By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy It was in March 2020 India took many harsh measures and enforced lockdowns which gradually reduced the incidence of Covid disease. As the country was feeling happy by the beginning of 2021, and slowly relaxed many restrictions, covid-19 disease has returned with greater fury and virulence. All over the world…
Mysuru/Mysore: Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, city’s renowned Physician and Cardiologist and a member of Freemasons Lodge Mysore No. 34, was honoured with a presentation of “50 Years Long Term Service Jewel” by Most Worshipful Brother Rajeev Ramkrishna Khandelwal, OSM, Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of India, at a grand function held at the Hotel…
By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy [Continued from yesterday] The famous Somnath temple was in Junagadh State (or Junagarh, a Princely State in Gujarat) before Independence and was known for its splendour and wealth. It was first plundered and destroyed by Gazni Mahamood in 1025 and subsequently by many more foreign invaders. After India’s Independence and…
The First President, The First Prime Minister and The Initial Years… By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy India gained Independence on 15th August 1947 but technically it was not yet a fully free nation. The newly-independent country had a dominion status and King George VI of Britain was its nominal head. The process of giving it…
By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy One sometimes finds, what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did. — Alexander Fleming…
By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy The basic five principles of the Indian Constitution are: a Republican State, a Parliamentary form of Government, a Federal Structure, Fundamental Rights and an Independent Judicial Branch. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was convened on 9th December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall, now known as Central Hall,…
By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, is very well- known as its architect, but very little is known about the man who literally penned the Constitution. When the draft of the Constitution of India was ready to be printed, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru…
By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy The British Government took over the administration of India from the East India Company immediately after the First War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny) in 1857. They had a very low opinion about Indians and their capacity to rule themselves. In 1927, the then Secretary of State for India, Lord…
By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy Following Modi Government’s historic decision abrogating the much- abused temporary Article 370 and also 35(A), Star of Mysore made a special request to Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, a voracious reader and traveller-at-large, to write a special article recalling the early days of Integration of Indian States because among the…
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