Arunachal Pradesh – V.C. Pande till 15,DECEMBER,2004 and Shilendra Kumar Singh from 16,DECEMBER, 2004 * Assam – Ajai Singh * Bihar – ** until 31 October: M. R. Jois ** 1 November-4 November: Ved Marwah ** starting 4 November: Buta Singh * Chhattisgarh – Krishna Mohan Seth * Goa – ** until 2 July: Kidar Nath Sahani ** 2 July-16 July: Mohammed Fazal ** starting 16 July: S. C. Jamir * Gujarat – ** until 2 July: Kailashpati Mishra ** 2 July-24 July: Balram Jakhar ** starting 24 Ju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carnatic Music
Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It is one of two main subgenres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu Texts and traditions, particularly the Samaveda. The other subgenre being Hindustani music, which emerged as a distinct form because of Persian or Islamic influences from Northern India. The main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music; most compositions are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in ''gāyaki'' (singing) style. Although there are stylistic differences, the basic elements of (the relative musical pitch), (the musical sound of a single note), (the mode or melodic formulæ), and (the rhythmic cycles) form the foundation of improvisation and composition in both Carnati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1993 In India
Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma * Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao * Chief Justice of India – Lalit Mohan Sharma until 11 February, Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah Governors * Andhra Pradesh – Krishan Kant * Arunachal Pradesh – Surendranath Dwivedy (until 4 July), Madhukar Dighe (4 July-20 October), Mata Prasad (starting 20 October) * Assam – Loknath Mishra * Bihar – Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (until 13 August), Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (starting 13 August) * Goa – Bhanu Prakash Singh * Gujarat – Sarup Singh * Haryana – Dhanik Lal Mandal * Himachal Pradesh – ** until 29 January: Virendra Verma ** 11 February-29 June: Bali Ram Bhagat ** starting 11 February: Gulsher Ahmad * Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena (until 12 March), K. V. Krishna Rao (starting 12 March) * Karnataka – Khurshed Alam Khan * Kerala – B. Rachaiah * Madhya Pradesh – M. A. Khan ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |