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1. DANCES & MUSIC __________________ 2
1.1. Folk & Tribal Dance _________________ 2
1.2. India’s First Music Museum __________ 2
1.3. Ghumot: Goa’s Heritage Instrument ___ 3
2. PAINTINGS & OTHER ART FORMS ______ 4
2.1. Thanjavur Paintings_________________
2.2. Mithila Painting ____________________
2.3. Bagru Block Printing ________________
2.4. Aipan ____________________________
2.5. Tholu Bommalata __________________
3. SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE ______ 6
3.1. Konark Sun Temple _________________
3.2. Khajuraho Temples _________________
3.3. Sanchi Stupa ______________________
3.4. Badshahi Ashoorkhana ______________
3.5. India’s National War Memorial _______
3.6. Monuments of National Importance ___
3.7. World Capital of Architecture _________
3.8. My Son Temple Complex ____________
4. LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE _______ 10
4.1. Silappadikaram ___________________ 10
4.2. Maithili Language _________________ 10
4.3. Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha _ 10
5. INITIATIVES OF UNESCO ____________ 11
5.1. Unesco Global Geopark Network Status 11
5.2. 37th UNESCO World Heritage Site ____ 11
6. FESTIVALS________________________ 13
6.1. Sanskriti Kumbh __________________ 13
6.2. Vishwa Shanti Ahimsa Sammelan ____ 13
6.3. Ambubachi Mela __________________ 14
6.4. Behdiengkhlam Festival ____________ 14
6.5. Bathukamma Festival ______________ 15
6.6. Nongkrem Dance Festival ___________ 15
6.7. Hornbill Festival___________________ 15
6.8. Attukal Pongala ___________________ 16
6.9. Makaravilakku Festival _____________ 16
7. HISTORICAL EVENTS _______________ 17
7.1. Pietermaritzburg Station Incident ____ 17
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7.2. Paika Rebellion ___________________ 17
7.3. Sadharan Brahmo Samaj ____________ 18
7.4. Battle of Haifa ____________________ 18
7.5. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms _______ 19
7.6. Azad Hind Government _____________ 19
4 8. PERSONALITIES ___________________ 21
4 8.1. Guru Nanak Dev Ji _________________ 21
4 8.2. Saint Kabir _______________________ 21
5 8.3. Swami Vivekananda _______________ 22
5 8.4. Sri Satguru Ram Singhji _____________ 23
8.5. Statue of Ramanujacharya __________ 23
6 8.6. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ____________ 24
6 8.7. Sir Chhotu Ram ___________________ 24
6 8.8. Tribal Freedom Fighters ____________ 25
7 9. ANCIENT HISTORY _________________ 26
7 9.1. Vakataka Dynasty _________________ 26
8 9.2. Couple’s Grave in Harappan Settlement 26
8 10. GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES/SCHEMES &
9 INSTITUTIONS ______________________ 27
10.1. Adopt A Heritage _________________ 27
10.2. Seva Bhoj Scheme ________________ 27
10.3. Prasad Scheme___________________ 28
10.4. Gandhi Circuit ___________________ 28
10.5. Indian Council of Historical Research _ 29
10.6. Paryatan Parv 2018 _______________ 29
10.7. Cultural Heritage Youth Leadership
Programme (CHYLP) ___________________ 29
11. MISCELLANEOUS _________________ 30
11.1. Recent GI Tags ______________________ 30
11.2. Bharat Ratna _______________________ 30
11.3. Nobel Peace Prize 2018 ______________ 31
11.4. International Gandhi Peace Prize _______ 31
11.5. Indira Gandhi Peace Prize _____________ 32
11.6. Seoul Peace Prize 2018 _______________ 32
11.7. Magsaysay Awards __________________ 32
11.8. Kotler Presidential Award _____________ 32
11.9. State Symbols of Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana ______________________________ 32
11.10. Bababudan Swami _________________ 32
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1. SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE ______ 3
1.1. Megalithic Culture __________________ 3
1.2. Chaukhandi Stupa __________________ 3
1.3. Amaravati School of Art _____________ 5
1.4. Stucco Sculpture ___________________ 5
1.5. Mini Khajuraho ____________________ 6
1.6. Brihadisvara Temple ________________ 6
1.7. Other architecture forms in news _____ 7
2. PAINTINGS & OTHER ART FORMS ______ 9
2.1. Pattachitra ________________________ 9
2.2. Bagru Block Printing ________________ 9
2.3. Other Art Forms ___________________ 9
3. DANCES & MUSIC _________________ 11
3.1. Assamese Bhaona _________________ 11
3.2. Other performing Art Forms in News __ 11
4. LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE _______ 13
4.1. Classical Language _________________ 13
4.2. Urdu ____________________________ 13
4.3. Indigenous Languages ______________ 13
5. INITIATIVES OF UNESCO ____________ 15
5.1. UNESCO World Heritage Sites _______ 15
5.1.1. Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage
Sites __________________________________ 16
5.1.2. Iran’s Cultural Heritage ______________ 16
5.2. UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network ____ 17
6. FESTIVALS________________________ 18
6.1. Ambubachi Mela __________________ 18
6.2. Lai Haraoba ______________________ 18
6.3. Zo Kutpui ________________________ 19
6.4. Aadi Mahotsav ___________________ 19
6.5. Cultural Festival in News____________ 19
7. ANCIENT HISTORY _________________ 22
7.1. New Findings on the Decline of Harappan
Civilization __________________________ 22
7.2. Sangam Age ______________________ 23
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7.3. Mamallapuram ___________________ 24
7.4. Earliest Sanskrit inscription in South India
____________________________________ 25
7.5. Poompuhar to be digitally Reconstructed
____________________________________ 25
7.6. Early Humans Lived in Northern India
80,000 Years Ago _____________________ 26
7.7. Neolithic Age Siva Linga Discovered ___ 27
7.8. Nagardhan Excavations _____________ 27
7.9. Buddhist Monastries in News ________ 28
8. PERSONALITIES ___________________ 29
8.1. Guru Nanak ______________________ 29
8.2. Tipu Sultan _______________________ 29
8.3. Maharaja Ranjit Singh ______________ 30
8.4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar__________ 30
8.5. Ashfaqullah Khan__________________ 32
8.6. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar __________ 32
8.7. Muhammad Iqbal _________________ 33
8.8. Dara Shikoh ______________________ 33
8.9. Adi Shankar ______________________ 34
8.10. Thiruvalluvar ____________________ 34
8.11. Guru Ravidas Jayanti ______________ 35
8.12. Vedanta Desikan _________________ 35
8.13. Travelogues in Decoding Indian History
____________________________________ 35
8.14. Other Personalities in News ________ 36
9. HISTORICAL EVENTS _______________ 38
9.1. Paika Rebellion ___________________ 38
9.2. Payyanur ________________________ 38
9.3. Jallianwala Bagh __________________ 39
9.4. Azad Hind Government _____________ 40
9.5. Nehru-Liaquat Agreement __________ 41
9.6. Privy Purse Abolition _______________ 41
9.7. Other events _____________________ 41
10. PRIZES AND AWARDS _____________ 43
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10.2. Awards by Sangeet Natak Akademi __ 43
10.3. Portugal Sets up Gandhi Prize_______ 43
10.4. Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019 ______ 44
10.5. Padma Awards __________________ 44
10.6. Jnanpith Award __________________ 45
11. MISCELLANEOUS _________________ 46
11.1. GI Tags _________________________ 46
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11.2. Republic Day Parade 2020 _________ 47
11.3. Parsi Population _________________ 48
11.4. Kodavas Community of Coorg_______ 48
11.5. Pashmina Products Receive BIS
Certification _________________________ 48
11.6. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness
Index (TTCI) __________________________ 49
11.7. Government Initiatives ____________ 49
11.8. Tribes in News ___________________ 50
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