Sunday, August 13, 2023

Major vibhuti dhoundiyal

 Maj Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal hailed from Dehradun in Uttarakhand and was born on 18 Dec 1987. Son of Shri OP Dhondiyal and Smt Saroj Dhondiyal, Maj Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal had three sisters and was the youngest among his siblings.


Dhoundiyal studied at the St. Joseph's Academy in Dehradun till Class 10 and moved to Pine Hall School for Classes 11 and 12. He completed his B.Sc from DAV PG College before joining the Indian Army. “He was passionate about joining the Army since childhood,” said his friend.

Who is the wife of Major Vibhuti Dhoundiyal?

Lt Nikita Kaul Dhoundiyal

Major Vibhuti Dhoundiya

On 17 February 2019, when the input of the presence of a terrorist group in a village was received, Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal planned a Battalion level operation. During the search, the officer was fired upon by terrorist hiding in a cow shed resulting in multiple gunshot injuries to him. Despite being severely injured, the officer maintained his tactical composure and retaliated against terrorist fire. Exhibiting utter disregard for his personal safety, the officer crawled closer to the cowshed in line of fire to bring down effective fire on hiding terrorists. Subsequently, when terrorists moved out of the cowshed firing indiscriminately, the officer fired on fleeing terrorists facilitating the elimination of one terrorist. The officer succumbed to his injuries at the operation site while fighting with terrorists. The terrorist eliminated was identified as a foreign terrorist , responsible for an IED attack on security forces.


 


For displaying conspicuous bravery and unparalleled courage resulting in the elimination of one terrorist Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal is recommended for the award of “Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)”.


Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Satish Dhawan

 He was a popular professor at the Indian Institute of Science, (IISc) located in Bangalore. He is credited for setting up the first supersonic wind tunnel in India at IISc. He also pioneered research on relaminarization of separated boundary layer flows, three-dimensional boundary layers and trisonic flows.

Prof. Satish Dhawan was an Indian rocket scientist who was born in Srinagar, India and educated in India and the United States. He is considered by the Indian scientific community to be the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India and one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers.

He succeeded Vikram Sarabhai, the founder of the Indian space programme, as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1972. He was also the Chairman of the Space Commission and Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Space. In the decade following his appointment he directed the Indian space programme through a period of extraordinary growth and spectacular achievement.

Even while he was the head of the Indian space programme, he devoted substantial efforts towards boundary layer research. His most important contributions are presented in the seminal book Boundary Layer Theory by Hermann Schlichting.


Sunday, June 25, 2023

T.N seshan

 



T. N. Seshan

Former Cabinet Secretary of India


Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was an Indian civil servant and bureaucrat who served with the Indian Administrative Service. After serving in various positions in Madras and in various ministries of the Central Government, he served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989.

Born: 15 December 1932, Thirunellayi

Died: 10 November 2019, Chennai

Previous offices: Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990–1996), Cabinet Secretary of India (1989–1989)

Spouse: Jayalakshmi Seshan (m. 1959)

Full name: Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan

Education: Harvard University (1968), Madras Christian College, Govt Victoria College, B.E.M. Higher Secondary School.

On 15 December 1932, the man who is said to have cleaned up elections in India, former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was born in Tirunellai, Palakkad District in Kerala. He identified more than a hundred malpractices in the electoral process and reformed the election process in India. This article helps you understand the life of one of the most well known Civil Servants.

Former Chief Election Commissioner Tirunellai Narayanaiyer Seshan, who cracked the whip on money and muscle power in elections and proved to be a nemesis for political parties, died in Chennai around 9.15 pm on Sunday, November 10. He was 87. His wife, Jayalakshmi, had died on 2019.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Ajit doval

 Born: 20 January 1945 (age 78 years), Pauri Garhwal

Spouse: Aruni Doval (m. 1972)

Education: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (1967), National Defence College, Rashtriya Military School Ajmer

Awards: Kirti Chakra

Children: Shaurya Doval, Vivek Doval

Parents: Gunanand Doval

Organization founded: Vivekananda International Foundation.

Ajit Kumar Doval KC, PPM is the National Security Advisor of India to the Prime minister Narendra Modi. He was Intelligence Bureau chief and Indian Police Service officer from Kerala cadre. He previously served as the director of the IB in 2004–05, after working for a decade as the head of its operation wing.

He was part of the team which sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan for negotiations to release passengers of hijacked aeroplane IC-814. He was later appointed on the post of, director of the Intelligence Bureau. The 2016 Surgical strike on Pakistan was part of Ajit Doval's 'offensive defence strategy'.



Dr Jai Shankar Prasad aiyer

 Jaishankar was born in Delhi, India to prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator and civil servant K. Subrahmanyam and Sulochana Subrahmanyam. He has two brothers: the historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and the IAS officer S. Vijay Kumar, former Rural Development Secretary of India.

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019, became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as External Affairs minister, after Natwar Singh.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015[2][3] to January 2018.[4]


S. Jaishankar

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Jaishankar in 2023

30th Minister of External Affairs

Incumbent

Assumed office

30 May 2019

Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

Preceded by

Sushma Swaraj

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office

5 July 2019

Preceded by

Amit Shah

Constituency

Gujarat

31st Foreign Secretary of India

In office

28 January 2015 – 28 January 2018

Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

Preceded by

Sujatha Singh

Succeeded by

Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Ambassador of India to the United States

In office

1 December 2013 – 28 January 2015

President

Pranab Mukherjee

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Narendra Modi

Preceded by

Nirupama Rao

Succeeded by

Arun Kumar Singh

Ambassador of India to China

In office

1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013

President

Pratibha Patil

Pranab Mukherjee

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Preceded by

Nirupama Rao

Succeeded by

Ashok Kantha

High Commissioner of India to Singapore

In office

1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009

President

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Pratibha Patil

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Succeeded by

TCA Raghavan

Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic

In office

1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004

President

K.R. Narayanan

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Succeeded by

P.S. Raghavan

Personal details

Born

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

9 January 1955 (age 68)

New Delhi, India

Political party

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Spouse(s)

Shobha Jaishankar (deceased)

Kyoko Jaishankar

Children

3

Parent

K. Subrahmanyam (father)

Relatives

Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother), S. Vijay Kumar (brother)

Alma mater

St. Stephen’s College, Delhi (BA),

Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD)

Occupation

Civil servant, diplomat, politician

Awards

Padma Shri (2019)

He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1977 and during his diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, he served in different capacities in India and abroad including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–04), China (2009–2013) and the US (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.


On retirement, Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as the President, Global Corporate

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

The first president of Africa

 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Born: 18 July 1918, Mvezo, South Africa

Died: 5 December 2013, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa

Children: Zindziswa Mandela, Zenani Mandela, Madiba Thembekile Mandela, Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah, Makgatho Mandela, Makaziwe Mandela

Spouse: Graça Machel (m. 1998–2013), Winnie Mandela (m. 1958–1996), Evelyn Mase (m. 1944–1958)

Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Sakharov Prize, Congressional Gold Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Nishan-e-Pakistan.

What is Nelson Mandela known for?

Nelson Mandela is known for several things, but perhaps he is best known for successfully leading the resistance to South Africa's policy of apartheid in the 20th century, during which he was infamously incarcerated at Robben Island Prison (1964–82). He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993, along with South Africa's president at the time, F.W. de Klerk, for having led the transition from apartheid to a multiracial democracy. Mandela is also known for being the first black president of South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999.



Saturday, July 16, 2022

Tipu Sultan

 Tipu Sultan was born as Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu on November 10, 1750 in Devanahalli, present-day Bangalore. He was born to Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa and Hyder Ali, the Sultan of Mysore. Tipu Sultan succeeded his father in 1782. The 18th century ruler is popularly known as the Tiger of Mysore and Tipu Sahib.

Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu,[5] 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799),[1][6] also known as the Tiger of Mysore,[7] was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.[8][9][10] He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system and calendar,[11] and a new land revenue system, which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry.[12] He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin. He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Srirangapatna, but the British took over the fort.[13]


Tipu Sultan

Badshah

Nasib-ud-Daulah

Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Tipu

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Sultan of Mysore

Reign

10 December 1782 – 4 May 1799

Coronation

29 December 1782

Predecessor

Hyder Ali

Successor

Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (as Wodeyar ruler)

Born

1 December 1751[1][2]

Devanahalli, present-day Bangalore, Karnataka

Died

4 May 1799 (aged 47)[2]

Srirangapatna, present-day Mandya, Karnataka

Burial

Srirangapatna, present-day Mandya, Karnataka

12°24′36″N 76°42′50″E

Spouse

Khadija Zaman Begum and 2 or 3 others

Issue

Shezada Hyder Ali, Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib and many others

Names

Badshah Nasib-ud-Daulah Sultan Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Saheb Tipu

House

Mysore

Father

Hyder Ali

Mother

Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa

Religion

Sunni Islam[3][4]

Tipu Sultan and his father used their French-trained army in alliance with the French in their struggle with the British,[14] and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers, against the Marathas, Sira, and rulers of Malabar, Kodagu, Bednore, Carnatic, and Travancore. Tipu's father, Hyder Ali, had risen to power and Tipu succeeded him as the ruler of Mysore upon his father's death in 1782. He won important victories against the British in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. He negotiated the 1784 Treaty of Mangalore with them after his father died from cancer in December 1782 during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.


Tipu's conflicts with his neighbours included the Maratha–Mysore War, which ended with the signing of the Treaty of Gajendragad.[15] The treaty required that Tipu Sultan pay 4.8 million rupees as a one-time war cost to the Marathas, and an annual tribute of 1.2 million rupees, in addition to returning all the territory captured by Hyder Ali.[16][17]


Tipu remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company, sparking conflict with his attack on British-allied Travancore in 1789. In the Third Anglo-Mysore War, he was forced into the Treaty of Seringapatam, losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and Mangalore. He sent emissaries to foreign states, including the Ottoman Empire, Afghanistan, and France, in an attempt to rally opposition to the British.


In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, a combined force of British East India Company troops, supported by the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu. He was killed on 4 May 1799 while defending his stronghold of Seringapatam.

Smriti irani

 Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model and television producer. She has been Minister of Women and Ch...