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Swami Omkarananda was born in 1956 in a village near Coimbatore to Vaidhyanatha Ganapadi and Alamelu Ammal. It was a family of traditional Vedic scholars and hence naturally poor. Goshteswara Sharma was the name given by his parents and he grew up mastering Vedic recitation and rituals.

रामचरितमानस के अब तक जितने भी संस्करण निकले हैं, उनमें गीता प्रेस द्वारा प्रकाशित मानस सर्वोत्कृष्ट और प्रामाणिक है। शुद्ध पाठ के अलावा इसमें जितने रेखा चित्र और रंगीन चित्र दिए गए हैं, उतने शायद ही मानस के किसी संस्करण में हों। सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि मानस के प्रकाशन के लिए भाईजी और उनके सहयोगियों ने काफी शोध और अध्ययन किया। जगह-जगह से पाण्डुलिपियों की नकल मंगाई, तब जाकर इसे प्रकाशित किया जा सका।

Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Maurya dynasty which ruled the ancient kingdom of Magadha from around 321 BC to 185 BC.

Chandragupta Maurya can also be said to be the foremost of the ancient Indian rulers who ruled over the maximum amount of known territory in Bharatvarsha (India). His territories extended from present-day Afghanistan-Pakistan to the southern Indian state of Karnataka and right up to the east as far as Bengal and Assam.

Bhagwan Adi Shankaracharya (Adi Shankara) walked the earth at a time when Hindu Dharma was being challenged by Jain, Buddhist faiths, and other avedic (non-Vedic) faiths totaling 72. He is credited with having reformed and revived Hindu Dharma. He propagated Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic philosophy). He also unified Bharat by spreading his Vedic teachings across the length and breadth of Bharatvarsh.

In Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal taluk, a historian has erected a museum in the memory of a 16th-century warrior queen. The man behind the museum, called Tulu Baduku Museum, is Prof. Thukaram Poojary and his subject is Rani Abbakka Chowta of Ullal.

Born in the village of Chondi in Jamkhed, Ahmednagar, Maharani Ahilyabai or as she was fondly referred to Rajmata Ahilyabai Holkar was the Holkar Queen of the Malwa kingdom. Her father, Mankoji Rao Shinde, was the Patil (chief) of the village. Despite women’s education being a far cry in the village, her father homeschooled her to read and write.

One thing that the Bengal political violence has exposed is the inability of the Bharatiya state to protect its own citizens, even in times of political stability. In times of political instability, insurgency or even religious conflict, the Bharatiya state’s inability to protect its citizens is well-documented. This certainly does not mean that the Republic of Bharat cannot protect itself and its integrity from external threats. The armed forces are well trained but won’t act against Bharatiya citizens and even if deployed, do not come into picture until most of the damage is done.

हमेशा से इस देश मे अलगाव की बात करने वालों को Z सुरक्षा दी जाती रही, देश के रक्षको को घायल करते पत्थरबाज़ों को सराहा जाता रहा, दुर्दांत दहशतगर्दों के लिए आधी रात अदालतें लगती रहीं, बौद्धों का क़त्ल कर के दूसरे देश से आये कातिलों को बसाया जाता रहा। मगर केवल एक नाम से इतनी चिढ़ बनाये रहे कि 75 वर्ष से उसको ही नफरत का प्रतीक घोषित किये रहे। वो नाम जो भारत के विभाजन से दुखी था, वो नाम जो हमेशा अखण्ड भारत का सपना देखता रहा, यहां तक कि मृत्यु के बाद भी।।। ये बात हो रही है नाथूराम गोडसे की जिनका जन्म आज ही के दिन मतलब 19 मई सन 2010 में हुआ था।

Which Hindu wouldn’t have heard the name of Gita Press Gorakhpur? Which Hindu household wouldn’t have at least one publication from it – Gita, Mahabharata, Upanishadas, or at least the Hanuman Chalisa booklet – from over 2,000 sacred granthas published by it in over 20 languages? 'Gita Press' - This name in itself is its complete introduction. This institution is the very image of the divine resolve which worked as the motivating force for its establishment.

Birsa Munda was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero belonging to the Munda tribe of the Chhotanagpur Plateau area. In the 19th century, Birsa Munda started a tribal religious Millenarian Movement in the Bengal Presidency (Present-day Jharkhand).