JOHN WESLEY, The Father and Founder of Methodism, was the son of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, Rector of Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. He was born in the thatched rectory of that lowly parish, J... Read more
Swapnil Sansar. Lucknow.Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Christianity. It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the six Sundays, which are not days of fast, are exc... Read more
Swapnil Sansar: James Michael Lyngdoh (08-02-1939 is an civil servant and was Chief Election Commissioner of India from June 14, 2001 to February 7, 2004. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay... Read more
Kalpana Datta (later Kalpana Joshi) was an independence movement activist and a member of the armed resistance movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 19... Read more
Michael Madhusudan Dutt,(25 January 1824) was a popular 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work Meghnad Bodh Kavya, is a tragic epic. It c... Read more
Loreto Convent, Lucknow is an educational institution founded in 1872 and located in Lucknow.t Loreto Convent is under the management of the Sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Ma... Read more
All Souls’ Day is observed principally in the Catholic Church, although some churches of Anglican Communion and the Old Catholic Churches also celebrate it. The Eastern Orthodox Church... Read more
Begum Joanna Nobilis Sombre (ca 1753–1836), popularly known as Begum Samru and also, as Begum Sumru,( Farzana Zeb un-Nissa) started her career as a Nautch (dancing) girl in 18th Century Indi... Read more
Manorama was a Bollywood character actress known best for her role as the comical tyrant aunt in Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and in films such as Ek Phool Do Maali (1969) and Do Kaliyaan (1968).... Read more