Swarajya

In September 2022, during the commissioning of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also unveiled the new insignia of the Indian Navy. After 75 years, the Indian Navy finally bid farewell to the St George’s Cross, a vestige of the Royal Navy. The same cross has adorned the Flag of England, Savoy, Genoa, and Georgia and finds its origins with the Knights Templar, who fought the Crusades. The new insignia of the Indian Navy has an octagon inspired by the royal seal, ‘ Rajamudra’, of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, as Maharaj was the central figure in establishing the modern outlay of a Bharatiya naval force. Propitiously, the Indian Navy now has a symbol that the country can relate to, and Maharaj’s emblematic presence on the flag will surely inspire our sailors daily. Since the new insignia was unveiled, many have curiously asked why Maharaj’s Rajamudrawas chosen, despite Bharat having a rich maritime history that goes much farther in the past. Many millennia ago, ports like Lothal, Sopara, and Kalyan traded with Egypt, Nubia, Greece, and the Levant. India’s Sadhabaof ancient Odisha travelled on ships called Boitato the eastern extremities of Asia. The great Cholas ventured into the Indonesian archipelago. In modern times, we have seen the tremendous exploits of the Marakkars of Samoothiri. With such a history, why does the Hindavi Swarajya stand out? The question needs answering as we celebrate the 350 th year since Chhatrapati ...

The devastating train collision that took place in Odisha on Friday (2 June) has resulted in one of the most fatal accidents the country has witnessed. The incident has tragically claimed the lives of at least 288 individuals, leaving more than 900 others injured, as per Once again, this incident underscores the importance of implementing strong safety measures and consistently enhancing infrastructure and operational protocols. These measures are crucial in averting train collisions and safeguarding the well-being of both passengers and railway staff. In order to mitigate train accidents on India's busiest and frequently utilised rail routes, the Indian Railways has been actively working on the development of its own Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System known as ‘Kavach’. What Is KAVACH? Kavach was developed by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) under Indian Railways in collaboration with three Indian vendors — Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd, HBL Power Systems Ltd and Kernex Microsystems. It has been adopted as our National Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System. As part of the new system, railway tracks, signalling systems on railway tracks and the engines of trains are installed with radio frequency devices that continuously send signals back and forth on a real-time basis to indicate that the track on which the train is operating has no obstacles. The system is At the moment, Kavach uses ultra-high frequency radio waves but the Indian Railways is wor...

EVER since it came to be known that an influential section of the Congress was going to contest the ensuing elections, the question has again and again been asked as to what would distinguish the conduct and the general attitude of this party in the Legislatures from those of the Liberals who are already members of those bodies. The answer has always been obvious, and has now been made clear. At its recent meeting at Bombay, the party’s General Council resolved that candidates on behalf of the party to contest elections either to a Provincial Council or the Legislative Assembly shall be elected either by the Provincial Committee of the party or the General Committee or by a Sub-Committee of either appointed in this regard; that no candidate who is not a member of the party and no member of the party whose candidature has not been approved in the prescribed manner shall be recognised by the party as its representative; that no member of the party shall be allowed to stand as a rival candidate to a duly elected candidate of the party, any member of the party who does stand as a candidate in defiance of this rule being deemed to have severed his connection with the party; and lastly, that the selected representatives of the party shall have to sign a written undertaking to the effect that they will faithfully follow the principles and policy of the party as laid down in its programme passed at Allahabad on February 22, 1923, and shall strictly observe all rules and carry out ...

The Tamil Nadu government today (14 June) withdrew general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Earlier states like West Bengal, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Jharkhand, Meghalaya and Punjab had withdrawn general consent. States had provided general consent to the CBI under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act. With the withdrawal of general consent, the CBI would have to seek specific case wise consent from the state government prior to undertaking investigation. The decision comes after the arrest of Minister V Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Reacting to the decision, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president, K Annamalai "It seems like TN CM is afraid that CBI will knock at his door soon and has today taken an extraordinary measure in the curtailing entry of CBI in TN without the permission of the State Government."

Introduction • The Swaraj Party, established as the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party, was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and political freedom for the Indian people from the British Raj Formation • The suspension of non-cooperation movement in 1922 was met with an impressive measure of logical inconsistencies among pioneers of the Congress Party • While some wanted to continue non-cooperation, others wanted to end the legislature boycott and contest elections • The former were called no-changers, and later were called pro-changers • In 1922, in the Gaya session of the Congress, C R Das (who was presiding over the session) moved a proposal to enter the legislatures but it was defeated • Das and other leaders broke away from the Congress and formed the Congress-Khilafat Swarajaya Party with Das as the president and Nehru as one of the secretaries Objectives of Swaraj party • The Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party or the Swaraj Party aimed for: • Speedy attainment of dominion status • Obtaining the right to frame a constitution adopting such machinery and system as are most suited to the conditions of the country and genius of the peoples • Establishing control over the bureaucracy • Obtaining full provincial autonomy • Attaining Swarajya (self-rule) • Getting people the right to control the existing machinery and system of government • Organising i...

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