Mother Teresa when she was 18
Friday, January 29, 2016
Monday, September 1, 2014
Har Ki Pauri in 1880s (Haridwar, India)
According to the Hindu mythology, King Vikramaditya have built “Har Ki Pauri” in 1st century BC in the memory of his brother Bharthari who had come to meditate here on the bank of the Ganges.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Historical Speech of Jawaharlal Nehru on 15 August 1947
The constituent assembly of India met for its fifth session at 11 pm on 14 August in the Constitution Hall in New Delhi. The session was chaired by the president Rajendra Prasad. In this session, Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his historical speech proclaiming India's independence.
Historical speech of Jawaharlal Nehru (India's First Prime Minister) on 15 August 1947 :
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.
A moment comes, which but comes rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed, finds utterance. We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again."
Symbolism of colours and the Ashoka Chakra in Indian National Flag by S. Radhakrishnan
The Indian National Flag is a horizontal three coloured flag of deep saffron, white and dark green colours. Ashok Chakra, a 24 spoke wheel in navy blue colour is at its center. The ratio of the flag's width to its length is two to three. The Indian national flag is made of Khadi. (Made of cotton or silk)
Dr S. Radhakrishnan (India's first Vice President) explained the symbolism of colors and the Ashoka Chakra in Indian National Flag :
- The saffron colour denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our leaders must be indifferent to material gains and dedicate themselves to their work.
- The white in the center is light, the path of truth to guide our conduct.
- The green shows our relation to soil, our relation to the plant life here, on which all other life depends.
- The Ashoka Chakra in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth or satya, dharma or virtue ought to be the controlling principle of those who work under this flag.
- The wheel denotes motion. There is death in stagnation. There is life in movement. India should no more resist change, it must move and go forward. The wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
The Execution of Bhagat Singh announced on Front Page of The Tribune
The Lahore Tribune's front page
on the 25th of March 1931 . The
article also reveals that there were no last interviews with relations and that
the dead bodies were secretly disposed of.
Sukhdev Thapar (1907-1931)
Sukhdev Thapar, an Indian
revolutionary, was born on 15 May,
1907 in the Chaura Bazar area called Nau Ghara (nine houses), Ludhiana .
He was an Indian freedom fighter who lived from 15 May 1907 to March
23, 1931 . The name of his father was Sh. Ram Lal and Mother was
Smt. Ralli Devi. Sukhdev was organiser of revolutionary party in Punjab .
That is why the conspiracy case constituted by British Colonial Government was
waging war against King George and it was crown verses Sukhdev. It was for this
reason that he was sentenced to death by a special tribunal the proceedings of
which were bycotted by the accused persons because of biased and colonial
attitude of the judges. He is best known as an accomplice of Bhagat Singh and
Shivaram Rajguru in the killing of a British police officer in 1928 in order to
take revenge for the death of veteran leader Lala Lajpat Rai due to excessive
police beating. All three were hanged in Lahore Central Jail on March 23, 1931 in the evening at 7.33 pm against all norms of hanging. The dead
bodies were secretly taken away by breaking the back walls of jail and were
seceretly burnt on the banks of River Satluj near Firozepur about 50 miles away
from Lahore. The bodies were cut into pieces to make the burial quick.
Sukhdev was an active member of
the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, being one of the seniormost
leaders. He is known to have started study circles at National
College Lahore )
in order to delve into India 's
past as well as to scrutinize the finer aspects of the world revolutionary
literature and Russian Revolution. He along with Bhagat Singh, Comrade Ram
Chandra and Bhagwati Charan Vohra started Naujawan Bharat Sabha at Lahore .
The main aims of this organization were to activate youth for freedom struggle,
inculcate a rational scientific attitude, fight communalism and end the practice
of untouchability. Sukhdev also participated in the 1929 Prison hunger strike
to protest against the inhuman treatment meted out to the inmates.
His letter to Mahatma Gandhi
written just prior to his hanging, protesting against the latter's disapproval
of revolutionary tactics, throws light on the disparities between the two major
schools of thought among Indian freedom fighers. However, Hansraj Vohra - the
man who gave the clinching testimony that resulted in the hanging of the trio,
claimed that Sukhdev had himself turned an approver. Nevertheless, this
relatively baseless contention does not detract from the tremendous courage,
patriotism and self-sacrifice that Sukhdev Thapar embodifies, as is evident in
the recent naming of a school after him in Ludhiana .
Sukhdev’s letter to Gandhi is
also a fine reflection of his ideals. “The aim of revolutionaries is to
establish a socialist republic in the country. There is no possibility of even
a slight amendment to this goal. I think you believe the revolutionaries are
irrational people who enjoy destructive actions. I want to tell you that the
truth is quite the opposite. They know their responsibilities and they hold the
constructive elements high in their revolutionary constitution even though in
the present circumstances, they have to attend to their destructive side only,”
he wrote.
Friday, June 21, 2013
The Lion Gateway (Singha Dwara) of the Jagannath Temple (Puri, Orissa, India) (1870)
The Jagannath
Temple Puri Orissa , India
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Rare videos of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941
Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 to 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he was the first non-European Nobel laureate. His poetry in translation was viewed as spiritual, and this together with his mesmerizing persona gave him a prophet-like aura in the West. His "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal.
A Pirali Brahmin from Kolkata, Tagore had been writing poetry since he was eight years old. At age 16, he published his first substantial poetry under the pseudonym Bhanushingho ("Sun Lion") and wrote his first short stories and dramas in 1877. Tagore achieved further note when he denounced the British Raj and supported Indian independence. His efforts endure in his vast canon and in the institution he founded, Visva-Bharati University
Nathuram Godse on Gandhi Murder Trial at Red Fort (22 June 1948)
Nathuram Godse on Gandhi Murder Trial at Red Fort (22 June 1948 )
Maharani of Jaipur Gayatri Devi (1940)
Maharani of Jaipur Gayatri Devi (1940)
Gayatri Devi, often named as Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur, was born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar. She was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970 through her marriage to HH Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II.
Indira Gandhi with her Sons (Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi)
Indira Gandhi with her Sons (Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi)
Indira Gandhi with her Sons (Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi) and Daughter in Law (Sonia Gandhi)
Indira Gandhi with her Sons (Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi)
and Daughter in Law (Sonia Gandhi)
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Original Picture of Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai
The original picture of Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai. This picture has
been taken by German photographer Hoffman 160 years ago.
Subhas Chandra Bose arrested by British Police (Last Time)
Subhas Chandra Bose arrested by British Police (Last Time)
The Border of British India and Afghanistan (1934)
The Border of British India and Afghanistan
(1934)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Kailasa Temple (Ellora Caves, Himalayas)
Kailasa Temple, representing the home of Shiva in the Himalayas. Chiseled out of solid rock from the mountainside, archeologists believe the Kailasa Temple complex took 7000 workers 150 years to complete.
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