Eminent Personalities
- April 29th is the birth anniversary of revolutionary poet Pavendar Bharathidasan
- In 2016, the Tamil Nadu Assembly announced that the birth anniversary of poet Bharathidasan would be celebrated as Tamil Poets’ Day.
About Pavendar Bharathidasan:
- He was born on April 1891, 29 in Puducherry.
- His real name was Kanakasubiratnam. He changed his name to Bharathidasan because of his love for Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar.
- He worked as a Tamil writer.
- The revolutionary poet, affectionately known as Pavendar, was known by all for his inspiring writings.
- Bharathidasan wrote in Tamil in all forms of poetry, music, drama, short stories, novels and essays.
Literary Works of Bharathidasan:
- Unexpected Kiss
- Kurinjithittu
- Kudumba Vilakku
- Dark House
- Azhagin Sirippu
- Tamil Movement
- Isaiyamudu
- Kuyil
- Thamizhachiyin Kaththi
- Pandian Prize
- Bharathidasan Aathisudi
- Women’s Liberation
- Pisiranthaiyar
- Mayilam Sri Subramaniar Thudhiyamudu
- Mullai Kadu
- Kalai Mandram and so on
Awards and recognitions:
- Bharathidasan was conferred with the title of “Puratchi Kavingyar” (meaning the “Revolutionary Poet”) by Periyar.
- He won the Golden Parrot Prize in 1946 for his play Amaithi-Oomai (Peace and Dumbness).
- He was given the Sahitya Academy Award, posthumously in 1970 for his play Pisiranthaiyar (He died in 1964 but he was given this award in 1970 after he died).
- On 9 October 2001, a commemorative stamp of Bharathidasan was released by the Postal Department in Chennai.
Appointments
Govt. names Mohanty as LIC chairperson and first CEO
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Siddhartha Mohanty, Managing Director (MD) and interim chairperson, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) as Chairperson till June 29, 2024
- Thereafter, Mr. Mohanty has been named as Chief Executive Officer and MD till June 7, 2025
About LIC:
- It started its operations as a corporate firm in September 1956 after the Life Insurance of India Act was passed by India’s Parliament in June 1956.
- The LIC Act came into effect from July 1956.
- It helped in the nationalization of the private insurance industry in India.
- LIC of India was formed by merging 154 life insurance companies, 16 foreign companies and 75 provident companies.
- It is one of the largest financial institutions in India.
- The headquarters of LIC is in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
