On August 15, 1949, the National Museum, New Delhi, was inaugurated in the Rashtrapati Bhawan by Shri C. Rajagopalachari, the Governor-General of India.
The Museum presently holds approximately 2,00,000 objects of diverse nature, both Indian as well as foreign, and its holdings cover a time span of more than five thousand years of Indian cultural heritage.Courtesy: Mr.Basakaran , SIPA
The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Hyderabad. It is one of the three National Museums of India. Originally a private art collection of the Salar Jung family, it was endowed to the nation after the death of Salar Jung III.
It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artifacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe, and North America.
One of the most significant possessions of the museum is the sculpture of Veiled Rebecca by Italian sculptor Giovanni Maria Benzoni. It is one of four copies made by the sculptor.Courtesy: Mr.Basakaran , SIPA
Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Kolkata, Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world.
With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the Museum movement started rolling in India and through the years from then, got a new fillip and great momentum. Since then, it has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country. It was the beginning of a significant epoch initiating the socio-cultural and scientific achievements of the country. It is otherwise considered as the beginning of the modernity and the end of mediaeval era.Courtesy: Mr.Basakaran , SIPA
Kutch Museum is located in Bhuj, Kutch district of Gujarat, India. It is the oldest museum of Gujarat which was founded in 1877. It was earlier known as Fergusson Museum.
The museum has the largest existing collection of Kshatrapa inscriptions, dating to the 1st century. The archaeological section has Indus seals. Different kinds of stone tablets are available also. The painting showing the different vocations of Kutch are on the display. There is also an excellent section which covers classical and musical instruments like Nagfani, Morchang and many others, which are put on the display of the museum.
On the ground floor of the museum, in the center room, ‘Airavat’ is displayed. ‘Airavat’ is a carved, wooden, snow white Indian elephant with seven tusks. ‘Airavat’ was prepared in Mandvi in the 18th century, in the worship of Tirthankar. The rest of its body is painted with flowers.
The oldest museum of Gujarat, Kutch Museum was also the first museum of India to become online virtual museum in 2010.
Courtesy: Mr.Basakaran , SIPA
A commemorative postage stamp Issued on (27/July/1989) fifty years of Anniversary Central Reserve Police force ( CRPF) / The design of the stamp depicts the late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inspecting CRPF Guard of Honour at Neemuch in 1954 / CRPF is India's largest central Armed Police Force.It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/ Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency.It came into existence as the Crown . Representative's Police on 27/July/1939.After Indian the Central Reserve Police Force on enactment of the CRPF Act on 28/December/1949 .
Courtesy: Mr. Bibhuti Mohan Mohanty
Shriram Sharma (also known as Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya) was an Indian seer, sage, a prominent philosopher, a visionary of the New Golden Era, and the Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar, which has its headquarters at Shantikunj, Haridwar.
Courtesy: Mr.Basakaran , SIPA
On 26th July 1951, Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premiered in London, England, United Kingdom.
Courtesy: Mr.Apijit, SIPA
Burn on 26th July, George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American adventurer, lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. One of his many paintings from his period of American life, is shown on this US stamp.
Courtesy: Mr.Apijit, SIPA
26th July is Liberia Day. It began in the early 19th century as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa. Between 1822 and 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-bor1n people of color who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. The Liberian constitution and flag were modeled after those of the U.S., while its capital was named after ACS supporter and U.S. President James Monroe, as Monrovia . Liberia declared its independence on July 26, 1847, which the U.S. did not recognize until February 5, 1862, after January 3, 1848, when Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a wealthy, free-born African American originally from Virginia , was elected the first president . In the period from 1881 to 1914, when foreign colonies in Africa grew from 10% to 90% of all countries in Africa, Liberia was the only new country to remain free.
On 27th July 1949, the Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, (the engines of which are shown on this British stamp) , the first jet-powered airliner, was conducted. However it was not till 1952 that Comets were used for Commercial flights.
Courtesy: Mr.Magesh Parek , SIPA
*A. P. J. Abdul Kalam,* passed away on 27 July 2015, was an aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the next four decades as a scientist and science administrator, mainly at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts. He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. Courtesy : Mr.Rajeev Kholi.
On 26th July 1951, Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premiered in London, England, United Kingdom.
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