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  • This Day In History- August 9

    By on August 9, 2012

    1909 – A Giant in Kannada literature, poet and novelist Prof. Vinayak Krishna Gokak was born. He received the ‘Jnanpith Award’ in 1990 for his...

  • This Day In History- August 8

    By on August 8, 2012

    1921 – A pioneer in the field of nutritional research, teacher and medical educationist Dr.Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was born. He is regarded as one of the...

  • This Day In History- August 7

    By on August 7, 2012

    1925 – ‘Father of India’s Green Revolution’ Dr.M.S. Swaminathan was born. Under his leadership India implemented a successful program of developing high-yielding varieties of wheat...

  • This Day In History- August 6

    By on August 6, 2012

    1925 – ‘Rashtraguru’ Surendranath Banerjee passed away. He founded the ‘Indian National Association’, a nationalist organization that provided a forum to the educated and civil...

  • This Day In History- August 5

    By on August 5, 2012

    1950 – Great freedom fighter and First Chief Minister of Assam,’Lokpriya’ Gopinath Bordoloi passed away. He was one of the prominent figures engaged in the...

  • This Day In History- August 4

    By on August 4, 2012

    1929 – One of India’s most celebrated artists Abhas Kumar Ganguly better known as ‘Kishore Kumar’ was born. He was not only a popular singer...

  • This Day In History- August 3

    By on August 3, 2012

    1886 – National Poet Maithili Sharan Gupt,one of the pioneers of modern Hindi poetry and dramatist, was born. His poems especially from ‘Bharat Bharati’ were full...

  • This Day In History- August 2

    By on August 2, 2012

    1945 – Great Activist and Educator Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy was born.He is the founder of the ‘Barefoot College’ an NGO located in Tilonia,Rajasthan that is...

  • This Day In History- August 1

    By on August 1, 2012

    1920 – Political leader and Social reformer Bal Gangadhar Tilak passed away. He was referred to as ‘Lokmanya’ which means accepted by people.   1932...

  • This Day In History- July 31

    By on July 31, 2012

    1880 – Acclaimed Indian writer Munshi Premchand was born.Born as Dhanpat Rai,he first started writing as Nawab Rai,his pen name.However,when his collection of patriotic stories...