Kittur Chennamma (23 October 1778 – 21 February 1829) was the Indian Queen of Kittur, a former princely state in present-day Karnataka. She led an armed resistance against the British East India Company in 1824, in defiance of the Paramountcy, in an attempt to retain control over her dominion. She defeated the Company in the first revolt, but died as a prisoner of war after the second rebellion. As one of the first and few female rulers to lead rebel forces against British colonisation, she continues to be remembered as a folk hero in Karnataka, she is also an important symbol of the Indian independence movement.
Kittur Chennamma was born on 23 October 1778, in Kakati, a small village in the present Belagavi District of Karnataka, India. She belonged to the Lingayat Panchamasaali community and received training in horse riding, sword fighting and archery from a young age. She married Raja Mallasarja of the Desai family at the age of 15. She died on 21 February 1829
King Harald V is the reigning monarch of Norway. Here are some key points about King Harald V:
Birth and Early Life: King Harald V was born on February 21, 1937, in Skaugum, Akershus, Norway. He is the son of King Olav V and Princess Märtha of Sweden.
Education: King Harald received his education at the Norwegian Military Academy and later attended the Balliol College at the University of Oxford.
Marriage and Family: In 1968, King Harald married Sonja Haraldsen, a commoner, which was initially controversial. Queen Sonja became the first Norwegian queen consort to have been born a commoner. They have two children, Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Märtha Louise.
Ascension to the Throne: King Harald V ascended to the throne on January 17, 1991, succeeding his father, King Olav V, who passed away.
Constitutional Role: Norway is a constitutional monarchy, and the role of the monarch is largely ceremonial. The King's duties include representing the country at official functions, participating in the formal opening of the Norwegian Parliament, and performing various ceremonial duties.
Symbolic Figure: King Harald V is a symbol of continuity and stability in Norway. While the monarchy is constitutional, the royal family is generally well-regarded, and the King is seen as a unifying figure.
Interests and Hobbies: King Harald V has had a keen interest in sailing and represented Norway in several sailing competitions at the Olympic Games. He is also known for his passion for outdoor activities and sports.
Silver Jubilee: In 2016, King Harald and Queen Sonja celebrated their silver jubilee, marking 25 years of King Harald's reign.
Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother or La Mère, was a spiritual guru, occultist and yoga teacher, and a collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who considered her to be of equal yogic stature to him and called her by the name "The Mother". She founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and established the town of Auroville; she was influential on the subject of Integral Yoga.
Mirra Alfassa (Mother) was born in Paris in 1878 to a Sephardi Jewish bourgeois family. In her youth, she traveled to Algeria to practice occultism along with Max Théon. After returning, while living in Paris, she guided a group of spiritual seekers. In 1914, she traveled to Pondicherry, India and met Sri Aurobindo and found in him "the dark Asiatic figure" of whom she had had visions and called him Krishna. During this first visit, she helped publish a French version of the periodical Arya, which serialized most of Sri Aurobindo's post-political prose writings. During the First World war she was obliged to leave Pondicherry. After a 4-year stay in Japan, in 1920 she returned to Pondicherry for good. Gradually, as more and more people joined her and Sri Aurobindo, she organised and developed Sri Aurobindo Ashram. In 1943, she started a school in the ashram and in 1968 established Auroville, an experimental township dedicated to human unity and evolution. She died on 17 November 1973 in Pondicherry.
Satprem, who was one of her followers, captured the last thirty years of Alfassa's life in the 13-volume work, Mother's Agenda.
Tilaiya Dam was the first of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation. It was constructed across the Barakar River, at Tilaiya in Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand . Tilaiya Dam was inaugurated on 21 February 1953. It has a power generation capacity of 2 x 2 MW. The main (Patna-Ranchi) road from Barhi on Grand Trunk Road passing through hills overlooking the reservoir is picturesque.
The Indian Postal Service issued a set of four stamps for the Five-Year Plan series on 26 January 1955, that included one stamp of one anna value depicting Tilaiya Dam. Shortly after opening the Tilaiya dam, pictured on the one-anna stamp.
Nutan Samarth Bahl (4 June 1936 – 21 February 1991), known mononymously as Nutan, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. In a career spanning nearly four decades, she appeared in more than 70 films, mostly as a protagonist, in both big productions and arthouse films that ranged in genre from urban romances, literary adaptations, to psychological and socio-realist dramas. Regarded as one of the finest actors in the history of Indian cinema,Nutan was noted for her naturalistic acting style in parts of conflicted women often deemed unconventional.Her accolades include a record five Filmfare Awards for Best Actress and the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1974.She died from breast cancer in 1991
Comstar 4, launched 21 February 1981,
has completed 17 years of service from 75.4 degrees W longitude.
Designed to keep pace with the burgeoning growth of telephone usage in
the United States, Comstar employed the new dual polarized antenna
system.
Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc,FRS,FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 01 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), he is revered as the "father of research laboratories" in India. He was also the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
In 1958, to honour his name and legacy, the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) instituted the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for scientists who have made significant contributions in various branches of science.
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was elected one of the first Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc) in 1934; he was appointed a Foundation Fellow of the National Institute of Sciences of India (FNI; now the Indian National Science Academy) the following year.For his contributions to pure and applied chemistry, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1936 New Year Honours List.The British government knighted him in the 1941 New Year Honours List for his contributions to the advancement of science.Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) in 1942, and was also appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry (FRIC) that year.In 1943 the Society of Chemical Industry, London, elected him as Honorary Member and later as Vice-President. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1943.
In independent India, he was the President of the Indian Chemical Society, National Institute of Sciences of India and the Indian National Science Congress. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 1954.
An Indian science award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was created in his honour.
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