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Varsha Mahendra Adalja born on 10 April 1940 in Bombay is an Indian Gujarati language feminist novelist, playwright and drama writer. She is daughter of Gunvantrai Acharya a well known Gujarati novelist. Her family belonged to Jamnagar. વર્ષા અડાલજા ‍જાણીતા ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકાર છે. તેમનો જન્મ ૧૦ એપ્રિલ ૧૯૪૦ના રોજ મુંબઈ ખાતે ગુજરાતી નવલકથાકાર ગુણવંતરાય આચાર્ય અને નીલાબેનને ત્યાં થયો હતો. તેઓ એક નાટ્યકાર પણ છે અને નાટકો, સ્ક્રીનપ્લે અને રેડિયો માટે પણ લેખન કરે છે. તેમણે ૨૨ નવલકથાઓ અને ટૂંકી વાર્તાઓના સાત ભાગ સહિત ૪૫ કરતાં વધારે પુસ્તકો લખ્યા છે. તેમને તેમની નવલકથા અણસાર માટે સાહિત્ય અકાદમી એવોર્ડ એનાયત કરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. She started writing in 1966. Varsha Adalja started her literary career as an editor of Sudha, a women's weekly from 1973–1976 and later with Gujarati Femina, another women's magazine from 1989–90. She hold an executive office with Gujarati Sahitya Parishad since 1978. She has penned 40 books including 22 novels and seven volumes of short stories. She received Sahitya Akademi Award, Soviet Land Nehru Award, Gujarati Sahitya Academy Award, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad Award and K. M. Munshi Award. She received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2005. #varshaadalaja #birthday #feminism #femenist #novelist #writer #gujaratiauthor #dramatist #playwright #gujaratiwriter https://www.instagram.com/p/CNeUc5-sggo/?igshid=1ldqp26bif24v

Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was born on 8 April 1887 in Ganol a village in Gujarat now in Dholka Taluka, Ahmedabad district. રામનારાયણ વિશ્વનાથ પાઠક (ઉપનામ: દ્રિરેફ, શેષ, સ્વૈરવિહારી) ગુજરાતી કવિ અને લેખક હતા. ૧૯૪૬માં તેઓ ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદના પ્રમુખ રહ્યા હતા. ૧૯૪૯માં તેમને પ્રાચીન ગુજરાતી છંદો માટે નર્મદ સુવર્ણ ચંદ્રક અને બૃહદ પિંગળ માટે ૧૯૫૬માં સાહિત્ય અકાદમી ઍવોર્ડ મળ્યો હતો. તેમનાં નામમાં બે વાર ર અક્ષર આવતો હોવાને કારણે દ્વિરેફ ઉપનામથી વાર્તાઓ પ્રગટ કરી. કાવ્યોની રચનાઓ તેમણે શેષ ઉપનામ દ્વારા કરી તેમ જ સ્વૈરવિહાર ઉપનામથી હળવી શૈલીના નિબંધો પણ લખ્યા છે. ઉમાશંકર જોષી એ તેમને "ગાંધી યુગના સાહિત્યગુરુ" તરીકે અને યશવંત શુક્લાએ તેમને ગુજરાતી ટૂંકી વાર્તાના સૌથી ઊંચા શિખર તરીકે ઓળખાવ્યા છે. He was a Gujarati poet and writer from India. Profoundly influenced by Gandhian thought, Pathak wrote criticism, poetry, drama, metrics and short stories. He edited and translated literary works. Pathak married twice. His second marriage was with Heera Pathak, who was also poet and literary critic. He was awarded Motisinhji Mahida Gold Medal in 1943 for his short story Uttar Marg no Lop (1940), Hargovinddas Kantawala Award and Narmad Suvarna Chandrak for Prachin Gujarati Chhando in 1949 and Sahitya Akademi Award for Bruhat Pingal in 1956. He died on 21 August 1955 in Bombay following a cardiac arrest. #ramnarayanpathak #birthanniversary #poet #poetry #writer #novelist #storyteller #drama #gujaratiauthor #gujaratiwriter https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbpXX1slsk/?igshid=1d4hzs6u6e62x

World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year. The theme for world health day 2021 is “Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone”. In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year with effect from 1950 as the World Health Day. The World Health Day is held to mark WHO's founding and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. You may have come across the phrase "Health is wealth," which simply means when a person lives a healthy spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional lifestyle becomes the richest person in the world. #worldhealthday #2021 #healthylifestyle #healthiswealth #healthyfood #healthyeating #healthyliving #healthcare #healthylife (at सुरेन्द्रनगर शहर) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNWbiPpsQYy/?igshid=8ljrarma4x1j

World Theatre Day is celebrated every year on 27th March. This day raises the importance of theatre arts, how they played an important role in the field of entertainment and the changes that theatre brings in life. International Theatre Institute (ITI) initiated in 1961 to celebrate World Theatre Day across the world to value and importance of theatre. On this day, ITI host a yearly message, spoken by a chosen famous theatre performer, to share their views about the art of theatre and its future. In 1962, the first message was spoken by Jean Cocteau in 1962. This day is a celebration for those who can see the value and importance of the art form “theatre” and acts as a wake-up-call for governments, politicians, and institutions which have not yet recognised its value to the people and to the individual and have not yet realised its potential for economic growth. Messages from renowned Theatre artists are given to reflect the theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace every year on this day. This year’s message author is Helen Mirren who is a stage, screen and TV actress. #worldtheatreday #2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CM6LXJvs_sz/?igshid=a9g4s34dblof

World Water Day held on 22 March every year since 1993, focuses on the importance of freshwater. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. The idea for this international day goes back to 1992, the year in which the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro took place. That same year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water to be observed starting in 1993. On 22 March 2021, World Water Day will be celebrated in an online event. The World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the global water crisis, and a core focus of the observance is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal: water and sanitation for all by 2030. The theme of World Water Day 2021 is “Valuing Water” and has been chosen to highlight the value of water in our daily lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of World Water Day, will launch the 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain' campaign via video conferencing on Monday (March 22). PM Modi will launch the campaign at 12:30 pm today. #worldwaterday #2021 #savethewater #saveearth #jalshaktiabhiyan https://www.instagram.com/p/CMtOibgMUxZ/?igshid=1euhqrx5lb6av

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi born on 16 March 1877 in Ahmedabad as the fourth son of Dalpatram, who settled there since 1848 after migrating from Wadhwan was an Indian writer and poet in Gujarati language. His name is sometimes spelled as Nhanalal. ન્હાનાલાલ જાણીતા ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકાર હતા. કવિ ન્હાનાલાલના પિતા દલપતરામ ડાહ્યાભાઈ નર્મદ યુગના મહાન કવિ હતા. ૧૮૯૩માં તેમણે મેટ્રિકની પરીક્ષા પાસ કરી અને આગળ અભ્યાસ અમદાવાદની ગુજરાત કોલેજ, મુંબઈની ઍલ્ફિન્સ્ટન અને પૂનાની ડેક્કન કોલેજમાં કર્યો. ૧૮૯૯માં તેમણે તત્વજ્ઞાનના મુખ્ય વિષય સાથે બી.એ. અને ૧૯૦૧માં ઇતિહાસના વિષય સાથે એમ.એ. થયા. એમ.એ. થયા પછી તેઓ ૧૯૦૨ થી ૧૯૦૪ સાદરાની સ્કૉટ કૉલેજમાં અને ૧૯૦૪ થી ૧૯૧૮ રાજકોટની રાજકુમાર કોલેજમાં અધ્યાપક રહ્યા. વચમાં બે-અઢી વર્ષ રાજકોટ રાજ્યના સરન્યાયધીશ અને નાયબ દિવાનની પણ કામગીરી બજાવી. ૧૯૧૮માં કાઠિયાવાડ એજન્સીના શિક્ષણાધિકારી નિમાયા. ૧૯૧૯ માં ગાંધીજીની પચાસમી જન્મજયન્તીને નિમિત્તે ‘ગુજરાતનો તપસ્વી’ રચનાથી ગાંધીજીને અર્પણ કરી હતી. Dalpatram was popular and admired as poet that his ancestral surname Tarvadi (Trivedi) was gradually dropped and he came to be generally known as Kavi (poet). Nanalal and his descendants then adopted permanently Kavi as their surname. While studying at the college, Nanalal started writing poetry. Vasantotsava (Festival of Spring) a poem was his first literary composition. Among the play that Nanalal has written, the main are Indukumar, Jaya ane Jayant, Shahenshah Akbarshah, Vishvageeta and Jahangir–Noorjahan. In his social plays, he has discussed the problems of marital love and love-marriage. Pankhadio is a collection of his short stories. He wrote two novels entitled Usha and Sarathi. Usha is a story of a poet turned lover. In Sarathi, he discusses contemporary politics and prophesies that India will one day be the leaderof the world. He wrote a biography of his father, Dalpatram, in three volumes entitles Kavishwar Dalpatram. The Government of India issued a postage stamp on him in his honour on 16 March 1978. He died on 9 January 1946 in Ahmedabad. #nanhalal #poet #birthanniversary #writer #gujarati #dalpatram #legend #gujaratiliterature #novelist #biographer #translator #playwright https://www.instagram.com/p/CMeNbj-A8y6/?igshid=1l0krriyrhxno

સ્ત્રીની સૌથી મોટી તાકાત અને સુંદરતા છે તેનું સ્ત્રી હોવું. The biggest strength and beauty of woman is that she is a woman. International Women’s Day is observed every year on March 8 highlighting the achievements and problems faced by women. The theme for International Women's Day this year is "#ChooseToChallenge." The theme 'Choose To Challenge' aims to call our gender inequality and celebrate women's achievements. It seeks to spread awareness about the importance of choice. #internationalwomensday #womenempowerment #iwd2021 #choosetochallenge #womanpower https://www.instagram.com/p/CMI-lNag9x8/?igshid=s392lvjma3x3

Chandra Shekhar Azad born as on 23 July 1906 in Bhabhra village (town) in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh as Chandra Shekhar Tiwari popularly known by his self-taken name Azad ("Free") was an Indian revolutionary. Azad was drawn into the Indian national movement at a young age. When apprehended by the police at age 15 while participating in Mohandas K. Gandhi’s noncooperation movement (1920–22) at Banares (now Varanasi), he gave his name as Azad (Urdu: “Free” or “Liberated”) and his address as “prison.” Azad was disappointed by Gandhi’s suspension of the noncooperation movement in February 1922, after several policemen had been murdered by a revolutionary mob at Chauri Chaura, He was involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, the shooting of J. P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai, and at last, in the attempt to blow up the Viceroy of India's train in 1929. Azad and Bhagat Singh secretly reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) on 9 September 1928. Determined never to be captured by police, Azad was constantly on the move. On February 27, 1931, Azad arranged to meet a revolutionary at Allahabad’s Alfred Park (now Azad Park). He was betrayed to the police, who surrounded him as soon as he entered the park. After being surrounded by the police and left with no option of escape after the ammunition was finished He shot himself. Also, it is said that he used to keep a bullet to kill himself in the event of being caught by the British. The Colt pistol of Chandra Shekhar Azad is displayed at the Allahabad Museum. #chandrshekharazad #deathanniversary #revolution #revolutionary #azad #freedomfighter https://www.instagram.com/p/CLyQ4H9AI85/?igshid=14gqi4tmuf7q4

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born in the Shivneri Fort in Maharashtra on 19 February 1630 to mother Jijabai and father Shahaji Raje bhosale. Shivaji Maharaj is the founder of Maratha dynasty and a warrior king of Maharashtra. He is known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. At 15 years, he conquered the Torna Fort. The Chakan fort and the Kondana Fort were taken by bribing the Adil Shahi governor. Afzal Khan tried to attempt treachery with Raje Shivaji, Shivaji killed him with Tiger claws. He became the biggest enemy of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. He was arrested in Agra Fort by Aurangzeb, but he escaped by using great wits. Shivaji was crowned king of Maratha Swaraj in a lavish ceremony on 6 June 1674 at Raigad fort. Shivaji was well known for his strong religious and warrior code of ethics and exemplary character. He was recognized as a great national hero during the Indian Independence Movement. In late March 1680, Shivaji fell ill with fever and dysentery and died around 3 April 1680 at the age of 52 on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti. #chatrpatishivajimaharaj #shivajimaharaj #shivajijayanti #birthanniversary #maratha #marathaempire #ruler #founder #legend #छत्रपती_शिवाजी_महाराज #छत्रपती_शिवाजी_महाराज_जयंती https://www.instagram.com/p/CLdb1O_g2yb/?igshid=1sc8m5xof90c8

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa born on 17 February 1836 as Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya in the village of Kamarpukur, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal was an Indian Hindu mystic, saint and religious leader in 19th century Bengal. According to his followers, Sri Ramakrishna's parents experienced supernatural incidents and visions before his birth. In Gaya his father Khudiram had a dream in which Bhagwan Gadadhara (a form of Vishnu) said that he would be born as his son. Chandramani Devi is said to have had a vision of light entering her womb from (Yogider Shiv Mandir) Shiva's temple. Ramakrishna reportedly had experiences of similar nature a few other times in his childhood, while worshipping the Goddess Vishalakshi, and portraying God Shiva in a drama during the Shivaratri festival. Swami Vivekananda became Ramakrishna's most influential follower, popularizing a modern interpretation of Indian traditions which harmonised Tantra, Yoga and Advaita Vedanta. Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna order, which eventually spread its mission posts throughout the world. Several organisations have been established in his name. The Ramakrishna Math and Mission is the main organisation founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1897. Ramakrishna taught that jatra jiv tatra Shiv (wherever there is a living being, there is Shiva). His teaching, "Jive daya noy, Shiv gyane jiv seba" (not kindness to living beings, but serving the living being as Shiva Himself) is considered as the inspiration for the philanthropic work carried out by his chief disciple Vivekananda. he died in the early morning hours of 16 August 1886 at the Cossipore garden house. According to his disciples, this was mahasamadhi. #ramkrishnaparamhansa #saint #bengal #religious #leader #spirituality #ramakrishnamission #ramakrishnamath #birthanniversary https://www.instagram.com/p/CLazLwbgaZ9/?igshid=1k05xzfctxp9o

Dayananda Saraswati born on 12 February 1824 was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati was born at Tankara, currently the Morbi district of Gujarat state. Saraswati’s original name was Mul Shankar and his father’s name was Karshanji Lalji Kapadi and his mother name was Amrutbai. The demise of his younger sister and his uncle due to cholera made Saraswati to ponder the meaning of life and death. Though his parents wanted him to tie the knot in his teenage itself, Saraswati revolted and then ran away from home in 1846. On 7 April, 1875 Dayanand Saraswati formed the Arya Samaj at Bombay. It was a Hindu reforms movement, meaning "society of the nobles". The purpose of the Samaj was to move the Hindu religion away from the fictitious beliefs. Saraswati was a renowned scholar of the Vedic knowledge. And hence to revitalise the Vedic knowledge, Swami Dayanand published many religious books that include the Rig-Vedaadi, Bhasyya-Bhoomika, and Sanskar Vidhi. According to certain sources, Saraswati was poisoned on a few occasions; he miraculously survived such heinous attempts, but could not survive the last attempt of assassination. Saraswati died in 1883. #swamidayanandasaraswati #birthanniversary #philosopher #socialleader #aryasamaj #founder #indianculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLYWAvAmIg/?igshid=1oyl736t5j19c

Thomas Alva Edison born on February 11, 1847 Ohio, U.S. was a American inventor who singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera and early versions of the electric light bulb. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic by his mother who used to be a school teacher. He attended school for only a few months. However, one biographer described him as a very curious child who learned most things by reading on his own. Edison developed hearing problems at the age of 12. As he got older, Edison believed his hearing loss allowed him to avoid distraction and concentrate more easily on his work. Thomas Edison began his career selling candy, newspapers and vegetables on the trains running from Port Huron to Detroit. He became a telegraph operator after he saved three-year-old Jimmie MacKenzie from being struck by a runaway train. He also studied qualitative analysis and conducted chemical experiments on the train until he left the job. In 1866, at the age of 19, Edison moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where as an employee of Western Union. On December 25, 1871 at the age of 24 Edison married 16-year-old Mary Stilwell (1855–1884), whom he had met two months earlier. she was an employee at one of his shops. They had three children. On February 24, 1886 at the age of 39, Edison married the 20-year-old Mina Miller (1865–1947) in Akron, Ohio. She was the daughter of the inventor Lewis Miller, His first patent was for the electric vote recorder, U.S. Patent 90,646, which was granted on June 1, 1869. Finding little demand for the machine, Edison moved to New York City shortly thereafter. Edison died of complications of diabetes on October 18, 1931 in his home, "Glenmont" in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. Edison's last breath is reportedly contained in a test tube at The Henry Ford museum near Detroit. #thomasalvaedison #american #inventor #bussinessman #legend #thomasedison #experiment https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJG2Cig-H4/?igshid=acwbr3pd795z

Vinodini Ramanbhai Nilkanth born on 9 February 1907 was a Gujarati writer, translator, and academic. She wrote novels, essays, short stories, journalist columns and children's literature. વિનોદિની રમણભાઈ નીલકંઠ એક ગુજરાતી નિબંધકાર, નવલકથાકાર, નવલિકાકાર અને બાળસાહિત્ય લેખક હતા. તેમનો જન્મ અમદાવાદમાં જાણીતા ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યકારો રમણભાઈ નીલકંઠ અને વિદ્યાગૌરી નીલકંઠને ત્યાં થયો હતો. પ્રાથમિક શિક્ષણ તેમણે અમદાવાદની મહાલક્ષ્મી ટ્રેનિંગ કૉલેજમાં અને માધ્યમિક શિક્ષણ ગવર્નમેન્ટ ગર્લ્સ હાઈસ્કૂલમાં મેળવ્યું. ૧૯૨૮માં અમદાવાદની ગુજરાત કૉલેજમાંથી અંગ્રેજી મુખ્ય અને ગુજરાતી ગૌણ વિષયો સાથે બી.એ.ની પદવી મેળવી. ૧૯૩૦માં અમેરિકાની મિશિગન યુનિવર્સિટીમાંથી સમાજશાસ્ત્ર અને શિક્ષણશાસ્ત્ર વિષયોમાં એમ.એ. થયા. કદલીવન (૧૯૪૬) એમની નવલકથા છે. આરસીની ભીતર (૧૯૪૨), કાર્પાસી અને બીજી વાતો (૧૯૫૧), દિલ દરિયાવનાં મોતી (૧૯૫૮), અંગુલિનો સ્પર્શ (૧૯૬૫) વગેરે એમના નવલિકાગ્રંથો છે. રસદ્વાર (૧૯૨૮) નિબંધસંગ્રહમાં નારીહૃદયનો કુમાશભર્યો ઉઘાડ છે. Vinodini Nilkanth was born in Ahmedabad. Her father was Ramanbhai Nilkanth, a Gujarati novelist and politician. Her mother, Vidyagauri Nilkanth, was a social reformer and educator, and one of the first women in Gujarat to graduate from university. Both of her parents were writers, as well as her sister Sarojini. Vinodini Nilkanth was chief of the Vanita Vishram, an institute in Ahmedabad. She was also the Headmistress of the Municipal Girls High School in Ahmedabad. Later she became a professor at the S. N. D. T Mahila Pathshala. She also wrote columns in newspapers.She was a member of the executive committee of the Gujarat Vidhya Sabha. Her short story collections Dil Dariavna Moti won the Gujarat Sahitya Sabha Award, and her work Angulino Sparsh won the Gujarat government award. #vinodininilkanth #birthanniversary #writer #novel #essay #columns #shortstories #literature #translator #gujarati #ahmedabad #gujaratiliterature https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDl-V7AO9O/?igshid=1hhur9p95rmzw

Jagjit Singh born as Jagmohan Singh Dhiman on 8 February 1941 popularly known as "The Ghazal King" or "King of Ghazals" was an Indian composer, singer and musician. Jagjit Singh belongs to a Sikh Family. His father, Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman was a surveyor in the Rajasthan Government’s Public Works Department (PWD). His mother, Sardarni Bachchan Kaur, was a homemaker. He had two brothers and four sisters. He began his career by undertaking singing and composing assignments from All India Radio’s (AIR) Jalandhar station. AIR had put him in the class of B Grade artists and allowed him to sing six music segments for small payments. He then moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) and started singing jingles for advertisements. In 1976, he, along with his wife Chitra Singh, released his first album the “The Unforgettable.” Between 1965 and 1973, Jagjit Singh had three extended solo plays (EP), two duet EPs with Chitra Singh, and a ‘SuperSeven (a format that has disappeared).’ He made his debut as a playback singer with the song “Laagi Ram Bhajan Ni Lagani” in the 1966 Gujarati film ‘Bahuroopi.’ He made his Bollywood debut as a singer with the song “Babul Mora Naihar” in the movie “Avishkaar (1974).” In 1988, Jagjit Singh composed the music for Gulzar’s epic TV serial, “Mirza Ghalib” that aired on DD National. Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2003 and in February 2014, the government released a set of two postal stamps in his honour. In 2011, Jagjit Singh was due to perform with the Pakistani Ghazal and playback singer, Ghulam Ali during his UK tour but suffered a brain haemorrhage on 23 September 2011. After being in a coma for two weeks, he died at Lilavati Hospital on 10 October 2011. He was cremated at Chandanwadi Crematorium near Marine Lines in Mumbai. #jagjitsingh #birthanniversary #gazal #gazalsamratjagjitsingh #gazalking #composer #singer #musician #legend #padmabhushan #birthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CLBBFyhA4fH/?igshid=1orlli4wref72

Charles John Huffam Dickens born on 7 February 1812 was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire and keen observation of character and society. His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities (set in London and Paris) is his best-known work of historical fiction. Between 1868 and 1869, Dickens gave a series of "farewell readings" in England, Scotland and Ireland, beginning on 6 October. He managed, of a contracted 100 readings, to deliver 75 in the provinces, with a further 12 in London. As he pressed on he was affected by giddiness and fits of paralysis. He suffered a stroke on 18 April 1869 in Chester. He collapsed on 22 April 1869, at Preston in Lancashire and, on doctor's advice, the tour was cancelled. On 8 June 1870, Dickens suffered another stroke at his home after a full day's work on Edwin Drood. He never regained consciousness and, the next day, he died at Gads Hill Place. #charlesdickens #birthday #writer #novelist #socialcritic #olivertwist #acristimascarol #philanthropist https://www.instagram.com/p/CK-m4_6gsUR/?igshid=1f510odn4tf66

February 5 marks a special day for the world of football as two leading strikers Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr share their birthday on this day. Ronaldo and Neymar, once part of the greatest rivalry in the history of sports between Real Madrid and Barcelona, will turn 36 and 30 respectively. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. Since his league debut in 2002, he has won 31 major trophies in his career, including five UEFA Champions Leagues titles. Ronaldo rose to prominence as a striker for Manchester United and joined Real Madrid ahead of the 2009-10 season for the then record transfer fee of 80 million Euros. Brazilian striker Neymar made his national debut for Brazil at the age of 18. He was part of Barcelona's attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suerez, before transferring to Paris Saint-Germain for the record transfer fee of 222 million Euros. He is the second-highest goal scorer for Brazil and is ranked among world's most prominent sportspersons. #cristianoronaldo #neymar #neymarjr #birthday #football #manchestarunited #uefa #portugal #barcelona #legend #cr7 #champion https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5s_hpAiTi/?igshid=11lsb4ebcfr9s

World Cancer Day is observed on February 4. It is an opportunity to rally the international community to stop the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer. This is a global initiative which brings the world together to combat the cancer epidemic worldwide, urging governments and individuals to take action against the disease, as a whole. The campaigns aim at assuaging the misconceptions, myths surrounding cancer and educate people to identify symptoms, get the right treatment and reduce the number of deaths. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) that was established in 1993, had created World Cancer Day in 2000. WHO and several other international organizations support UICC in its endeavours to coordinate and spread cancer awareness globally. UICC works throughout the year with the sole objective to save millions of people out there from the bouts of cancer. In its attempt to boost awareness, UICC partners with health and cancer institutions, formulates educational activities, makes public service announcements. In 2017 the theme was ‘I can, we can’ which meant that the power to address the cancer burden lies in all. So, it is possible to lessen the cancer risk factors, overcome the challenges of early diagnosis, treatments and palliative care. 2021’s theme is ‘I Am and I Will’, harping the potential to be victorious in this battle. #worldcancerday #2021 #uicc #who #health #awareness #theme #iamandiwill https://www.instagram.com/p/CK21K3zA42-/?igshid=3mysidaiddqa