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Ramaswamy Reddy became the Chief Minister or Premier of Madras on 23 March 1947 and was in power till 6 April 1949. During his tenure, the Madras Temple Entry Authorization Act 1947 was passed. This act was intended to give Dalits and other prohibited Hindus full and complete rights to enter Hindu temples. The Devadasi Dedication Abolition Act of 1947 put an end to the devadasi system that was in vogue in many Hindu temples.
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The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita ('The Song by God'), often referred to as the Gita is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of Bhishma Parva), dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE and exemplary for the emerging Hindu synthesis. It is considered to be one of the holy scriptures for Hinduism.
The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. At the start of the Dharma Yuddha (righteous war) between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is filled with moral dilemma and despair about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his own kin. He wonders if he should renounce and seeks Krishna's counsel, whose answers and discourse constitute the Bhagavad Gita.
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Ahilyabai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795) was the hereditary noble sardar of the Maratha Empire. She moved the seat of her kingdom to Maheshwar, south of Indore on the Narmada River.
Ahilyabai's husband Khanderao Holkar was killed in the battle of Kumher in 1754. She took over the affairs of Holkar fief. She tried to protect her land from plundering invaders. She personally led armies into battle.
Ahilyabai was a great pioneer and builder of Hindu temples. She built hundreds of temples and Dharmashalas throughout India. Her greatest achievement was to rebuild the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1780, which was dedicated to Shiva; the presiding deity of the city of Varanasi, one of the holiest Hindu sites of pilgrimage, that had been plundered, desecrated, demolished & converted into Gyanvapi Mosque on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1696.
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Kasturiranga Santhanam (1895 – 28 February 1980), was a politician. He was a conservative Iyengar from Tamil Nadu and acquired the appellation 'Pandit' for his erudition.
After getting Law degree, he joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the Indian Independence Movement at a young age and was imprisoned once for that. He was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and his wife died while at the Gandhi Ashram, while he was in jail. From 1937 to 1942, he was a member of the Imperial Legislative Assembly, and from 1946 was a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly, from 1948 serving as Union Minister for Railways and Transport in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
Santhanam was also instrumental in shaping the politics in post-Independence Tamil Nadu, through his close association with Rajaji and Kamaraj. He served as the first editor of the Indian Express (1933–1940) and later worked as the joint editor of the Hindustan Times (1943–1948). He was well-versed in Tamil, Sanskrit, and English. His literary contributions are many. Most of Santhanam's work was published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, including An Anthology of Indian Literature (1969), Gospel of Gandhi (1967), and British Imperialism and Indian Nationalism (1972). Santhanam also translated K─Бlid─Бsa's Shakuntala and Bhavabuti's Uttara Rama Charitam, both from Sanskrit.
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"Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795) was the Holkar Queen of the Maratha Malwa kingdom, India. Rajmata Ahilyabai was born in the village of Chondi in Jamkhed, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. She moved the capital to Maheshwar south of Indore on the Narmada River.
Ahilyabai's husband Khanderao Holkar was killed in the battle of Kumbher in 1754. Twelve years later, her father-in-law, Malhar Rao Holkar, died. A year after that she was crowned as the queen of the Malwa kingdom. She tried to protect her kingdom from plundering invaders. She personally led armies into battle. She appointed Tukojirao Holkar as the Chief of Army.
Rani Ahilyabai was a great pioneer and builder of Hindu temples. She built hundreds of temples and Dharmashalas throughout India.
Ahilyabai was born on 31 May 1725 in the village of Chaundi, in the present-day Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Her father, Mankoji Rao Shinde, was the Patil of the village. Women then did not go to school, but Ahilyabai's father taught her to read and write.
Her entrance on to the stage of history was something of an accident: Malhar Rao Holkar, a commander in the service of the Maratha Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao and lord of the Malwa territory, stopped in Chaundi on his way to Pune and, according to legend, saw the eight-year-old Ahilyabai at the temple service in the village. Recognising her piety and her character, he brought the girl to the Holkar territory as a bride for his son, Khanderao (1723–1754). She was married to Khanderao Holkar in 1733. In 1745, she gave birth to their son Malerao and in 1748, a daughter Muktabai. Malerao was mentally unwell and died of his illness in 1767. Ahilyabai broke another tradition when she married her daughter to Yashwantrao a brave but poor man after he succeeded in defeating the dacoits.
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The British Indian Army (also known as the Indian Army) was the main army of the British in India before 1947. This army was responsible for the defense of the British India and the Princely states (many of which had their own armies).
The “Indianisation” meant the process of introducing Indians into the Commissioned ranks of the defence forces in India. The First World War saw the brave contribution of Indian troops who eventually looked forward to be treated equally like their British colleagues. Gradually, steps were taken towards that direction in the Army. Through the replacement of British officers with Indians remained a matter of dispute.
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*Birth Anniversary of Thiru Muruga Kirupanandha Variyar*
Kirupanandha Variyar was an Indian spiritual leader who was popularly called as Variyar Swamigal. He was born on 25th August 1906 in Kangeyanallur near Vellore in Tamil Nadu. His parents were Siva Thiru Mallayadasa Bhagavathar and Madhu Shri Kanagavalli Ammaiyar.
His father was a great scholar and has established Thiruppugazh Sabhas (platform for singers and students to learn Thiruppugazh). He was a great scholar, his knowledge and wisdom in Purana, ethics and literature were unlimited. Hence, he was conferred with the title "Puranethikasa Paarangathar".
Madhu Shri Kanagavalli Ammaiyar, mother of Swamigal was a noble, highly disciplined, calm and affectionate holy woman. Her kindness and helping tendency towards mankind particularly towards the poor, was endless.
Kirupanandha Variyar had 10 siblings and he was the fourth among them. He did not get any formal education at school. He learned education, literature, music, and grammar from his father.
He could write poetry when he was just eight years old. He wrote the books Sivalinga Bandams, Vel, Mayil Ashta Naga Bandham when he was 12 years old. He was a very brilliant childhood prodigy. When he was 19 years old, he married his uncle’s daughter Amirtha Lakshmi. He was not blessed with any children.
He started the monthly magazine Thiruppugazh Amirtham in 1936 and continued the edition for 37 years. The contents of this magazine was a comprehensive elaborate detailed description of songs in Thiruppugazh and other verses from Arunagirinathar’s like Kandar Alangaram, stories emphasizing morality and chastity, and short literary composition of other scholars.
He was called as Deiva Thiru Muruga Kirupanandha Variyar Swamigal. His devotional activities, deep knowledge, and practice of literature and music, made him very popular. He had the extraordinary power of memory and great knowledge of religious texts.
Variyar held woman in high respect. If anyone spoke ill of women, Variyar would explain with reason why a woman should be treated with respect, dignity, love, and understanding. If a wife sheds tear, that home would never prosper” he used to say. It was Variyar who first brought out the idea of putting mother’s name as the initial for the child.
He wrote the screenplay for the film Sivakavi and has acted in some films like Thunaivan, Miruthanga Chakravarthi, Navagraha Nayagi, Kandhar Alangaram, Thiruvarul, etc. He had great compassion for poor, needy and helpless people. He worked hard to provide shelter for aged people irrespective of religion, caste or creed. He also started Ramakrishna Kudil and Thirupparai Thurai and provided asylum for orphaned children.
He spearheaded many temple renovations such as Vallimalai Raja Gopuram, Kangeyanallur Murugan Temple Renovation, Samayapuram Renovation, Chennai Kuyapettai Raja gopuram renovation, Kovai Thadagam Road Bala Dhandayuthapani Renovation, etc.
Many titles and awards were conferred on him, that include Esai Perarignar Award by Chennai Tamizhisai Mandram, Thiruppani Chakravarthi, Sorpozhivu Vallal, Saraswathi Kadakshamrutham, Pravachana Samrat, Thiruppugazh Jothi, Arul Mozhi Arasu, honored with Golden Flower by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. G. R., Tamizh Peravai Chemmail award from Madurai Kamarasar University, Ilakkiya Mudu Munaivar award from Tanjore University, etc.
He passed away on 7th November 1993 at the age of 87.
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