Jhalkari Bai, born on
22 November 1830, was a woman soldier who played an important role in the
Indian Rebellion of 1857. She served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of
Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen,
Rani of Jhansi herself. At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised
herself as the Queen and fought on her behalf, on the front, allowing the Queen
to escape safely out of the fort.
C. V. Raman, passed away on 21 November 1970, was an Indian physicist born in the former Madras Province in India (presently the state of Tamil Nadu), who carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering, which earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics and was the first person in Asia to obtain said award for achievements in science. He discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes wavelength and amplitude. This phenomenon, subsequently known as Raman scattering, results from the Raman effect. In the year 1954, the Indian government honoured him with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
World Television Day is celebrated annually on November 21 to draw attention to the influence of television on people and society. The UN General Assembly set this observance in December 1996 in honour of the first World Television Forum that happened on November 21-22, 1996.
The forum involved media practitioners for a round table analysis of television as a powerful tool for communication, shaping perception and decision-making around the world.
World Television Day: History And Evolution
Television has gone through so many changes since its invention. The journey started with Black and White (B&W) Television in the early 20th century and offered very restricted programme viewing to the audience. Television was invented by Philo Farnsworth and the first public demonstration was in 1927.
The commercial production of B&W television sets began in the late 1930s.
Shortly, towards the 1950s, colour television was introduced, changing viewers’ experience as well as interest.
New technology in the early 1980s led to increased cable television programmes and channels that aired programmes that met the criteria of a certain section of society. This period also marked the arrival of satellite television, thus increasing accessibility.
After what can be described as the generation of digital television, introduced in the late 1990s, another set of advancements in technology formed the foundation of high-definition broadcasting in the early 2000s.
Today, smart TVs include
internet connectivity, providing streaming and other interactive applications.
Such changes are typical of advanced technologies, determining not only the
type of content but also the audiences’ approach.
The 45-day-long decennial Exposition of the Holy Relics of St Francis Xavier at the UNESCO world heritage site in Old Goa opens today.
The miraculous life of the Spanish Royal of Navarre, educated in the University of Paris, ordained a priest in Venice, given the Papal Briefs of his mission to the Indies by King of Portugal John II, and who arrived in Goa via Mozambique, is being celebrated in this tiny State of India, Goa, in a very special way at the XVIII Exposition, 482 years after he stepped on this sacred soil.
World Children’s Day, originally known as Universal Children’s Day in 1954, is an annual global observance on November 20, serving as an awareness of how important childhood is in shaping both individuals and society.
Established by the United Nations, this day provides a
platform for children’s rights and promotes their well-being by offering them
access to education, protection, and growth opportunities.
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, born on 19 November 1917, was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. She served as Prime Minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian Prime Minister, after her father.
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