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    Topic -Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak   freedom fighter   Indian freedom movement   Prelims          GS1 mains      GS4 main   Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born  in Maharashtra in 1856and become graduate from the Bombay university. His leadership role started since graduation and devoted his entire life for the freedom of India. He played an important role in the first phase of Indian National Movement some of them are given below- In 1880s - he helped in founding new English school called Fergusson College. He published two newspapers in different language Maharatta  in English & Kesari in Marathi language In1889, he edited Kesari, to encourage people to become courageous, self- reliant, and selfless fighters for India's  freedom. In 1893 , he started using traditional religious Ganapati Festivals to propagate nationalists ideas through songs and speeches. In 1895, he s...

Topic         Rural Tourism      Tourism and Ecotourism   Prelims             GS1 paper  Pochampally Village and Ikat style of Sarees The Pochampally village of Nalgonda district of Telangana state has been selected as "The Best Tourism Village" by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation ( UNWTO) for the year 2021, (in Madrid Spain on 2nd December award was given ) , for its unique style of weaving sarees called Ikat. It is also referred as Silk city of India for its exquisite sarees. Pochampally is known for its exquisite sarees that are woven through a unique style called Ikat. This style Pochampally Ikat received Geographical Indication in 2004. Pochampally is also known as Bhoodan Pochampally to commemorate the Bhoodan Movement that  was launched by " Acharya Vinobha Bhave" from this village om April 18th 1951. Ikat is a Malasian and Indonesian word which means "Tie and Die"  The bes...

Topics -     Modern  Indian history     religious movement     mains paper GS 1 Paramhans Mandali In Maharastra, in 1940, religious reform was begun by this mandali which aim was to fight against caste system and  idolatry.  Lokhit Wadi- In this respect Lokhit wadi was written by the Gopal Hari  Deshmukh in Marathi language to p attack on Hindu orthodoxy, and preached religious and social equality.    Prarthana Samaj The powerful leaders of this movement was R.G.Bhandarkar and Mahadev Govind Ranade.  It was influenced by Brahmo Samaj.  It preached worship of one God.  It wanted to free religion from caste orthodoxy and priestly dominant.  Read More》》 Brahmo Samaj 

Poona Sarvajanik Sabha  It was organized by Justice Ranade and others in 1870 in Poona ( Maharastra).  Indian Association Of Calcutta   It was founded by Surendranath Banerjea and Anand Mohan Bose in July 1876 in Calcutta, West Bengal. Many branches of it were opened in villages and many other towns outside Bengal. Low membership fee was to attract poorer classes.  Surendra nath Banerjea was India's first Indian Civil service officer who became political leader. Madras Mahajan Sabha It was organized in 1884, in Madras ( now Chennai) Tamilnadu by M. Viraraghavachari, G Subramanyam Iyer, Ananda Charlu and others.  Bombay Presidency Sabha This Sabha was organised in 1885,  Bombay ( now Mumbai,Maharastra)  Pherozashah Mehta, K.T. Telang, Badruddin Tyabji and others.

Topic     Arts and Culture       Prelims               Mains GS1  Manipur Basanta Raasa : it is related to the Radha and Krishna performed by the group of youth in which a dressed Krishna danced among Gopiyan including Radha. Nagaland  Kabui Naga Dance : It is a folk dance with songs  Mizoram Bamboo Dance : it is a folk dance of Mizoram community performed by team using bamboo sticks Sikkim: Nepali Dance: women dance performed by two woman

Topic-    wildlife conservation   Flora and fauna     wildlife resources   Prelims   GS1 mains   Geography of India   Issues related to wildlife : there are few things that poses life threats to wildlife.  Illegal mining  Illegal construction  Illegal deforestation  Animal trafficking  Poaching of wildlife  Electrocution to protect crops from animal posing life threats  Man animal conflict  Territory conflict amongst animal  Chief wildlife warden The act states that ' chief wildlife warden of the state, if he is satisfied that any wild animal specified in schedule 1 has become dangerous to human life or is so disabled or diseased as to be beyond recovery, by order in writing and stating the reason, therefore, permit any person to hunt such animal or cause such animal to be hunted.' Chief wildlife warden,  through the invocation of clause 11 (1) of the wildlife protection act 1972, can declare ...

  Topic - Subash Chandra Bose  freedom fighter   Indian freedom movement   Prelims         GS1 mains     GS4 main   Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose  Indian Civil Service officer (I.C.S ) He was born at 24 Pargana district in West Bengal on 23 January, 1869,  and his father name was Sri Janaki Nath who liked the English education so he admitted to all his sons in European School and then send to Europe for higher education.  Subhash passed his metric  and intermediate exam at Katak in Odisha and then got admitted in the Presidency college for B.A. in Calcutta and in 1918 after clearing his B.A., he was enrolled in For M.A in Scottish church college.  Once, in the search of spiritual teacher leaved his house without informing any one and went to Haridwar, Vrindavan, Kashi and Buddha Gaya and then return.  His friends, whenever calling him Sanyasi he was feeling great happiness.  His parents wanted to see...

  India's import from  Persian Gulf : pearls, raw silk, wool, dates, dried fruits, and rose water  Arabia : coffee, gold, drugs  honey. China : tea, sugar, porcelain, silk  Tibet : Musk, gold and woollen clothes  Singapore : tin  Indonesia : spices, perfumes, arrack, sugar Africa : ivory and drugs  Europe : woollen cloth, metal such as iron and lead and paper. India's export  Most important cotton textiles were famous all over world for their excellence. Raw silk, silk fabrics, hardware, indigo, saltpetre, opium, rice, wheat, sugar, pepper and spices, precious stones and drugs. India was a large scale manufacturer of cotton and silk fabrics, sugar, jute, dry-stuffs, mineral and metallic products like arms, metalware and saltpetre and oils.  The important centres of textile industry were in Bengal : Dacca and Murshidabad; Bihar : Patna; Gujarat : Surat  ,Ahmedabad, And Broach; Madhya Pradesh : Chanderi; Maharashtra : Burhanpur; Uttar...

Topic-  Conservation of flora & fauna                                       Geographical features                                                                          wildlife resources           JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK It was established in 1936 as Hailey national park after Malcolm Hailey, the governor of the then Uttar Pradesh province. After independence, it was renamed as Ramganga National Park in 1994-55 as the river Ramganga flows through it. In the following year ( means in the next year 1995-56), it was renamed as Corbett Tiger Reserve after hunter and writer Edward Jim Corbett. Features:  the reserve is spread over 520 square-kilometre. river Ramganga f...

Topic-               prelims   tourism and Eco tourism  Paper GS 1     tourism industry      astro tourism   Astro-visit through telescope  Source: Hindustan Times  What is Astro-village? A village which is being use to see the sky, stars, planets and others in nights through telescope is known as Astro-village.  Takula Astro village in kumaon region of Uttarakhand state being developed as a tourist place for night visit of celestial bodies as astrological point of view to attract tourist to see stars, planets, night sky with the help of telescope. This  Takula village is located at an elevation of 1, 958  meters above mean sea level at Bhimtal block in Nainital district .   The village will provide a clear and mesmerizing view of the night sky for the visitors for whom glass house and Cafe also being developed.  The telescope to be installed by the district departmen...

  Topics -     Modern  Indian history     religious movement     mains paper GS 1 It is a societal component of Brahmoism, which began as monotheistic ( believe in one ) reformist movement of the Hindu religion. It was founded by the Ram Mohan Roy on 28 August 1828 Culcutta British India. It is practised today mainly as the Adi Dharma. Ram Mohan Ray Ram Mohan Ray was the first awakened great Indian leader and social thinker dedicated his life for his people and country and worked hard to change the society, religious illness, and for  intellectual development and political upliftment of people. He was deeply pained by the caste system of the society and corrupt priests. He was scholar who possessed great skill in languages he knew dozens of languages like Sanskrit  Persian, Arabic English, French,Latin, Greek and Hebrew.  He has studied Hindu philosophy and Quran etc. Raja ram Mohan Ray possessed great love and respect for the ...

Topic       Mains paper GS-2         Issues related to poverty and hunger  "Nothing is more dreadfully painful than poverty "   sage poet Tiruvallur. "Poverty gives rise to sorrow and hunger is the worst of disease"  -  the Buddha    Sustainable Development Goals 1: no poverty  Sustainable Development Goals 2: zero hunger  Issues :  Malnutrition in India India ranks 94th among 107 countries on the global hunger index , which classifies the country having a serious level of hunger. Global hunger index is based on four component indicators: Undernourishment: the share of the population that is undernourished. Child wasting : the share of children under the age of five that are wasted means their weight is lower in comparison to their ages. Child stunting: the share of children under the age of five years who are stunted, means the child has lower height in comparison of age. Child mortality: the mort...

Indian Pangolins : are found in gautam buddha Nagar Uttar Pradesh which is protected under the Wildlife protection act 1972 in schedule 1. Pangolins are among the most trafficked animal. Ants being its primary prey, the tongue of a pangolin is longer than its body to help it catch as many as 20,000 ants per day. The species is threatened due toits scale made of keratin-- much like human nails. Schedule 1 : it gives the highest level of protection to animal.  Noida has 3 protected animal in schedule 1: Spotted deer (cheetal) Blackbuck  Indian pangolin  Noida has other animal:such as Bengal fox Sahi Wild boar