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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Feb 2022

Reference News:-President Ram Nath Kovind recently inaugurated the year-long celebration of the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Borphukan, commander of the Ahom forces and an icon of Assamese nationalism.Who was Lachit Borphukan?He was a commander

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 08, Feb 2022

Reference News:-Recently, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the heroes of freedom struggle on completion of the hundred years of Chauri Chaura incident.What is strong>Chauri Chaura incident?The incident (4th February, 1922) occurred at Chauri Chaura

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 31, Jan 2022

Launched in the early 20th century, the Swadeshi movement was a direct consequence of the British India government’s decision to partition Bengal. The two main goals of this movement were the use of Swadeshi goods and the boycott of foreign-made goods. Here in

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 18, Jan 2022

The United Kingdom-based Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has listed five sites with unusual features. These sites are associated with World War I and World War II.Among them is Nagaland’s Kohima War Cemetery.The Kohima War Cemetery is a m

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 21, Dec 2021

Reference News:-60th Goa Liberation Day was celebrated on 19th December, 2021 in commemoration of the Indian armed forces freeing Goa from Portuguese colonial rule.Why is this event significant?Although India attained independence from British rule back in 1947, i

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 09, Dec 2021

Reference News:-President Ram Nath Kovind recently visited Raigad Fort and paid tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Kingdoms and dynasties associated with the fort?The fort, which was earlier called Rairi, was the seat of the Maratha clan Shirke in the 1

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 04, Dec 2021

Reference News:Union Culture Minister recently made the following recommendation regarding the Paika Rebellion :“The 1817 Paika rebellion of Odisha could not be called the first war of Independence, but considering it as the beginning of a popular uprising against the

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 02, Dec 2021

Reference News:Central Information Commissioner (CIC) Uday Mahurkar recently said the era of V D Savarkar, known as the architect of Hindutva ideology, has already set in India and that his personality is above Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour.What’s the issue?

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Nov 2021

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently said that Chandragupta Maurya, who founded the Mauryan empire in the 4th century BC, had defeated Alexander of Macedon in battle — and yet, it is the latter whom historians have chosen to call “great

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 17, Nov 2021

Reference News:The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station.The station has been redeveloped at a cost of around Rs 100 crore with private participation — a first such large-scale PPP model&nb