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United Kingdom celebrates 800 years of Magna Carta
United Kingdom (UK) celebrated 800 years of signing of Magna Carta on 15 June 2015. The celebrations to observe signing of 8 century year old historic document which had laid foundation for modern democratic society was led by Queen Elizabeth ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
Legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee passes away
Legendary English actor, singer and writer Sir Christopher Lee passed away in London, United Kingdom. He was 93. The veteran actor was famously known as the master of horror for his famous villainy acting roles in numerous movies such as ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
Parvinder Singh Batth, becomes first Sikh mayor in United Kingdom’s Wokingham Borough Council
Parvinder Singh Batth, an Indian-origin Conservative party councillor was chosen as the mayor of United Kingdom’s Wokingham Borough Council. With this, he became the first Sikh to hold the Mayor’s position in UK. He succeeds Councillor UllaKarin Clark for this ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Harbhajan Kaur Dheer becomes first Asian elected mayor in UK
Indian-origin councilor Harbhajan Kaur Dheer of Labour Party became the first Asian woman to be elected as mayor in United Kingdom. She was elected as mayor of Ealing Council in London by succeeding councilor Tej Ram Bagha. It should be ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Priti Patel, Indian-origin MP appointed as Minister of State for Employment in United Kingdom Government
Indian-origin Member of Parliament (MP) Priti Patel was appointed as Minister of State (MoS) for Employment in the David Cameron led United Kingdom Government. British Prime Minister David Cameron has also promoted her to his Cabinet. As the new Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Ten Indian-origin MPs elected to UK Parliament
A record number of 10 Indian-origin Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in recently concluded general election that elected 56th Parliament of the UK. It has broken the previous 2010 general election record in which eight Indian-origin were elected. Following ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015