Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud: Crown Prince of Saudi Arab passes away
Rajni Palme Dutt: The Leftist Intellectual Giant comes back in lecture series
Recently, UK’s prestigious Perse School of Cambridge has instituted an annual lecture in the name of the Indo-Swedish Leftist Rajni Palme Dutt, bringing him back to fame. Rajni Palme Dutt was an intellectual giant of the 20th century Left movement and author of ‘India Today’. He was a leading journalist and theoretician in the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Born to an Indian father Upendra Dutt and Swedish mother Anna Palme – great aunt of Olof Palme who later became Sweden’s Prime Minister – RPD was the “ideological guru” of Communist Party of Great Britain and also played a big role through Dutt-Bradley thesis in helping Communist Party of India shed its sectarianism in the 1930s and become a national party.
Dutt’s ‘India Today’, the first Marxist work on Indian freedom struggle, analyses British imperialism in the context of Indian social and economic structure that existed from the mid-18th century. A friend of Jawaharlal Nehru, Dutt travelled to India in the 1940s, covering the Cabinet Mission for ‘Daily Worker’. Please note that CPM’s Sitaram Yechury delivered the first lecture on this annual series.
Ashfaqulla Khan: 111th birth anniversary
Bismil and Ashfaq:
Bismil and Ashfaq, both were good friends and Urdu poets (Shayar). Bismil was the pen name or Takhallus of Ram Prasad whereas Ashfaq used to write poetry with the pen name of ‘Hasrat’. In Indian independence movement, the sacrifice of these two has become an excellent example of religious unity for the young generations. Both were hanged on the same day, date and time but in different jails.
Admiral Dawson: Former Chief of Naval Staff died
The former Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson (87), passed away. The Admiral was the Director of Naval Operations during the India-Pakistan conflict in 1971, for which he was awarded the AVSM.
Kiran Karnik: To chair policy drafting committee on private sector graft
The move comes immediately after the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh held that bribery in the private sector will be treated as a crime in the private sector as is the case in public sector.
Cesar Lopez: The Musician who makes guitar of an AK 47
He recently performed in India at the India Habitat Center on November 1. This Colombian musician is the world’s only “escopetarrist” — his guitar built from an actual but defunct AK-47.
Nandan Nilekani: To head GST Network
The SPV would solely be responsible for running of the GST portal. The States and Centre along with a technology company will be partners in the SPV.
Raghubir Yadav: To pay Rs. 40,000 per month as maintenance to wife
Saba Sultan & Saif Ali Khan: New Responsibilities
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Late cricketer Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Patuadi’s daughter, Saba Sultan has taken over as Bhopal Auqaf-e-Shahi Mutawalli (head). The body manages Bhopal’s princely waqf properties. -
Saif Ali Khan has been anointed the 10th Nawab of Pataudi at a ceremony in his ancestral palace Pataudi. The title is a titular one with no legal or official standing.
We should know that the Titles like Nawab / Thakur/ Sawai/ are no more recognized by the government after princely states were abolished in 1971. Mansoor Ali Khan was the last Nawab who reigned between 1952 and 1971. The people of Pataudi wanted Saif to be crowned the 10th Nawab to continue the family tradition.
Sushil Kumar : Wins Rs 5 crore on KBC
Mohan Raghavan: Famous Film director passes away
Mukesh Ambani: Richest Indian by Forbes
Shrilal Shukla: Jnanpith awardee, Raag Darbari Fame passes away
Shukla earned huge fame for his popular ‘Rag Darbari’. Shukla joined the Provincial Civil Service shortly after independence in the late forties and was later elevated to the elite Indian Administrative Service from where he retired in 1983. He was awarded the the country’s highest literary honour Janpith Award-2009 on September 19, 2011. His works throw light on the falling moral values of society in post-Independence India.
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Awards: Janpith Award-2009, Vyas Samman and Padma Bhushan-2008.
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Famous Novels: Raag-Darbari, Agyatwaas, Vishrampur Ka Sant
John McCarthy: Brain behind artificial intelligence died