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Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu Date 11 August 1937 – present (87 years) Location Present-day Tamil Nadu, India Caused by Various attempts by the Government of India (1947–present) and the Government of Madras (during 1937–65) to promote Hindi language in the State Goals To prevent the imposition of Hindi in the State Methods Non-violent - Conferences, fasts, legislations, media ...
The entire event is broadcast by Doordarshan, India's national broadcaster, and usually begins with the shehnai music of Ustad Bismillah Khan. Independence Day is observed throughout India with flag-hoisting ceremonies, parades and cultural events. It is a national holiday in the country. [4] [5] [6]
World Hindi Day (10 January) Hindi Day ( Hindi: हिन्दी दिवस, romanized : hindī divas) is celebrated in India to commemorate the date 14 September 1949 on which a compromise was reached—during the drafting of the Constitution of India —on the languages that were to have official status in the Republic of India. [ 1][ 2 ...
September – October. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) Floating. Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashvin, the seventh month in the Hindu Calendar [ 8] October – November. Diwali. Floating. Hindu festival of lights.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ( Hindi : प्रवासी भारतीय दिवस, Pravāsī Bhāratīya Divasa, English: Overseas Indian Day) is a celebratory day observed (starting in 2003) on 9 January by the Republic of India to mark the contribution of the Overseas Indian community towards the development of India. The day ...
Sant Soyarabai (c. 14th century), Marathi literature. Sarada Devi (22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920) Satchidananda Saraswati (22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002) Sathya Sai Baba (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) Satnarayan Maharaj (born 1931), Indo-Trinidadian Hindu leader and son-in-law of Bhadase Sagan Maraj.
Acharya Shivpujan Sahay. Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), composer, poet, and produced books on fastrology. Agnishekhar (born 1956) real name Kuldeep Sumbly. Agyeya. A. M. Turaz. Amir Khusrow (1253–1325), musician, scholar and poet. Asad Zaidi (born 1954), poet, editor, publisher, translator. Akshay Chandra Sharma. Ashok Chakradhar ...
Tryst with Destiny, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Independence Day Speech (1947) video by Indian National Congress. " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House, on the eve of India's Independence, towards midnight on 14 ...