Dhrupad music is of temple origin. Dhrupad is the oldest surviving classical style of Hindustani vocal music. Although Dhrupad consolidated its … Continue Reading

The Indian Council for Historical research (ICHR) has constituted a three-member committee to review the entries in the book Dictionary of Martyrs: In… Continue Reading

A rare inscription dating back to the Renati Chola era has been unearthed in a remote village of Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh. Renati Cholas: … Continue Reading

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the conversion of the Kariye Museum into a mosque. It was originally converted into the Kariye M… Continue Reading

Details: The outbreak, which spread from Constantinople to both the West and East, had killed up to 25 to 100 million people. The plague would c… Continue Reading

Details: The background to the Poona Pact was the Communal Award of August 1932, which, among other things, reserved 71 seats in the central legisl… Continue Reading

Context: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will review the monuments under it and the ones protected by state governments. The total of, … Continue Reading

The National Museum in New Delhi has hosted “The Indus dining experience” a food event based on the food pattern of Indus valley civilization. … Continue Reading

News: • It is considered the “Magna Carta of English Education in India” and contained comprehensive plan for spreading education in India. … Continue Reading

• The Union Budget proposes to develop the Harappan site at Hisar’s Rakhigarhi village, as an iconic site and set up a national museum. • … Continue Reading

News: • The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 34th Surajkund International Crafts Mela. The year, partner country in the fair … Continue Reading

News: • Beating Retreat ceremony was held which marked the culmination of the Republic Day celebrations. The ceremony ended with Abide With Me, s… Continue Reading

• 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF GERMAN NAZI CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP AUSCHWITZ. • World leaders and Holocaust survivors hav… Continue Reading

What is Operation Alberich? • Operation Alberich was the code name of a German military operation in France during the First World War. Alberich … Continue Reading

Bojjannakonda, is a famous Buddhist site at Sankaram in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The site is famous for many votive stupas, rock-cut caves, bri… Continue Reading

ABSTRACT: The Uttar Pradesh government has recently announced it will build a 121-acre zoo named after Ashfaqullah Khan. Khan was a freedom fighte… Continue Reading

What is Privy Purse? • In India, a privy purse was a payment made to the ruling (royal or lower) families of erstwhile princely states as part o… Continue Reading

Context: In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India has discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so far f… Continue Reading