August 21
On 21st August 1972, the Wildlife Protection Act was passed. This act was later implemented on 9th September 1972. Laws related to wildlife have been a part of our history, long before the Wildlife Protection Act was passed. The need to protect our wildlife has come from the awareness to restore the crucial ecological balance in nature, least it... Read More →
August 20
On 20th August 1828, the first session of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s Brahmo Samaj was held in Kolkata. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a popular social and educational reformer in India who paved the way for progress in India under British rule. Roy is known for his efforts to abolish sati and child marriage. Because of his forward... Read More →
August 19
On 19th August 1757 the first rupee coin of the East India Company was minted in Kolkata (then Calcutta). The East India Company was a British joint stock company created to carry out trade with the East Indies (a term used to describe South and South East Asia), but which mainly traded with the Indian subcontinent. The East India... Read More →
August 18
On 18th August 1945 it was reported that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was seriously injured and badly burned in a plane crash in Taihoku airport, Taiwan and is believed to have passed away in a nearby Japanese military hospital. Subhas Chandra Bose, fondly known as Netaji, was an important Indian Nationalist leader who fought for Indian Independence from the British during... Read More →
August 17
On 17th August 1947 the Radcliffe Line was declared as the boundary between India and Pakistan, following the Partition of India. The line is named after Sir Cyril Radcliffe who was commissioned to equitably divide 4,50,000 km sq of territory with 88 million people. The idea behind the Radcliffe Line was to create a boundary which would divide India along religious demographics,... Read More →
August 16
On 16th August 1958 Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed film Pather Panchali won the top five awards at the Vancouver Film Festival, including an award for Feature Length Motion Picture. Apart from that, Pather Panchali got an honourary mention at the film festival as well. Pather Panchali, which means “Song of the Little Road”, is a Bengali film directed by... Read More →
August 15
On 15 August 1947, India after Partition was declared independent of British rule and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of independent India. Independence of India was preceded by the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics. The partition of the country gave birth to the Dominion of Pakistan, a new homeland for... Read More →
August 14
On 14th August 1957, Bollywood actor and comedian Johnny Lever was born in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh. Lever is one of India’s most popular comedians and has been a source of inspiration for many other Indian comedians. Born as John Prakasa Rao Janumala, Johnny Lever grew up in Mumbai where he attended the Andhra Telugu School. Because of financial... Read More →
August 13
On 13th August 1997 the Women’s Reservation Bill which had been introduced in 1996 was put on the back burner under Prime Minister I.K Gujral’s government. The Women’s Reservation Bill (WRB), also known as The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill is a pending bill which aims at amending the Constitution of India to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lok Sabha... Read More →
August 13
On 13th August 1997 the Women’s Reservation Bill which had been introduced in 1996 was put on the back burner under Prime Minister I.K Gujral’s government. The Women’s Reservation Bill (WRB), also known as The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill is a pending bill which aims at amending the Constitution of India to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lok Sabha... Read More →
