Tulsidas, whose real name was Ram Bola Dubey, influential poet-philosopher of Varanasi. Tulsidas lived during the 16th and 17th centuries, specifically from 1511 to 1623. The 16th century author of the Ramcharitmanas, wrote his ‘ people’s Ramayana in Awadhi dialect, which …
About Balban Ghiyas-ud-din Balban, the Sultan of Delhi from 1266 to 1287 AD, was a prominent ruler of the slave dynasty during the reign of the Delhi Sultanate in India. Balban was sold as a slave to the then-ruler Iltumish …
About Guru Nanak (1469–1539) Founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. He advocated a form of nirguna bhakti (devotion to and worship of the Divine as formless). He rejected the external practices of the religions …
About Guru Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth guru of the Sikhs, is a revered figure not just for his contribution to the philosophy of universal brotherhood but also for demonstrating how to make the supreme sacrifice unflinchingly in …
About Basavanna Basavanna was a 12th-century philosopher, statesman, and Kannada poet during the period of the Shiva-focused Bhakti movement. Considered to be one of the many great social reformers, Basavanna stood for the underprivileged classes and women’s rights. He spread …
Why in news? Recently, Kerala Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Vaikom Satyagraha. On March 30, 1924, in the temple town of Vaikom in the princely state of Travancore, a non-violent agitation started, …
Why in news The excavations here from 2015 prove that an urban civilisation existed in Tamil Nadu in the Sangam age on the banks of the Vaigai river. Location Keeladi is a tiny hamlet in the Sivaganga district in south …
About Lachit Borphukan was a general of the Ahom Kingdom whose army he led successfully in resisting the imperial expansion of the Mughal Empire in the late 1600s. Lachit Borphukan was chosen as one of the five Borphukans of the …
Why in News: The Prime Minister unveiled the 6.5 metre-tall National Emblem on top of the under-construction new Parliament building. About Sarnath Lion Capital In the original Sarnath Lion Capital, there are four lions, mounted back to back, on a …