What is in the news? The Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Kanaklata Barua was commissioned recently. This ship is a FPV (Fast Patrol Vessel) which are upgraded versions of inshore patrol vessels. These vessels are used for patrolling, maritime surveillance, …
Who are Mappilas? The Mappilas were the Muslim tenants inhibiting the Malabar region where most of the landlords were Hindus. The Mappilas had expressed their resentment against the oppression of the landlords during the 19th Century itself. Their grievances …
About Bal Gangadhar Tilak was considered the first popular leader of the freedom movement. He was born on 23 July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. A nationalist to the core, he was a great scholar, mathematician and a philosopher. He was …