Who is the Indian known as "Tiger Mysore"?

Samudargupta

Akbar

Tipu Siltan

Dhananand

Correct Answer : Tipu Siltan

Published On : May 29, 2021

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Freedom fighter, Gopinathan Nair when did passed away at the age of 99 years?

4th July 2022

5th July 2022

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7th July 2022

Correct Answer : 5th July 2022

Freedom fighter and Gandhian P Gopinathan Nair died here on Tuesday(5th July 2022). He was 99. He died in a private hospital at Neyyattinkara on Tuesday(5th july 2022) due to age-related ailments. He was the recipient of Padma Shri Award in 2016.

A devoted Gandhian, he spent his life disseminating the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Gandhian ways of life. He had participated in the Quit India movement in 1942 and had worked along with freedom activist Vinoba Bhave in Bhoodan and Gramdan movements.

When Gandhi came to Kerala, Nair got to see him from close quarters and was inspired by his scruples and emulated it in his life. A staunch advocate of peace, he was chosen as the mediator to abate Maradu riots by the state government. He had served as the president of Gandhi Sevagram Ashram for 11 years.

He was born in Neyyattinkara in 1922. His studies at Santhinikethan left a huge influence on him. He became a research student at Visva Bharati University in 1946-48. He started off his works in Kerala by being a part of Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, formed under renaissance leader K Kelappan in 1951.

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled the death of Nair. In his condolence message, Vijayan said that Nair was a link that connected the present age to the era of freedom struggle.

"He followed Gandhian ideals in his personal and public life. He owned a persona that was pure and transparent. With his demise, we have lost an exemplary personality who was an inexhaustible source of inspiration to Gandhian movements," said Vijayan..

Source : India Times

Published On : July 7, 2022

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When is the death anniversary of Khudiram Bose, youngest freedom fighter, observed?

August 9th

August 10th

August 11th

August 12th

Correct Answer : August 11th

Khudiram Bose was a freedom fighter who laid down his life for India’s Independence from British rule. On August 11, 1908, he was executed by the British Colonial state for his involvement in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case. He was just 18 years old when he was executed by the British Colonial State.

Published On : August 11, 2021

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Jayanti was celebrated on which date?

July 20

July 21

July 22

July 23

Correct Answer : July 23

Tributes were paid to Lokmanya Tilak on his Jayanti. Bal Gangadhar Tilak (or Lokmanya Tilak, 23 July 1856 - 1 August 1920), born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and independence activist.

Published On : July 26, 2021

Category : Freedom Fighters