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You couldn't build Ram Temple in 5 yrs and now you want to make Vidyasagar
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): The war of words over the vandalisation of the bust of Bengal Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar escalated on Thursday with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a liar and rejecting his offer to build a grand statu
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day pol
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
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Kolkata: Mamata holds 7-km march to protest roadshow violence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow took a violent turn, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a march here on Wednesday to protest against the clashes that took place, including vandalisation of social reformer Ishwar Chan
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CPM says vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust 'despicable', demands EC probe
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the bust of 19th-century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and demanded the Election Commission to launch an investigation into the violent clashes
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Ambedkar Jayanti: President, PM pay tribute to architect of Indian Constit
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Dalit social reformer and father of the Indian Constitution Dr. BR Ambedkar on his 128th birth anniversary, also known as Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti.
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Kumbh Mela is a kind of social reformation: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Kumbh Mela 2019 at Prayagraj is a kind of social reformation.
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No reason for anyone to object to RSS principles: VP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday recalled his association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said that the organisation is all about self-discipline, self-respect, self-defence, self- reliance, social reform, social consciousness, social
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Hindu Mahasabha requests Veer Savarkar's picture on currency
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has requested the Central government to replace the picture of Mahatma Gandhi from the Indian currency with the picture of social reformer Veer Savarkar.
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Mann Ki Baat: PM remembers Veer Savarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 27(ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered social reformer Veer Savarkar and said it was the latter who boldly expostulated that whatever happened in 1857 was not a revolt but was indeed the First War of Independence.
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Google pays tribute to Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Google Doodle on Tuesday remembered social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his 246th birth anniversary.
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Pakistan's first school for transgenders to open on April 15
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Walking on the path of social reform, Pakistan is to inaugurate country's first ever institute for educational and vocational training for transgender community.
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Google Doodle marks Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay's 115th birth anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Google on Tuesday dedicated its quirky and creative doodle to mark the 115th birth anniversary of India's social reformer and freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.
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