1971 3–16 December Third war with Pakistan, culminating in the creation of Bangladesh Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000. 16 December – Victory Day…
World The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Hungarian presidency Bulgaria and Romania complete the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting…
তোমাদের কিছু খাতা দেখছিলাম। বিষয় ছিল নাগরিক জীবনে বিজ্ঞাপনের প্রভাব। লেখাতে বেশিরভাগই একটা সীমার বাইরে যেতে পারছো না। চিন্তাভাবনা শুধু শহরের হোর্ডিং এই আটকে থাকছে। তাই ভাবলাম ভোর ভোর কলম চালাই। একবারে কোনো এডিট না করে যে লেখাটা লিখলাম সেটাই শেয়ার করছি।…
The first mobile phone call in India was made on July 31, 1995. The phone used was a Nokia handset on the Modi Telstra network (India’s first mobile network), which operated in Kolkata (then Calcutta). The first call was made by Jyoti…
The EVM was designed by a team led by A.G. Rao and Ravi Poovaiah, professors at IIT Bombay. The system was developed for the Election Commission of India by state-owned Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL) and Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL). Starting in…
2000 US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties. India marks the birth of its billionth citizen. Miss India Lara Dutta crowned Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus. Pen Power, an Encyclopedia of published letters to…
1990 Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence against Hindus in Kashmir resulting in Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus. Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes near the HAL Airport in Bangalore. Leander Paes He won the 1990 Wimbledon junior title and was briefly…
1980 Indira Gandhi returns to power heading the Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira). Sanjay Gandhi is killed in a plane crash near Safdarjung Airport. BJP formed The Indian Hockey team won the Gold in the Olympics, the last till date….
West Bengal government’s flagship governance model – Duare Sarkar. Duare Sarkar is a paradigm shift from traditional public administration to an e-governance-driven service delivery mechanism, in which the government is found available at the doorsteps of citizens, “Leaving no one behind.” The…
“Lakshmir Bhandar” Scheme is a flagship program launched by the West Bengal Government in February 2021, to provide financial assistance to women from economically weaker sections of society. The acclaimed SKOCH Award in the Women and Child Development category has been bestowed…
