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Jul 18

Today is Jayanti of Dr. Kadambini Ganguly, one of the first woman to receive a medical degree in India, along with Anandibai Joshi, the first ever lady graduate from Kolkata University and the first lady doctor from Kolkata Medical College.

While Anandibai Joshi got her degree from an American university, Kadambini received hers from an Indian college. Also Anandibai could not practice much after graduation, as she passed away due to ill health.

She was born on 18th July 1861, in Bhagalpur, to Braja Kishore Basu, a school teacher and a Brahmo by belief. Her family was originally from Barisal now in Bangladesh, and had migrated to Bhagalpur.

Her father along with Abhay Charan Mallick, started the movement for women’s rights in Bhagalpur, establishing the first ever woman’s organization in India in 1863.

In spite of lack of support for women’s education in upper class Bengali families, her father got her educated at the Banga Mahila Vidyalaya in Kolkata in 1876, now merged with Bethune School. In 1882 she along with Chandramukhi Basu became the first ever female graduates from Kolkata University, when she graduated with an arts degree.

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Jul 13

July 13, 1660

Battle of Paavan Khind.

300 Marathas vs 10,000 Adil Shahis, in a narrow pass called Ghor Khind, one man Baji Prabhu Deshpande, standing in the way, fighting till the end to protect Shivaji Maharaj. One of the greatest last man stands in history.

The Adil Shahis having had to taste many defeats at the hands of Shivaji Maharaj in Pratapgarh and Panhala, decided to go all out for one last offensive. Bijapur ruler Ali Adil Shah II even allied with the Mughals for this purpose.

The Mughals attacked from the North under Shaista Khan. The Adil Shahi offensive was led by Siddi Masud, the son-in-law of the famous Siddi Jauhar. And laid siege to the fort of Panhala with a huge 10,000 strong army. Around the same time two other Maratha sardars, Suryarao Surve and Jaswantrao Dalvi, who belonged to the Adilshahi side, also beseiged Vishalgadh.

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Jul 10

While we know about the 1857 Revolt, not many know of another revolt that preceeded it way back in 1806.

The Vellore Mutiny, by sepoys of the Madras Regiment, that took place on this date, was one of the very early revolts against British rule.

Vellore, a small city located in the northern part of Tamil Nadu, close to Andhra Pradesh border, so gets it’s name from the Velan trees surrounding it. Now known for it’s leather industry and the CMC Hospital, one of India’s leading healthcare providers.

And the famous Vellore Fort where the mutiny broke out. Built during the Vijayanagara Era in 1566 AD, it gained strategic importance, after Chandragiri became the capital, following the demise of Hampi, post Tallikota.

It was the site of a running feud between two factions of the Aravidu dynasty, claiming ownership to the title of Raya. The faction wars also pulled in other supporting parties, namely the Nayaks of Gingee, Thanjavur and Madurai.

There were regular clashes with the Adil Shahis of Bijapur, and in 1614 Sriranga Raya, the Vijayanagar Emperor was murdered by the rival faction, along with his family in the fort.

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Jul 8

Who is Zorawar Singh after whom the Indian army's indigenous Light Tank, designed by DRDO, named?

One of the greatest military generals of India,who served under the Dogra ruler Gulab Singh of Jammu, as Governor of Kishtwar, extending the territories of the kingdom beyond Ladakh and Baltistan.

He also attempted to conquer Western Tibet but was killed in the Battle of To-Yo on December 12, 1842. The conqueror of Ladakh, who strode across the Himalayas like a colossus, from Baltistan to Tibet, from Ladakh to Skardu.

He was born on September 1784 in a Rajput family at Kahluria , in the princely state of Bilaspur located in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh. His family migrated to Jammu, where he would take up service on comming of age under Raja Jaswant Singh of Marmathi, now in Doda dt.

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Jul 3

If you had travelled on the Chennai-Howrah route by train, you would have gone over one of these bridges on the Godavari river near Rajahmundry at sometime or other.

But how many of you know the history behind these iconic bridges?

Basically the Godavari river, after traversing through Maharashtra, Telangana, reaches it's widest point at Rajahmundry spanning 2.7km, as it breaks up into multiple tributaries after this, forming the fertile delta region of Konaseema.

The oldest bridge is the Havelock bridge, so named after Sir Arthur Havelock, then Governor of Madras. The construction commenced on Nov 11, 1897 and the bridge was open to traffic on August 30,1900. Frederick Walton was the Chief Engineer for the bridge.

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Jun 29

Somarama one of the Pancharama Kshetras in Andhra Pradesh, called so after the five temples dedicated to Shiva, in coastal Andhra. All Shiva linga at the five temples were apparently, derived from a single linga. Supposedly, this massive Shiva linga was owned by an Asura ruler Tarakasura, which made him practically invincible. It was finally Kumara Swamy who attacked Tarakasura and used his power to kill him.

However, Kumara Swamy discovered that the torn pieces of Tarakasura’s body would rejoin, repeatedly, making his efforts go futile. It was then on the advice of Lord Vishnu, to break the Shiva linga which Taraka was wearing into five pieces, that Kumara Swamy could destroy the Asura king.

He also cautioned Kumara Swamy, that the pieces of the linga would reunite, and hence should be fixed to the ground.

Soon Kumara Swamy, used the Agni-asthra, the weapon of fire, to break the Shiva linga into five pieces, which then Lord Surya erected by fastening them with nails and building temples over them. If one notices the five Shivalingas carefully, they have scaly markings, believed to be caused by the Agni-asthra.

Now, the five different temples are collectively called as Pancharamas (five places of rest). These are located at Draksharama, Amaravati( Amararama), Samarlakota( Kumara Rama), Bhimavaram(Somarama) and Palakollu(Ksheerarama).

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