Saturday 29 July 2017
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Wednesday 26 July 2017
Kargil Vijay Diwas
Kargil Vijay Diwas
India is the land of the brave warriors. We fight to claim what is
ours. Our Indian army is full of such heroes. And in the year 1999, the
world witnesses the bravery of our Indian Army when we conquered the
Kargil War against Pakistan. To celebrate this victory, Kargil Vijay
Diwas is celebrated all across the India.
Introduction
It has been 18 years since India won the war against Pakistan at the
Kargil in Kashmir on 26th July 1999. Since then it has been observed as
the Kargil Vijay Diwas. India had given their full efforts in such an
unbearable climate and heights to get back our land which was dominated
by the Pakistani troops.
The Kargil battlefield is one of the highest and dangerous
battlefields in the world. The war was fought in the Tiger Hill region
located in the Kargil town 205 km away from Srinagar. The nights here
are long, and the temperature used to drop till -48 degree Celsius. The
Pakistani Army wanted to cut the connections between the Ladakh and
Kashmir and later occupy Kashmir slowly.
Pre-War Scenario of Kargil War
During the winter of 1998-99, Pakistani Army secretly started
training and sending troops near Kargil to the dominate the region with
the goal of claiming Siachin Glacier. Pakistan Army exclaimed that they
were not the Pakistani soldiers but the Mujahidin. Pakistan wanted to
have international attention on the dispute so that India would be
pressurized to withdraw its army from the Siachen Glacier region and
force India to negotiate for the Kashmir dispute. Later it was observed
that the Kashmir militants were also included in it. The battlefield was
at the high altitude; therefore, it created a logistical problem for
the Indians to carry arms and other material.
India Fights Back
The Pakistani soldiers initially crossed the Line of Control which is
called LOC and entered into the India-controlled region. Later the
local shepherds alarmed the army about the suspicious people crossing
the LOC. To take a deeper look, Indian Army sent additional troops from
to Ladakh to Kargil region and they came to know that Pakistani army has
crossed the LOC and entered in the India-controlled region. Both the
soldiers started firing to regain the claim on the land. Later the
Indian Air Force joined the war cleansing all the intruders from the
valley.
Indian Conquers the Kargil War
After the increasing attack from the Indian army, and the pressure
from the then United States of America President Bill Clinton, Pakistan
withdrew its soldiers from the LOC area. Indian army reclaimed all the
posts which Pakistan army was trying to win. This two-month long war
ended on 26th July 1999 when Pakistan Army announced that they had
withdrawn their army from the disputed area. This operation was named
as the Operation Vijay. The Indian Army with Captain Vikram Batra, Major
General Ian Cardozo fought bravely commanding over the outpost on 26th
July 1999 which was dominated by the Pakistan. And thus the Operation
Vijay was a success.
Pakistan was highly criticized internationally for not respecting the
code of LOC and trying to take control over the disputed region.
All the countries praised India for respecting the LOC and fighting the all out war successfully.Hence
26th July of every year is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas. On this Day
Prime Minister of India pays homage to all the martyred soldiers at the
Amar Jawan Jyoti. We feel patriotic everywhere. Army stunts and the
parade is carried out showing a tribute to the martyrs and the power of
Indian Army.
Indian Army is always ready for the country, be there any situation or condition, fighting terrorism,
natural calamities, terror attacks or a curfew. Kargil war is one such
incident which cannot be forgotten. ‘Indian army is like a mother who
does work selflessly and never asks for in return. This heroic
sacrifices of our Army won’t be forgotten, and it will always inspire
us.
How and Why Kargil Vijay Diwas is Celebrated?
To celebrate the high esteem of the Kargil Heros Kargil Diwas is
celebrated. Homage is given to the soldiers who were martyred during the
war at the Amar Jawan at the Delhi Gate by the Prime Miniter of India
and the Indian Army. Functions are organized in colleges and Government
Institutes; Flag hoisting is done. Tricolour is seen everywhere; Kids
wear pinned badges on the pockets to show some love towards the country.
In Schools competitions like speech, essay, debate, elocution, and
activities are held to depict patriotic feeling. One of the main event
the people wait to see is the parade and the stunts performed by the
Army officials. Historical heritage around the Country is lighted up
with the Colours of the Indian Flag. Patriotism vibes are felt
everywhere.
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Sir Arthur Cotton Death Anniversary
General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton
General Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton KCSI was a British general and irrigation engineer.
Cotton devoted his life to the construction of irrigation and navigation canals throughout British India.
Born: 15 May 1803, Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, United Kingdom
Died: 24 July 1899, Dorking, United Kingdom
Monday 24 July 2017
Ayyanki Venkata Ramanayya Jayanthi
Shri Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya or Ayyanki Venkata Ramanaiah (Telugu: అయ్యంకి వెంకటరమణయ్య) (24 July 1890 – 1979) is recognised as the "Architect of Public Library Movement in India".[2] He is the first Indian to be awarded the Kaula Gold Medal.[3]
Through his career as an influential library leader throughout the
entire country, Ramanayya was seen as a respected peer and mentor by S. R. Ranganathan.
Early career
He was born in konkuduru village of Ramachandrapuram taluq in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh to Venkata Ratnam and Mangamamba.[4] He studied in Tailor High School and influenced by Bipin Chandra Pal entered public service.
Shri Iyyanki entered public life in the year 1907 at the age of 19
and was instrumental in establishing the First State Library Association
in Indian – Andhra Desa Library Association (1914), Bengal Library Association
(1925). He contributed to the foundation of the Madras Library
Association (1928), Punjab Library Association (1929) at state level and
All India Public Library Association (1919) at the national level.
Between 1934–1948 he toured the coastal districts and organised
library tours in large scale by the district secretaries. As a result,
hundreds of libraries are opened and many are reopened. He organised
training camps for the library secretarires in 1920 and 1934. It is not
exaggeration if one can say he toured almost all villages in Andhra
Pradesh.
Friday 21 July 2017
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Wednesday 19 July 2017
Monday 17 July 2017
Friday 14 July 2017
Thursday 13 July 2017
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Tuesday 11 July 2017
World Population Day 2017
Population Day
World population day is an international level
awareness campaign being celebrated all over the world to call people on
stage to know the reason of this exploding population year by year as
well as solve the big mistake of whole human fraternity. This great
awareness event is to bring a population revolution globally as well as
breaking sleep of all the deeply slept people to pay their full
attention and help in combating this population issue.
World Population Day 2017
World Population Day 2017 will be celebrated all over the world by the people on 11th of July at Tuesday.
World Population Day History
World Population Day is a great event being celebrated all through the world annually on 11th
of July. It is celebrated to increase the awareness of the people
towards the worldwide population issues. It was first started in the
year 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). It was exalted by the interest of the public when the
global population became near about five billion at 11th of July in the year 1987.
The following message “Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services” was distributed worldwide by the theme of 2012th
World Population Day celebration when the worldwide population was
approximately 7,025,071,966. The big step was taken by the authority for
more small and healthy society as well as sustainable future of the
people. A crucial investment is made to fulfill the reproductive health
care demands and supply. The step was taken for increasing the
reproductive health as well as reducing the social poverty by reducing
the population.
It was the huge challenge for the development when
the population on the earth has reached to around 7 billion in the year
2011. According to the decisions of the Governing Council of the United
Nations Development Programme in the year 1989, it was recommended that
11th of July every year should be noticed by the community
globally and celebrated as the World Population Day in order to raise
the awareness among common public and find out the real solutions to
combat with the population issues. It was started to focus the required
attention of people towards the importance of population issues.
Why World Population Day is celebrated
The
aim of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development
Programme is paying great attention towards the reproductive health
problems of the community people as it is the leading cause of the ill
health as well as the death of the pregnant women worldwide. It has been
distinguished that around 800 women are dying daily in the procedure of
giving birth to a baby. The campaign of the World Population Day every
year increases the knowledge and skills of the people worldwide towards
their reproductive health and family planning.
Around 1.8 billion
youngsters are entering to their reproductive years and it’s very
necessary to call their attention towards the primary part of the
reproductive health. According to the statistics, it is noted that the
world population on 1st of January 2014 has been reached to
7,137,661,030. The annual celebration of world population day is planned
with lots of activities and events to make aware people about the
reality.
Through this great awareness celebration, people are
encouraged to take part in the event to know about population issues
like importance of family planning towards the increasing population,
gender equality, maternal and baby health, poverty, human rights, right
to health, sexuality education, use of contraceptives and safety
measures like condoms, reproductive health, adolescent pregnancy, girl
child education, child marriage, sexually transmitted infections and so
many.
Sexuality related issues are very necessary to get solved
among youths especially between 15 to 19 years of age as according to
the statistics it is noted that around 15 million women of this age give
birth every year as well as around 4 million go through for abortion. Some of the objectives of celebrating the world population day are mentioned below:
- It is celebrated to protect and empower youths of both gender like girls and boys.
- To offer them detail knowledge about the sexuality and delay marriages till they become able to understand their responsibilities.
- Educate youths to avoid unwanted pregnancies by using reasonable and youth friendly measures.
- Educate people to remove the gender stereotypes from society.
- Educate them about the pregnancy related illnesses to raise the public awareness about dangers of early childbirth.
- Educate them about STD (sexually transmitted diseases) to get prevented from various infections.
- Demand for some effective laws and policies implementation in order to protect girl child rights.
- Make sure about the access of equal primary education to both girls and boys.
- Make sure the easy access of reproductive health services everywhere as part the basic primary health for each couple.
How World Population Day is celebrated
World
population day is celebrated on international level by organizing
variety of activities and events to draw attention of mass people to
work together on the issues of growing population. Some of the
activities include seminar discussions, educational competitions,
educational information sessions, essay writing competition, public
contests on various topics, poster distribution, songs, sports activity,
speeches, poems, artwork, slogans, themes and messages distribution,
workshops, lectures, debates, round table discussions, news distribution
through press conferences, TV channels and news channels, relay of
population related programmes on radio and television and so many.
Various health organizations and population divisions works together to
solve population issues by organizing conferences, research works,
meetings, project analysis and etc.
Friday 7 July 2017
Thursday 6 July 2017
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju Jayanthi
Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju is brave son of India who laid down his life to free mother India from the oppression of the British. He was born on 4th July 1897. While pursuing his studies at Kakinada, Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju came in contact with a notable freedom fighter, Sri Madduri Annapurnayya, and Rallapalli Atchuta Ramayya, a scholar of high repute. For his further studies he went to Visakhapatnam at the age of 15. Though he didn't have much interest in studies, he was very keen to know more about the political condition of India at that time.
In the tribal areas, the poor and illiterate tribal people were exploited and oppressed blatantly by the Britishers. Since the tribals were not united against the Britishers they took advantage of it and deprived the tribals of their rights. Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju inspired and united the different tribes of the area, trained them in skills of guerrilla warfare and proved to be a terror for the Britishers.
Soon he was ready to attack the enemy with his army. On 22nd August 1922, his tribal army initiated their struggle by raiding three police stations Chintapalli Police Station, Krishnadevipeta Police Station, and Rajavommangi on three consecutive days. After the raids they captured a huge number of guns, bayonets and cartridges and swords. They even freed Veerayya Dora from jail who was a revolutionary.
The British Army was alerted by his actions and platoons of Police and Army were ordered to arrest Sri Alluri Seetarama Raju. He again attacked the British Army at Peddavalasa and defeated them as a result of which they had to bear heavy casualties and finally retreated.
From that day onwards there was a regular warfare between Raju and the Britishers and Raju came out triumphant in all. Nearly for two years(1922 to 1924) he terrorized the British Army and was the ruler of the vast area. Later Britishers were keen to kill him and deployed battalions of Assam Rifles and others. He was killed by the British on one fateful day.
The Department of Posts issued a 50 Paise multicolored stamp in memory of freedom fighter Sri Alluri Sitarama Raju.
Facts and Information about Alluri Sita Rama Raju
| Born | He was born on July 4, 1897 in Mogallu village located near Bhimavaram in the West Godavari district. He belonged to a Telugu Kshatriya family. |
| Died | He died on May 7, 1924 in Mampa village, Visakhapatnam. |
| Nick Name | He is also famous as Aluri Rampa Rama Raju, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju and Rama Chandra Raju. |
| Father | Alluri Venkata Rama Raju |
| Mother | Suryanarayanamma |
| Brother | Satyanarayana Raju |
| Sister | Sitamma Dantuluti |
| Guardian | Rama Chandra Raju (a tahsildar in Narsapur) |
| Childhood | Sitaram Raju faced many problems in his chilhood after the death of his father. He became the bread earner for his family. |
| Studies | He attained his primary eduaction at Mogallu, Kovvada, Bhimavaram and Narsapur of West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his high school studies and college education at a Mission high school in Visakapatnam. |
| Revolution | He participated in the campaigns in the East Godavari and Visakhapatnam in 1921. He raided many police stations in and around Chintapalli, Krishna-devi-peta and Raja-vommangi. He was also involved in the murder of many British army officers, such as Scott Coward and Hites. |
| Movies | To know more about Sitaram Raju, watch Alluri Seetarama Raju a Telegu movie directed by V. Ramachandra Rao. |
| Legacy | In his honour, two statues of Raju have
been erected, one at Seethammadhara Junction and the other one on the
beach road near The Park Hotel in Visakhapatnam. In 1986 a commemorative stamp featuring Raju in the series 'India's struggle for freedom' was issued by the Indian Postal Department. |
Monday 3 July 2017
International Plastic Bag Free Day.
On July 3, when you go to the grocery store take a cloth or paper bag with you because it is International Plastic Bag Free Day.
Created by Bag Free World, a “global initiative that aims to
eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags,” International Bag Free
Day is an unofficial holiday that promotes environmental conservation by
encouraging people to reject plastic bags. The holiday also raises
awareness of the harm that plastic bags do to nature and to animals and
marine life.
How to Celebrate?
- Say no to single-use plastic bags.
- Take your own cloth or paper bag when you go shopping. Not only will you be saving money – several grocery stores give discounts for patrons bringing in their own bags, you will also be helping to save the environment.
- If you are crafty, make your own bag and carry it with style.
- Volunteer your time or money with an environmental organization that works on cleaning water and landmasses of plastic bags.
- Recycle all the plastic in your house and office.
- Spread the word to your family and friends.
- If you are a company, why not make promotional cloth bags to give away to your clients and customers?
Saturday 1 July 2017
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