Gangtok, May 15, 2013: Sikkim celebrates its State Day, every year on May 16. This year Sikkim will celebrate its 39th State day. In 1947, when India became independent, a popular vote rejected Sikkim’s joining the Indian Union, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to a special protectorate status for …
By Binod Bhattarai & Rajen Upadhyay THERE are many freedom fighters in India whose with their true spirit and undaunted courage earn us freedom from the tyrant colonial empire. India was free in 1947 from the British Empire but the country lost many men and women who were filled with …
Rifleman Padam Singh Gurung (Born 1913 – Death 2012) {It has been thirteen days since he left this world but for the person who knows him his legacy remains for forever. This World War II veteran was in his hundred years when he passed away at Singtam after a long-drawn-out …
Darjeeling: April 09, 2012 Darjeeling Lok Shaba MP Jaswant Singh on his way back to Delhi, on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Gorkha Museum at Batasia War Memorial in Darjeeling. Also present on the day were District Magistrate Dr. Saumitra Mohan, Darjeeling MLA Trilok Kumar Dewan and Darjeeling Municipality …
Rajen Upadhyay The publication of handwritten Sikkim Herald started in 1956 during the reign of Maharaja Sir Tashi Namgyal to inform his subjects about the developments brought about by the Government. Initially Sikkim Herald was a magazine published every month. Prior to 1962, the Sikkim Herald Magazine was brought out …
The prediction of time and location of earthquake is a difficult phenomenon. Significant part of Indian population lives under a constant threat of a possible devastating earthquake particularly in high seismic zone like Himalayas and Gujarat. NCR Delhi lies in Seismic zone IV, IS 1893 (2002), having a population of …
National Seminar on Manipur’s Little Known Fighters against the Raj on March 12, 2012, at India-Arab Cultural Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Background Note A widespread perception exists that the North Eastern region of India did not participate actively enough in the Indian Freedom Struggle. While the Assamese are …
Rajen Upadhyay Lal Bahadur Basnet was born on 17th December 1926 at Nazitam, Sang in East Sikkim. Born to Lieutenant (Honorary) Prem Bahadur Basnett and Narbada Devi, Lal Bahadur Basnett is an enigmatic personality of Sikkimese politics. At the age of 4, Late Basnett, along with his parents, left Sikkim …
Sameer Pushp Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did not become the ‘Bank of the Bankers’ in a day. It’s been a long and tough journey of evolution, consolidation, policy changes and reforms that shaped it to be an institution with a difference. Legislation to set up the RBI was first …
Rajen Upadhyay The first Prime Minister of Independent India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru greatly admired the erstwhile Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim. During his tenure as the Prime Minister of India he visited the Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim and was warmly received by Sikkimese. As per the report of Kanchenjunga, the first …
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