History of Entomology in India
Image created with generative AI The first insects evolved in marine or coastal habitats and took to land at around the same time as...
Image created with generative AI The first insects evolved in marine or coastal habitats and took to land at around the same time as...
Professor Avtar Singh Atwal (June 25, 1927 - September 26, 2014) is remembered as the father of modern beekeeping in India. He authored...
Image Source Mohammad Afzal Husain (June 10, 1889 - November 1, 1970) was an entomologist who served briefly as an officiating Imperial...
Image created with generative AI The Duhra village is popular for its Kabaddi team in districts of Jalandhar, Phagwara, and Hoshiarpur....
Image Source Dr. Hem Singh Pruthi (February 23, 1897 - December 23, 1969) was an Indian renowned entomologist who served as Imperial...
The hippocampus (part of the brain) is known to play a key role in memory and learning. It is only in the last decade that researchers...
Painting by Sobha Singh Sohni was born in the town of Gujarat, Punjab to a potter named Tulla in the 18th century. Tulla belonged to the...
Mirza and Sahiban lived in Khewa town in the Jhang District, which was Sahiban‘s ancestral town. They were cousins, classmates, and...
Painting by Shafqat Jilani Dheedo Ranjha was the son of landlord Mauju Chaudhary Jatt (belongs to Ranjha Clan) and lived in Takt Hazara...
Painting by Trilok Singh Chitarkar Pannhun was the son of Jam Ali, a Baloch ruler of Kech Balochistan. Sassui was the daughter of the...
Layla and Majnun (Qayas) were classmates. Majnun fell in love with Layla. The school master would beat Majnun for paying attention to...
Syed Mohammed Waris Shah (1722-1798) was an 18th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet, well-known for his contributions to Punjabi...
Bhagat Kabir (1398-1448) was a devotee and spiritual poet who lived in Uttar Pradesh. He was a strict monotheistic and follower, probably...
Baba Ravidas Ji (1440–1540) was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti Movement during the 15th and 16th centuries. He was a brave...
Fariduddin Masud Ganjshakar (April 4, 1188 - May 7, 1266), commonly known as Baba Farid or Sheik Farid, was a 13th century Punjabi Muslim...
Bhai Vir Singh (December 5, 1872 - June 10, 1957) was a Sikh poet, scholar, and theologist of the Sikh revival movement, playing an...
Surjit Singh Patar (January 14, 1945 - May 11, 2024) was an Indian Punjabi writer and poet of Punjabi. His poems enjoy immense popularity...
Lala Dhani Ram Chatrik (October 4, 1876 - December 18, 1954) was an Indian poet and typographer of the Punjabi language. He devoted all...
Image Credits: https://ishehraj.medium.com/7-priceless-life-lessons-from-the-iconic-indian-poet-shiv-kumar-batalvi-4e9d479e6b67 Shiv...
Image Credits: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rabindranath-tagore Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941) was an...