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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Explanation
The correct answer is Swami Shraddhanand. The President attended the observance of the hundredth year of his martyrdom at Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and paid tribute to him. In her address she traced his life from Munshiram to Mahatma Munshiram and then to Swami Shraddhanand, said he had given himself to the service of the Vedas and the upliftment of society, and recalled his address from the platform of the Jama Masjid in Delhi urging goodwill and national unity. Option C is wrong although closely related: Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj and championed the ancient Aryan system of education, and Swami Shraddhanand carried that cause forward, but the centenary was not his. Options A and D are wrong because neither Swami Vivekananda nor Swami Sahajanand figures in this observance. Keep the pairing of the reformer with the Gurukul at Kurukshetra in mind.
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Practice Questions
By what name was Swami Shraddhanand known earlier in his life?
- A.Munshiram
- B.Mulshankar
- C.Narendranath
- D.Gadadhar
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The President described his life as a journey from Munshiram to Mahatma Munshiram and finally to Swami Shraddhanand, and called that progression deeply inspiring.
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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