New Delhi (TIP)- India’s 1983 World Cup-winning squad extended its support to top wrestlers protesting against sexual harassment on Friday, June 2, the loudest endorsement of the ongoing stir and one that added to mounting pressure for action against six-time parliamentarian and former wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after grisly allegations against the strongman by the complainants became public.
In a joint statement, the world champions said they were distressed after seeing the visuals of wrestlers being manhandled but also hoped that the law of the land will prevail. The statement came on a day leaders from 170 khaps or clan-based bodies gave the government a week’s ultimatum to take action against Singh, and said they will march to Delhi and launch a fresh agitation.
“We are distressed and disturbed at the unseemly visuals of our champion wrestlers being manhandled. We are also most concerned that they are thinking of dumping their hard-earned medals into river Ganga,” said the statement released by the players. “We urge them not to take any hasty decision in this matter and also fervently hope that their grievances are heard and resolved quickly. Let the law of the land prevail,” it added.
The backing of the legendary team — led by Kapil Dev, and with Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, K Srikanth, Roger Binny, Syed Kirmani, Yashpal Sharma, Madan Lal, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Sandeep Patil, Kirti Azad, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Valson — is the most high-profile endorsement so far of the stir led by Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, Rio Games bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, and double World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat. “Wrestlers have done so much for the country. They deserve respect. We feel this issue should be resolved swiftly. Both parties should come together and resolve it amicably,” Roger Binny, a member of the iconic team who is also the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief, told HT.
Madan Lal said the team decided to issue a statement after the dramatic developments on Tuesday, when the wrestlers made an emotional appeal and decided to immerse their medals in the Ganga. “Athletes should not be treated in this way. There has to be a better way to deal with this. To the wrestlers, I want to say, please continue your fight,” he added.
Despite growing demand for the arrest of Singh on charges of intimidation, sexual harassment and assault, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has remained defiant. Source: HT
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India in history this Week-May 13, 2022, to May 19, 2022
13 MAY
1905 Birth of former President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
1952 The first session of Parliament was called in independent India.
1962 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan became the second President of the country.
1978 The country’s first flag carrier INS Delhi was relieved
1998 India conducted two more nuclear tests, regardless of the criticism and pressure around the world.
2001 The death of RK Narayan, one of the biggest names in Indian literature.
1648 Construction of the Red Fort in Delhi was completed.
2000 Lara Dutta of India was elected Miss Universe.
1956 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the spiritual leader who founded the Art of Living Foundation, was born.
1918 The famous Bharatanatyam dancer T. Balasaraswati was born.
14 MAY
1992 India banned LTTE, a Sri Lankan rebel organization known as the Tamil Tigers. Apart from India, many other countries also banned the Tamil Tigers.
1944 British troops captured Kohima in 1944.
2001 Seven agreements in India and Malaysia.
2010 Considering 22 between India and Russia in 2010 in defense, nuclear energy, space, science and technology, hydrocarbons, trade and investment etc.
1923 Mrinal Sen, the famous producer and director of Indian films, was born.
1981 Indian inventor and computer scientist Pranav Mistry was born.
1943 Allah Baksh died during the British rule, was a zamindar, government contractor, freedom fighter fighter and politician.
15 MAY
1907 Birth of Sukhdev Thapar hanging on the noose hanging with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru.
1967 Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit was born.
1817 Birth of social reformer Devendra Nath Tagore.
1242 Sultan of Delhi Muizuddin Bahram Shah’s army revolted and killed Sultan.
1933 India’s’ First Army Commander in Chief Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa passed away.
2005 Indian aircraft landed in Canada after 20 years.
2008 Manjula Sood of Indian origin became the first Asian woman to become mayor in Britain.
1923 Indian comedian Johnny Walker was born in 1923.
1817 Eminent scholar and religious leader Devendranath Thakur was born in 1817.
16 MAY
2014 The demise of Indian industrialist Rustomji Homaji Modi.
1911 Construction of Tallah Water Tank in Calcutta (now Kolkata) completed. It was called the world’s largest overhead water tank at that time.
1960 Start of international telex service between India and UK.
1975 Sikkim was incorporated into the Indian Union as the 22nd state.
1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as the tenth Prime Minister of India.
2008 The Supreme Court rejected the decision of the Kolkata High Court to ban the 27% OBC quota in postgraduate courses of central educational institutions.
17 MAY
1769 The East India Company imposed a variety of restrictions on weavers to ruin Bengal’s textile industry.
1918 Birth of India’s famous industrialist and top member of Tata group, Russian Modi
1987 Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket.2007 The fourth round of the India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue commenced in Rawalpindi.
2010 Promoting the country’s oldest traditional sports, Kabaddi, the Punjab government announced the hosting of the Kabaddi World Cup next month.
2014 The death of CP Krishnan Nair, the famous hotel industrialist of India and founder of the ‘Hotel Leela Group’.
1865 Celebration of World Communication Day started.
2018 BS Yeddyurappa took the oath of office of Chief Minister of Karnataka for the third time.
1980 A record of standing for 33 hours on one leg was set by VS Kumar Anand.
1995 The Restricted Area Permit (RAP) was abolished by the three northeastern states of the country.
18 MAY
1912 The first Indian feature length film Sri Pundalik was released.
1974 India became a nuclear power country with its first underground atomic bomb test in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The trial was named ‘Smiling Buddha’.
2008 Indian-origin writer Indra Sinha was awarded the Commonwealth Award in 2008 for her book Animal People.
1914 S. Tenth Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Jagannathan was born.
1933 HD Deve Gowda, the twelfth Prime Minister of India was born.
1966 India’s famous botanist Panchanan Maheshwari died.
19 MAY
1913 Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was born, who later became the President of the country.
1954 The National Film Board was formed by the government in the country.
1969 Andhra Pradesh came under a terrible storm which took 608 lives. Not only this, around 20000 people were rendered homeless in this storm.
1971 The first naval submarine station was built at Visakhapatnam.
1980 TN Raina died when he was General of India.
1992 Tennis player Leander Paes was awarded the Arjuna Award.
1993 The government had decided to link the power with Indian Airlines.
1904 One of the first industrialists of India, Jamsetji Nusrawanji Tata was killed.
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India in history this Week-March 4, 2022, to March 10, 2022
04 MARCH
1879 Bethune College of Calcutta was established in 1879.
1906 Hakim Abdul Majeed started the Hamdard dispensary in Delhi in 1906.
1924 In 1924, Shyam Lal Gupta composed the song Raising the Flag.
1951 Eleven countries participated in the first Asian Games in Delhi in 1951.
1961 In 1961 I.N.S. Vikrant was brought to Belfast.
05 MARCH
1931 Mahatma Gandhi ended the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1905 Sushila Didi, a freedom fighter who was instrumental in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh, was born in Punjab.
2010 GP, one of the famous entrepreneurs of India. Birla died.
1783 Establishment of Geological Survey of India.
2009 Indian industrialist Vijay Mallya bought Bapu’s legacy for Rs 18 lakhs
1949 The Jharkhand Party was founded in India in 1949.
1990 The government announced an interim relief of Rs 360 crore for the five lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
2002 The Commonwealth Summit was held in 2002.
2008 India successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile from the sea into the ground.
2009 IFFCO (‘Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited) became the first company in the world to make annual sales of 10 million tonnes of fertilizer in 2009.
06 MARCH
1886 The first nurses’ nightingale is published.
1915 Mahatma Gandhi and Tagore had their first meeting in Shantiniketan in 1915.
1947 The Economic Times started editing from Bombay.
1962 The great revolutionary Ambika Chokrovarti died in 1962.
1971 Sunil Gavaskar started his Test career in 1971.
1990 India won the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
1991 Chandrasekhar resigned as Prime Minister in 1991.
2000 India and China first spoke in Beijing on the security issue.
07 MARCH
1956 A huge steel tube plant was opened in Jamshedpur on this day in 1956.
1987 Sunil Gavaskar made history. Please tell that on this day, he scored 10,000 runs in a Test match.
1994 India and Iraq signed three Memorandum of Understanding in Tehran.
1998 Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was given the leadership of BJP’s MP Party.
1835 Proposal was made to promote the propagation of European literature and science in India.
1985 The first antibody test for AIDS, the ELISA-type test, was started.
2007 Pakistan and India prepared in 2007 to help investigate terrorism.
1961 Renowned freedom fighter and senior leader Govind Ballabh Pant died in 1961.
08 MARCH
1909 International Women’s Day is started to celebrate.
1948 Air India International was established.
1535 Bahadur Shah found Fateh at Chittor Fort.
1673 Chhatrapati Shivaji burst upon the fort of Panhala.
1930 Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1986 BJP leader Advani was elected party president.
1998 Indian Airlines flew with all women crew members.
1833 The great journalist Vishwanath Narayan was born.
09 MARCH
1951 Famous tabla player Zakir Hussain is born.
2007 Indian doctors in Britain get legal success on discriminatory migrant rules.
1999 Indian-based, British-based industrialist Swaraj Paul was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Central Birmingham in 1999.
10 MARCH
1922 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in 1922 on charges of treason.
1969 The CISF Act was passed in Parliament.
1985 India won the Bension and Hedges Cricket World Cup in 1985.
2010 The Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
1932 Born in 1932 of Udupi Ramchandra Rao, a space scientist and former president of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).
1945 Famous Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia was born on this day in 1945.