29-12-2017, 04:26 PM
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsar
*He was born in Bengal (1836)
*Ramakrishna Parama Hamsa was a poor priest at the Kali temple in Dakshineswar near Culcutta.
*His early name was Gadhadhar Chatterjee.
*Rama Krishna Parama Hamsa is known as ‘saint of Dakshineswara’.
*Guru of Swami Vivekananda
Ans : Sree Ramakrishna Paramahamsar
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
*The leader of Muslim renaissance movement
Ans : Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
*Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was the founder of Aligarh Movement.
*Nawab Abdul Lathif founded Muhammadan Literary Society to promote the cause of education and Hindu Muslim Unity.
*Muhammadan Literary Society was founded in the year 1863 at Calcutta.
*Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded ‘Scientific Society’ in 1864 for the upliftment of Muslim Society.
*Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College was started by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. It became Aligarh Muslim University.
*Sir Syed Ahammed Khan also condemned the slavery and described it as un-Islamic.
Rare Info
*'Tahdhib-ul-Akhlaq' magazine was published by
Ans : Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Veeresalingam Pantalu
*The social reformer started renaissance movement in Andra Pradesh - Veeresalingam Pantalu
*The magazine ‘ Viveka Vardhini’ started by
Ans : Veeresalingam Pantalu
*The founder of the organisation ‘Hithakarini Samajam’
Ans : Veeresalingam Pantalu
*Veeresalingam Pantalu was known as the “Vidyasagar of the South India”.
Mahatma Gandhi
*Name - Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi
*Born on - 2nd October 1869
*Father - Karam Chand
*Mother - Putilibai
*Wife - Kasturba Gandhi
*Birth place of Gandhiji - Porbandhar
*Ancient name of Porbandhar - Sudhamapuri
*Gandhiji went to South Africa to practice law in 1893.
*He started Natal Indian Congress and a paper called Indian Opinion.
*Gandhiji experimented the weapon of Satyagraha for the first time in South Africa.
*Gandhiji started Tolstoy farm at Johannasburg in South Africa.
*The Phoenix settlement, started by Gandhiji is at Durban (South Africa).
*Gandhiji returned to India on 9th January 1915 leaving South Africa for ever. This day is observed as ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’
*Gandhiji started Satyagrahasrama on the banks of the river Sabarmathi.
*Harijan Sevak Sangh was founded in 1932.
*The basic education policy formulated by Gandhiji
Ans : Wardha scheme of Education
*Gandhiji was assassinated on 30th January 1948 by Nadhuram Vinayak Godse.
*The last words of Gandhiji
Ans :‘ Hey Ram’ ‘Hey Ram’.
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel is called as Indian Bismark and Iron Man of India.
*Gandhi was nominated five times for Nobel prize (1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and 1948)
Books about Gandhi
Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography
Ans : Pramod Kapoor
*Waiting for the Mahatma
Ans : R.K.
*'The Men who killed Mahatma Gandhi'
*In search of Gandhi
*Gandhi and Godse
*Gandhi and Stalin
*The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
*A Week with Gandhi
*At the feet of Gandhi
*Day to Day with Gandhi
*Gandhi and Anarchy in India
*I follow Mahatma
