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MAGHA PURNIMA & MORE (CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 FEB 2021 )

 MAGHA PURNIMA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Magh Purnima.
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About:

  • Maghi Purnima is also known by the name of Magha Purnima.

  • It is known to be a day of the full moon that occurs during the Hindu calendar month of Magh.

  • This day falls during the Gregorian calendar month of January or February.

  • During this time period, the auspicious Kumbh Mela is held every twelve years, and the Magha Mela is held on an annual basis at the confluence of three rivers or Triveni Sangam all around north India, such as in cities like Allahabad or Prayag.

SAHITYA AKADEMI FELLOWSHIP
A distinguished scholar, writer, translator and critic, Professor Velcheru Narayana Rao has been elected honorary fellow of Sahitya Akademi.
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About:

  • The election of Narayana Rao has been made based on his contribution to the Telugu literature.

  • His publications include Girls for Sale: Kanyashulkam and A play from Colonial India.

Do you know?

  • The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is a literary honour in India bestowed by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.

  • It is the highest honour conferred by the Akademi on a living writer, the number of fellows at no time exceeding 21.

  • Elected from among writers thought by the Akademi to be of acknowledged merit, the fellows are sometimes described as the "immortals of Indian literature."

  • Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first writer elected to the Fellowship; Mulk Raj Anand was the first Indian English writer to be inducted in 1989. 
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