By what name was Swami Shraddhanand known earlier in his life?
- A.Munshiram
- B.Mulshankar
- C.Narendranath
- D.Gadadhar
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Explanation
The correct answer is Munshiram. The President described his life as a journey from Munshiram to Mahatma Munshiram and finally to Swami Shraddhanand, and called that progression deeply inspiring. He dedicated himself to the service of the Vedas and to the upliftment of society, believed that ending untouchability and raising the condition of Dalits were the most necessary steps for the progress of the country, and held that the practice of untouchability was contrary to the core ideas of the Vedic tradition. He also revived and strengthened the Gurukul system of education. Options B, C and D are wrong: those names belong to other figures of Indian religious and social history and were not mentioned in connection with this centenary. For the examination, remember the sequence of the three names, since a question may give any one of them and ask for another.
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Practice Questions
The Balidan Shatabdi Samaroh attended by President Droupadi Murmu at Kurukshetra marked the martyrdom centenary of which reformer?
- A.Swami Vivekananda
- B.Swami Shraddhanand
- C.Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
- D.Swami Sahajanand
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The President attended the observance of the hundredth year of his martyrdom at Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and paid tribute to him.
Read the full explanation →Whose cause of reviving the ancient Aryan system of education did Swami Shraddhanand carry forward?
- A.Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- B.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- C.Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
- D.Jyotiba Phule
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The President said that Swami Shraddhanand made tireless efforts to revive the ancient Aryan system of education that Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati had championed, and that by reviving and strengthening the Gurukul system he breathed new life into the stream of Indian education and culture.
Read the full explanation →Who led the programme marking Rani Chennamma's birth anniversary at Prerana Sthal in the Parliament premises?
- A.Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways
- B.V. Somanna, Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti
- C.C.R. Patil, Minister of Jal Shakti
- D.Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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He addressed the gathering, greeted the country on the queen's birth anniversary and on the 202nd celebration of her victory against the British, and thanked those who made the event possible.
Read the full explanation →Rani Chennamma, whose birth anniversary and Victory Celebration were marked at Prerana Sthal, was the queen of which princely state?
- A.Kittur
- B.Jhansi
- C.Keladi
- D.Mysore
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The official account of the programme calls her Kittur Rani Chennamma and describes her as the brave queen of Kittur, the nation's unparalleled woman warrior who challenged an imperial power and stands in history as an immortal symbol of resistance.
Read the full explanation →Which Victory Celebration of Kittur Rani Chennamma was observed at the Parliament premises in New Delhi?
- A.The 150th
- B.The 175th
- C.The 200th
- D.The 202nd
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The ceremony at Prerana Sthal in the Parliament premises combined two occasions, the birth anniversary of Kittur Rani Chennamma and the 202nd Victory Celebration, or Vijayotsava, of her win against the British.
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