26th, January, 2023

Topic: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann attended the Republic Day event in Bathinda.

 

Importance: Punjab PCS Prelims and Mains

Punjab PCS Prelims: The British rule and the Indian National Movement (1857-1947).

Punjab PCS Mains:

• Paper IV – General Studies I: Topic: Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.

 

What is the news?

• Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann attended the Republic Day event in Bathinda.

Punjab CM shared:

• Addressing a gathering after hoisting the national flag during a ceremony on the occasion of Republic Day in Bathinda, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that due to the serious efforts of the state government, each area is being developed extensively and this year Punjab will shine like the precious ‘Kohinoor’ diamond.

 

About Republic Day:

• January 26th is celebrated as Republic Day in India, marking the day when the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950, replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India.

 

Why is January 26th designated as Republic Day?

• The date of January 26th, 1950 was chosen because it was on this day in 1930 that the Indian National Congress, led by Mahatma Gandhi, declared Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence) as the goal of the Indian freedom movement. The Congress passed the resolution in Lahore, and January 26th was designated as the date to commemorate this historic event and the call for complete independence.
• Additionally, India became a republic on January 26th, 1950, when the Constitution of India came into effect, replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of the country. This date was chosen because it marks the transition of India from a British colony to a sovereign republic.
• Therefore, January 26th was chosen as the date for India’s Republic Day to commemorate the country’s transition to a republic and its call for complete independence.

 

 

Topic: Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi received Padma Shri

 

Importance: Punjab PCS Prelims and Mains

Punjab PCS Prelims: Punjab Current Events

Punjab PCS Mains:

• Paper IV – General Studies I :Topic: Indian culture – Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modem times.

 

What is the news?

• Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi received Padma Shri for Punjabi, Hindi, Gurmat literature.

In which field did he receive the Padma Shri:

• Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi, an eminent scholar in the fields of literature and education, has been awarded the Padma Shri.

 

Dr. Rattan Singh Jaggi’s bio:

• Dr. Jaggi is well-known in the Punjabi and Hindi literary circles, and his specialty is Gurmat literature. He has devoted over 70 years of his life to the advancement of Punjabi, Hindi, and Gurmat literature.
• Dr Jaggi got a PhD in 1962 from Panjab University, Chandigarh, on the subject of “Dasam Granth Da Pauranik Addhyan”. He was awarded DLitt by Magadh University, Bodhgaya, in 1973 where his subject in Hindi was “Sri Guru Nanak: Vyaktitatva, Krititva Aur Chintan”.
• Dr Jaggi has authored many books on Guru Nanak Bani. During the 550th Parkash Parb celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, the Punjab Government got a volume titled “Guru Nanak Bani: Paathatey Vyakhya” prepared by Dr Jaggi in Punjabi and Hindi which was distributed. He has also translated Tulsi Ramayan (Ramcharitmanas) in Punjabi.

(Source: The Tribune)