Why is TE Ravenshaw in the eye of a storm in Odisha 110 years after his death?
Orissa's Temple of Learning, eminent historian Nivedita Mohanty writes that in 1949, when the process of merger of Garjat ...
TE Ravenshaw: The British officer at the centre of the university name change controversy in Odisha
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday triggered a controversy when he suggested that the name of Ravenshaw ...
Hindustan Times29d
Taste of Life: When prickly pear was used to ward off demons
Though prickly pear was sometimes used to protect farms from wild pigs and as barriers against the ravages of forest fires, the Poona municipality had prohibited its citizens from planting it The ...
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All About Thomas Edward Ravenshaw, British Officer At Centre Of 156-Year-Old Odisha College Name-Change Row
A political row erupted in Odisha after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan suggested renaming the 156-year-old ...
The Indian Express16d
Why Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wants to change name of historic Ravenshaw College in Cuttack
The Na Anka Durbhikshya was preceded by a severe drought in eastern India. The famine hit Orissa the hardest ... Collegiate School), which was elevated to a degree college in 1876. The college, which ...
The Indian Express18d
Who is Thomas Edward Ravenshaw, at centre of name-change debate in Odisha?
Born on July 1, to an officer in the British East India Company, John Hurdis Ravenshaw ... most significant contribution to advancing higher education in Orissa. The 1866 famine, which claimed the ...
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Conflict, Hunger, and Famine in Sudan
In July 2024, a judgment by the Famine Review Committee (FRC) confirmed the plausible presence of famine conditions in the Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp located in the state of North ...
BBC5d
Famine era soup pot found sitting in a beer garden
The pot which was located at Friel's pub in Swatragh was used to feed hundreds of people during the Great Famine. It was only when a small internal window was discovered during renovations that ...
The Washington Post7d
UN warns some 25 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
that was declared to have crossed the famine thresholds last February. “It’s taken our trucks almost two weeks to get in there,” McCain explained, “Bridges are washed out. Roads are washed ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer12d
Lacson, gov who led Negros Occ out of famine years, dies at 77
As local government executive, Lacson was largely credited with leading the sugar-dependent province out of a bitter economic crisis made starker by famine conditions in the 1980s. Lacson ...
The Telegraph28d
Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, August 22, 1943
Stephens published another series of photographs the following Sunday along with an editorial titled “All-India Disgrace”. The famine, created by the British as they wanted to stockpile food for the ...
The New York Times26d
THE CAUSES OF FAMINE IN INDIA.
but when in Southern India alone six millions have perished by starvation in one year's famine, the causes must lie deeper beneath the surface. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...