Vijayanagara Voices: Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature
William J. Jackson
Routledge, 03-Mar-2016 - History - 262 pages
The Vijayanagara Empire flourished in South India between 1336 and 1565. Conveying the depth and creativity of Hindu religious and literary expression during that time, Vijayanagara Voices explores some of the contributions made by poets, singer-saints, and philosophers. Through translations and discussions of their lives and times, Jackson presents the voices of these cultural figures and reflects on the concerns of their era, looking especially into the vivid images in their works and their legends. He examines how these images convey both spiritual insights and physical experiences with memorable candour. The studies also raise intriguing questions about the empire's origins and its response to Muslim invaders, its 'Hinduness', and reasons for its ultimate decline. Vijayanagara Voices is a book about patterns in history, literature and life in South India. By examining the culture's archetypal displays, by understanding the culture in its own terms, and by comparing associated images and ideas from other cultures, this book offers unique insights into a rich and influential period in Indian history. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=QymrCwAAQBAJ
The History of British India: A Chronology
John F. Riddick
Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006 - History - 367 pages
This book is a history of British India from 1599 to 1947. It is divided into three parts addressing political history, topical studies, and a collection of four hundred biographies of noteworthy English men and women who played a role in the creation of British India. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC
1757 - Battle of Plassey. Nawab of Bengal was defeated by East India Company army.
1927 - All India Radio Broadcasting Service started
1980 - Sanjay Gandhi Died in a plane crash
(I was in Hyderabad at this time)
2000 - Journalist Palagummi Sainath got Amnest International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
1953 DR. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee died in Srinagar while in detention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee
When Mukherjee was vice chancellor of Calcutta Univeisity, gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was the chief guet of convocation and addressed the gathering for the first time in Bengali.
1975 - Prannath Tapar, Former Chief of Army
1997 - Acharya Tulasi and Jain religion died.
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2023
Gilbreth's Human Effort Industrial Engineering - Productivity Science of Human Motions (Motion Study) - Part 3.
