Manohar Singh Gill: An Officer of the People
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Himalayan ‘Ajanta’
Read more here →: Himalayan ‘Ajanta’The Tribune | September 24, 1979 Kee, Tabo, and Dankhar are among the important Buddhist monasteries, locally known as Gompas, which have lifted the desolate valley of Spiti, situated on the Indo-Tibetan borders, to the artistic status of a “Himalayan Ajanta.” The Monastery of Kee on top of a hill, just ten kms from the…
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Guns and Battle Flags: Remembering Anglo-Sikh Wars
Read more here →: Guns and Battle Flags: Remembering Anglo-Sikh WarsThe Sunday Tribune [Magazine Section] | December 19, 1976 The Anglo-Sikh wars were the last campaigns fought by the British in India. These battles were also the hardest, of their long career of conquest in the sub-continent, and the Sikhs, perhaps one of the most difficult foes, they had encountered anywhere in the world. On…
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Co ops lead in wheat procurement
Read more here →: Co ops lead in wheat procurementFor Hindustan Times Weekly | July 22, 1973 During the last 70 years the co-operative movement has progressed and proliferated in various directions, but credit still remains one of the primary objectives. Today, there are approximately 3.23 lakh co-operative societies with about 5.80 crore members in the country. They cover over 48 per cent of…
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Udham Singh: The Patriot Who Avenged The Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
Read more here →: Udham Singh: The Patriot Who Avenged The Jallianwalla Bagh MassacreFor The Illustrated Weekly of India | January 30, 1972 The day of reckoning came after 21 years. Sir Michael O’Dwyer left the Punjab as Governor in 1921, censured for having condoned the killing of over 375 innocent men and women by General Dyer. Sir Michael was shot by Udham Singh on March 13, 1940.…