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1872 In India
Events in the year 1872 in India. Incumbents *Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy *Sir John Strachey, acting Viceroy (9–23 February) *Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, acting Viceroy (24 February – 3 May) *Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy (from 3 May) Events *National income - ₹3,376 million Law *Indian Evidence Act *Indian Contract Act * Indian Christian Marriage Act *Naturalisation Act (British statute) Births *14 April – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (died 1953). *15 August – Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1950). *25 December – Ganganath Jha, scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy (died 1941). Deaths *8 February – Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl Of Mayo
Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, (; ; 21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872) styled Lord Naas (; ) from 1842 to 1867 and Lord Mayo in India, was a British statesman and prominent member of the British Conservative Party who served as Chief Secretary for Ireland (1852, 1858–9, 1866–8) and Viceroy of India (1869–72). Background and education Mayo was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (the son of Hon. Richard Burke, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore), and his wife, Anne Charlotte, daughter of the Hon. John Jocelyn. His younger brother the Hon. Robert Bourke was also a successful politician. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He and his brothers were accomplished horsemen and enjoyed fox hunting. Political career After travelling in Russia, Mayo was elected MP for Kildare (1847–52), Coleraine (1852–7) and Cockermouth (1857–68). He was thrice appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland – in 1852, 1858 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind ('' Chitta'') and mundane suffering (''Duḥkha''). There is a wide variety of schools of yoga, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism,Stuart Ray Sarbacker, ''Samādhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga''. SUNY Press, 2005, pp. 1–2.Tattvarthasutra .1 see Manu Doshi (2007) Translation of Tattvarthasutra, Ahmedabad: Shrut Ratnakar p. 102. and traditional and modern yoga is practiced worldwide. Two general theories exist on the origins of yoga. The linear model holds that yoga originated in the Vedic period, as reflected in the Vedic textual corpus, and influenced Buddhism; according to author Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle, this model is mainly supported by Hindu scholars. According ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1872 In India
Events in the year 1872 in India. Incumbents *Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy *Sir John Strachey, acting Viceroy (9–23 February) *Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, acting Viceroy (24 February – 3 May) *Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy (from 3 May) Events *National income - ₹3,376 million Law *Indian Evidence Act *Indian Contract Act * Indian Christian Marriage Act *Naturalisation Act (British statute) Births *14 April – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (died 1953). *15 August – Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1950). *25 December – Ganganath Jha, scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy (died 1941). Deaths *8 February – Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 In India
Events in the year 1941 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George VI * Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow * President of the Indian National Congress - Abul Kalam Azad Events * National income - 44,085 million * June 21 - Rajendra Prasad lays the foundation stone of Scindia Shipyard at Visakhapatnam. Law * The Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act, 1941 * The Berar Laws Act, 1941 Births *6 January – Serajul Alam Khan, Bangladeshi politician and philosopher (died 2023) *17 January – Bindu, actress. *25 March – Udyavara Madhava Acharya, writer, poet and actor (died 2020) *10 April – Mani Shankar Aiyar, politician and Minister. *2 July – Ashalata Wabgaonkar, actress (died 2020). *5 July – Nitin Desai, Under Secretary General, United Nations, 1993–2003 *15 July – Nikhil Kumar, politician. *17 July – Bharathiraja, filmmaker. *31 July – Amarsinh Chaudhary, politician and Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 2004). *4 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhist Philosophy
Buddhist philosophy refers to the philosophical investigations and systems of inquiry that developed among various schools of Buddhism in India following the parinirvana of The Buddha and later spread throughout Asia. The Buddhist path combines both philosophical reasoning and meditation.Siderits, Mark. Buddhism as philosophy, 2007, p. 6 The Buddhist traditions present a multitude of Buddhist paths to liberation, and Buddhist thinkers in India and subsequently in East Asia have covered topics as varied as phenomenology, ethics, ontology, epistemology, logic and philosophy of time in their analysis of these paths. Pre-sectarian Buddhism was based on empirical evidence gained by the sense organs ('' ayatana'') and the Buddha seems to have retained a skeptical distance from certain metaphysical questions, refusing to answer them because they were not conducive to liberation but led instead to further speculation. A recurrent theme in Buddhist philosophy has been the reificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Philosophy
Indian philosophy refers to philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent. A traditional Hindu classification divides āstika and nāstika schools of philosophy, depending on one of three alternate criteria: whether it believes the Vedas as a valid source of knowledge; whether the school believes in the premises of Brahman and Atman; and whether the school believes in afterlife and Devas. There are six major schools of Vedic philosophy— Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā and Vedanta, and five major heterodox (sramanic) schools—Jain, Buddhist, Ajivika, Ajñana, and Charvaka. However, there are other methods of classification; Vidyaranya for instance identifies sixteen schools of Indian philosophy by including those that belong to the Śaiva and Raseśvara traditions.Cowell and Gough, p. xii.Nicholson, pp. 158-162. The main schools of Indian philosophy were formalised and recognised chiefly between 500 BCE and the late centuries of the Common Era. Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Old Indo-Aryan language varieties. The most archaic of these is the Vedic Sanskrit found in the Rig Veda, a colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganganath Jha
Sir Gaṅgānāth Jhā (25 December 1872 – 9 November 1941) was a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy. Service At the age of 24, he was appointed a librarian of the Darbhanga state by its Maharaja. In 1902, he was appointed a Professor of Sanskrit at Muir Central College, Muir College in Allahabad, which he left in 1918 to become the first Indian principal of the Government Sanskrit College in Benares. Between 1920 and 1923 he served as a member of the Council of State in the British India, Central British Government of India. He was vice-chancellor of University of Allahabad (Prayag University) during 1923–32. The University of Allahabad established the Ganganath Jha Hostel in his honour. Honors and awards * Honorary Fellow of the Asiatic Society, 1924 * Campbell Memorial Gold Medal, Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1935 * Knight Bachelor, 1941 Birthday Honours List Literary work Sir GN Jha written numerous books and translated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 In India
Events in the year 1950 in the Republic of India. India got its independence from Britain in 1947, but still had a King. George VI, the King of United Kingdom was the King of India as well. Some provisions of the Indian Constitution had come into force on November 26, 1949. January 26, 1950 had been chosen as the day for full implementation of the Constitution making India a Republic and officially ending its ties to British monarchy. Dr Rajendra Prasad was sworn in as the first President of the country on January 26, 1950. Just a day before the birth of the Republic of India, the Election Commission of India was born. Main body to devise and revise plans for the progress of India was envisaged, The Planning Commission. Liaquat-Nehru Pact or Delhi Pact was signed between India and Pakistan in April. Refugees were allowed to return to their native country unmolested to dispose of their property in either country. India and Nepal officially became friends. Though, India and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guru
Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential figure to the disciple (or '' shisya'' in Sanskrit, literally ''seeker f knowledge or truth'' or student, with the guru serving as a "counselor, who helps mold values, shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge, an exemplar in life, an inspirational source and who helps in the spiritual evolution of a student". Whatever language it is written in, Judith Simmer-Brown explains that a tantric spiritual text is often codified in an obscure twilight language so that it cannot be understood by anyone without the verbal explanation of a qualified teacher, the guru. A guru is also one's spiritual guide, who helps one to discover the same potentialities that the ''guru'' has already realized. The oldest references to the concep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolution (philosophy)
Evolutionism is a term used (often derogatorily) to denote the theory of evolution. Its exact meaning has changed over time as the study of evolution has progressed. In the 19th century, it was used to describe the belief that organisms deliberately improved themselves through progressive inherited change (orthogenesis). The teleological belief went on to include cultural evolution and social evolution. In the 1970s, the term "Neo-Evolutionism" was used to describe the idea that "human beings sought to preserve a familiar style of life unless change was forced on them by factors that were beyond their control." The term is most often used by creationists to describe adherence to the scientific consensus on evolution as equivalent to a secular religion. The term is very seldom used within the scientific community, since the scientific position on evolution is accepted by the overwhelming majority of scientists. Because evolutionary biology is the default scientific position, it is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strachey (civil Servant)
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John Strachey may refer to: * John Strachey (geologist) (1671–1743), British geologist *John Strachey (civil servant) (1823–1907), British civil servant in India *John Strachey (journalist) (1860–1927), editor of ''The Spectator'' *John Strachey (politician) (1901–1963), British Labour politician *John Strachey (priest) (1737–1818), Archdeacon of Suffolk *Jack Strachey (1894–1972), English composer and songwriter See also * Strachey Strachey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Strachey family of Sutton Court, Somerset *John Strachey (d. 1674), friend of John Locke **John Strachey (geologist) (1671–1743), British geologist ***Henry Strachey of Sutton Cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
