Cooch Behar, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century, during the British Raj it was ruled by the Koch dynasty until 1949, is highly sensitive politically compared to two other LS seats in northern north Bengal.
The British Raj had once introduced occidental music, namely western classical music, to this city when they reigned supreme in an era long gone into the past.
Birsa Munda (1875-1900) emerged as ‘Dharti Aba’ (Father of the Earth) in Munda society and is now being worshipped again as ‘Lord’ or ‘Bhagwan’. He was the prophet, the visionary and the ultimate revolutionary. The short life of Birsa commands profound respect.
Language is not just an instrument of expression, grammar, and philosophy, it embodies the genius of a race and its culture. It is also an icon an emotive symbol for which people die as martyrs. It happened with the Jews, the Irish and the Bengalis (rather Bangladeshis). As an instrument of articulation, it is indispensable, and as an icon, so noble and chaste. But when it is used as an instrument of oppression by means of imposition, it may prove to be dangerous
Pillai, an Indian National Congress leader, popularly known as VOC, had set up his shipping company Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1905 with the objective of competing against the monopoly of British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).
Sharad Pawar said that everyone has respect for Savarkar and his contribution to the freedom struggle, but not everyone agreed with some of his views.
More than three hundred years ago Kolkata was promoted by a band of adventurous British traders with a vision to make it a competitive business centre on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi.
Soon after coming to power in Karnataka, the BJP government had in July scrapped the celebration of Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary.
Lok Sabha on Friday passed ‘The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (amendment) Bill’, which seeks to remove the Congress president as…
The High Commissioner further highlighted that the India-Fiji relationship will also improve in the entertainment sector as a rebate of 75 per cent on taxes will be given to all filmmakers and producers if a film is shot in Fiji.
