Vishwanath Pratap Singh,shortened to V. P. Singh,was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He is India's only prime minister to have been former royalty.
1999 in the Republic of India.
Events in the year 1996 in the Republic of India.
Vaishno Devi is a manifestation of the Hindu mother goddess Durga or Adi Shakti. The words "Maa" and "Mata" are commonly used in India for mother,and thus are often heavily used in connection with the goddess. Vaishno Devi took avatar from the combined energies of Mahakali,Mahalakshmi,and Mahasaraswati.
The Jammu &Kashmir National Panthers Party is a socialist and secular state political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,India. The party was founded on 23 March 1982 by Prof. Bhim Singh and a few prominent youth political personalities of the time including Jay Mala,former President of the Indian Students Congress. Its aim is to "demolish corruption,communalism,criminalization,drug menace" and to establish a real democracy through ultimate revolution. Panthers Party had campaigned for over three decades for the abolition of Article 370 and Article 35A,demanding that the special status of the State of Jammu and Kashmir be revoked,and for it to be fully assimilated into the Republic of India. These demands were finally met by a presidential order in August 2019 that revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status. Panthers Party campaigns for a further division of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,with the recognition of Hindu-majority Jammu Division as a new and separate state of India.
Chaudhary Lal Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. He was Minister for Forest,Environment,Ecology of J&K in PDP-BJP coalition government in J&K. He represents the Basohli constituency in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and is president of the Dogra Swabhimaan Sangathan.
Jagmohan Malhotra,known by the mononym Jagmohan,was an Indian civil servant and politician. After working with the Indian National Congress,he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1995. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and Goa,as the 5th Governor of Jammu and Kashmir,and for three terms as Member of Parliament for New Delhi. In the cabinet,he served as Union Minister for Urban Development and Tourism.
Reasi district is a district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Reasi district is located in the Jammu region,bordered by Udhampur district and Ramban district in the east,Jammu district in the south,Rajouri district in the west and by Kulgam district on the north. The Reasi and Rajouri tehsils formed a joint district called the "Reasi district" at the time of princely state's accession to India in 1947. As part of the reorganisation,the two tehsils were separated and Reasi was merged with the Udhampur district. It again became a separate district in 2006.
Naresh Chandra was a 1956 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre,who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India,Defence Secretary of India,Home Secretary of India,Water Resources Secretary of India and Indian Ambassador to the United States. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honour,the Padma Vibhushan,for civil service,in 2007.
The 12445 / 12446 Uttar Sampark Kranti Express is a Sampark Kranti Express train which connects New Delhi railway station to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station. The train runs daily via Jammu Tawi,Jalandhar Cantonment,Ludhiana,Ambala,Panipat and Udhampur,covering a distance of 655 km at an average speed of 57 km/hr.
S. P. Varma is a social worker and a peace activist from Jammu and Kashmir who has made exemplary contribution by spreading the message of peace in trouble-torn areas of the Kashmir valley. He met Nirmala Deshpande,an eminent Gandhian,at Jammu in 1990. Inspired by her work and dedication,he left his government job and dedicated himself to Gandhism.
Raj Kumar Singh is a former Indian bureaucrat and a current Union Cabinet Minister in the Government of India. He is a Member of the Indian Parliament for Arrah,Bihar,since May 2014. Singh is a 1975 batch Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service officer and former Home Secretary of India.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station is a railway station on the Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Railway Link in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It mainly serves for the town of Katra where the major hindu divine temple Shri Mata Vaishno Devi is situated which is visited by millions of travellers per month with the help of this station and its frequent special trains connectivity from all over India. The station belongs to the Firozpur division of Northern Railway zone in Jammu and Kashmir.
In the wake of heavy monsoon rain and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir,the Indian Armed Forces were deployed in increasing numbers starting 2 September 2014 to conduct search,rescue,relief,relocation,humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation missions in Jammu and Kashmir. By 18 September,over 298,514 people were rescued from the various parts of Jammu and Kashmir by the Armed forces. The Jammu and Kashmir floods,the worst in a century according to Omar Abdullah,the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir,paralyzed the state government. Omar Abdullah,responding to public criticism,told the media "I had no government" in the first few days following the floods,as "My secretariat,the police headquarters,the control room,fire services,hospitals,all the infrastructure was underwater." Adding "I had no cell phone and no connectivity. I am now starting to track down ministers and officers." The Jammu and Kashmir floods of 2014 have been blamed on heavy rainfall,about 8 inches (200mm) on 4 September alone,on climate change,unplanned and uncontrolled development,encroachment of river banks,lakes,ponds,and massive loss of wet lands,absence of local government flood forecasting system,and poor governance. The Armed Forces humanitarian assistance mission in response to the floods was named Mission Sahayata (assistances). Northern Command's humanitarian assistance to Civil authorities was named 'Operation Megh Rahat'. The Indian Army,Air Force,and the Navy,committed large resources to the assistance mission including over 30,000 troops,15 engineer task forces,84 Indian Air Force and Army Aviation Corps fixed wing transport aircraft and helicopters,naval commandos and rescue specialists,and Base Hospital,four field hospitals,over 106 medical detachments. "Operation Megh Rahat",ended on 19 September 2014,but "Operation Sadbhavna",the relief and medical assistance support,according to government press release,will continue in "close synergy with the civil administration and the police".
Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh is an Indian politician and was the last Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. He is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. On 1 March 2015,he assumed the charge of the Minister for Power Development and Housing and Urban Development.
Balwant Singh Mankotia is an Indian politician and the former President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has been twice elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,holding office for 12 years. He is a leading campaigner for secular values against the terrorist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. On 29th September 2022,he joined Bhartiya Janata Party.
Prof. Baldev Singh Bali is an Indian classical musician and Professor emeritus at the Institute of Music and Fine Arts Jammu where he also served as the Dean of the College and Head of the Music Faculty.
The Vaishno Devi Temple also referred to as Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple and Vaishno Devi Bhavan is a prominent and widely revered Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Vaishno Devi. It is located in Katra,Reasi on the slopes of Trikuta Hills within the union territory of Jammu &Kashmir in India. The temple is recognized as one of the 108 Maha (major) Shakti Peethas dedicated to Durga,who is worshipped as Vaishno Devi. Having the principal aspect of Durga,hindus consider Vaishno Devi as an incarnation of Kali,Saraswati and Lakshmi. The temple is governed by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB),chaired by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in August 1986.
Maharani (transl. Empress) is an 2021 Indian Hindi-language drama streaming television series created by Subhash Kapoor. Season 1 of the series is directed by Karan Sharma and Season 2 was directed by Ravindra Gautam. The series stars Huma Qureshi as the protagonist along with Sohum Shah,Amit Sial,Kani Kusruti and Inaamulhaq. The political multi-seasons series is partly inspired by what happened in Bihar in the 1990s when Lalu Prasad Yadav made his homemaker wife Rabri Devi his successor. The story of season 1 is from 1995 to 1999 and is inspired from real life events and characters like Ranvir Sena,left-wing militants,Naxalite groups,the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation,1997 Laxmanpur Bathe massacre,Fodder Scam,Brahmeshwar Singh. The story of season 2 is from mid-1999 and is inspired from real life events and characters like Shilpi-Gautam Murder,Sadhu Yadav,Rajiv Goswami,Shibu Soren,Mohammad Shahabuddin,Prashant Kishor,Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
