Personality or Event of the day GANDHI-IRWIN PACT

March 05, 1931 - Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed Signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin focussed on free use of salt by the poorest of Indians and release of political prisoners Click the following to see more on this topic: PROFILE          CROSSWORD          QUIZ          VIDEOS

Personality or Event of the day P.S. ATHAVALE

(Born: 19 October 1920 – Died: 25 October 2003) It was announced on March 5, 1997 that he had been selected to receive the 1997 John M. Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, valued at USD 1.2 million Indian philosopher, spiritual leader, social activist and Hinduism reformist. Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1997   Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, 1999 Padma Vibhushan Award, in 1999. Click the following to see more on this topic: PROFILE          CROSSWORD          QUIZ          VIDEOS

Personality or Event of the day BIJU PATNAIK

(Born: 5 March 1916 – Died: 17 April 1997) Birth Anniversary 'Son' of Odisha and 'Bhoomi Putra' of Indonesia First Pilot turned Politician He helped airlift the first Indian soldiers into Srinagar after the Pakistani tribesmen attacked Kashmir soon after partition.   Click the following to see more on this topic: PROFILE          CROSSWORD          QUIZ          VIDEOS