Importance of Football Game In Bengal In Bengal, Football is considered as a religion. A football match is good both for the players and for the spectators. The will and craze of the people of Bengal to win a football match is parallel. This will and craze for football motivates them for important for the achievement … Read more

Much of the early indigenous Konkani literature has been lost. As a language it is close to Marathi and Hindi and Devanagari is its natural script. Tales of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana translated from Marathi by Krishnadas Sharma in the 16th century are extant in the Roman script. A significant amount of Christian literature … Read more

Zonal Cultural Centres in India have been conceptualized with the aim of projecting cultural relationship transcending territorial bounds. The aim of Cultural Zones in India is to stimulate presence of the local cultures and heritage in various regional zones and how these cultures merge together to form the rich heritage of Indian culture. Besides, these are … Read more

This short article contains information on India in World Heritage. The World Heritage Committee, constituted by the UNESCO under the provision of the International Convention for Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, has recommend ended the inscription of 14  cultural monuments and five national sites from India in World Heritage list. These are: (a) Cultural Monuments … Read more

The  Raja Rammohan Roy National Education Resources Centre  was set up in New Delhi in 1972 to “serve as an information centre to encourage Indian authorship and indigenous book production at university level and for the documentation and statistical analysis of the printed material imported from abroad so as to arrive at a meaningful import … Read more

The National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) is a premier institution of its kind in South of South-East Asia. It was established in 1976, by the Department of Culture, Government of India, to carry out research in the methods of conservation and for providing technical assistance and training to other museums, archaeological … Read more

This article contains brief information on Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ( IGNCA). One of the major achievements in the field of arts and humanities in India has been the establishment of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA). This institute launched on 19th November, 1985, as a fully autonomous trust, is … Read more

The Sangeet Natak Akademi at New Delhi is the academy of Music, Dance and Drama. The Sangeet Natak Akademi (Academy) was established by Government of India in 1953 as an autonomous organization; promotes development of music, dance and drama; holds seminars, competitions, music festivals etc; gives grants to outstanding performing artistes, grants to institutes of … Read more

The National Book Trust was set up by the Government of India in 1957 in New Delhi to produce and encourage the production of good literature and makes it available at cheaper rates. The Trust subsidizes the publication of University level text books written by Indian authors; it also publishes selected works from Indian languages … Read more

This short article contains information on Saraswati Mahal Library or Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji Saraswati Library. M.S.S.M or Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Saraswati Mahal Library at Tanjore , is one of the few medieval libraries in the world. It was made a Public Library in 1918 by the Madras Government. The library was registered in 1986, as … Read more