History

By Dr. Mahesh Mehta We are commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, who was considered among the top 10 visitors to the United States in the 20th century. Swami Vivekananda, born on January 12, 1863, as Narendranath Dutta, was the disciple of Shree Ramkrishna Paramhansa. He was popularly known as a wandering Hindu monk, who had addressed the First Parliament of World Religions held at Chicago in September, 1893. The speech delivered by him on September 9, 1893, generated an electrifying effect in the audience, echoing the hall with a thunderous applause. He said, “Sectarianism, bigotry and its ...

Saragarhi Challenge Polo Cup-2011 114 years ago in 1897, under the British flag, 21 Sikhs fought to death against 10,000 Afghanis in the Battle of Saragarhi. Sikh military personnel and Sikh civilians commemorate this battle every year on 12th September as Saragarhi Day. Saragarhi Challenge Polo Cup has been instituted in 2010 by the Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail, a UK based charitable body to commemorate the desperado fighters when the match in its inaugural edition was played in London and the second edition happened in 2011 in New Delhi. ...