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Bakrid 2018 or Eid al-Adha 2018, will be celebrated in India on August 22 2018, as per a government circular. The festival, which will be celebrated by followers of Islam all around the world, is also known as Eid al-Adha that literally translates to "Feast of the Sacrifice". Bakrid is also known as the 'festival of sacrifice' and is the second of the two Muslim annual holidays celebrated worldwide. Muslims commemorate Bakrid to mark the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his own son as an act of obedience and devotion towards God. Muslims worldwide celebrate the festival by sacrificing a male goat as a symbol of the same sacrifice that Ibrahim had gone through. According to the Gregorian calendar, the festival falls in the months of August or September, but according to the Islamic lunar calendar, Bakrid is celebrated during the month of twelfth or the final month of Dhu al-Hijjah. Bakrid falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
Bakrid 2018 Date In India
Jama Masjid in Delhi recently declared that Bakrid 2018 will be celebrated on August 22nd. On account of the holy festival, all central government administrative offices will remain closed on August 22 2018. On the occasion of the holy festival, Muslim families around the world will be sacrificing male goats, especially brought in for the purposes of cooking its meat. The families will feast on the goat's meat and also distribute it among friends, relatives, as well as the poor and the needy.

Bakrid 2018 Significance
Bakrid is one of the most important festivals for Islamic followers as it marks the supreme sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim or Abraham. As the legend has it, the Prophet was challenged by God to prove his faith in Him and to do that, the Prophet had to sacrifice something that he held very dear to him. The Prophet's steadfast faith in God had prompted him to offer his 13-year-old son, Ismail, for sacrifice. Moved by this willingness of the Prophet to prove his devotion to Him, God had intervened by send the angel Jibra'il or Gabriel to place a goat in the place of Ibrahim's son. From that day onwards, followers of Islam celebrate Eid al-Adha by sacrificing male goats, which are typically divided into three separate portions. These three portions are meant for separate purposes - one part goes to the poor and the needy, the other part goes to the friends and relatives, and the third part is reserved by a family for its own members.

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Wednesday, 15 August 2018, INDEPENDENCE DAY OF INDIA
For nearly 200 years the British ruled over India. Learn how India won independence from one of the largest and most powerful empires in history, then test your knowledge with a short quiz.
Beginnings of British India
British colonization of India began back in 1757 when the English East India Company (EIC) acquired its first trading outpost at the port of Bengal. The EIC was not an empire but rather a very successful trading company with its own ships and soldiers. Over the course of several decades the EIC was able to acquire more and more territory throughout India. By the mid-1800s much of India was under the control of the English East India Company. How was one trading company able pull this off? How was this possible?
Britain was able to gain control of India through the EIC for two reasons. Firstly, the Mughal Empire that ruled over much of India was weakening during the late 1700s and early 1800s. As a result, much of India had become politically fragmented and incapable of mounting an organized resistance to the British. Secondly, Britain and the EIC commanded a powerful navy and army in South Asia. Having a strong military aided in the conquest of Mughal India and allowed the British to win a number of decisive military victories over their European competitors in South Asia, namely the French.
Britain's military power in India was not based upon British troops, however. Britain and the EIC relied upon the recruitment of local forces in India, called Sepoys. Sepoys made up the bulk of Britain's military in India throughout the colonial era.
1857 Rebellion
The first major Indian revolt against British rule violently erupted in 1857. By this time many of the Sepoys had grown to resent their new rulers. They complained that the English were racist, discriminatory, and disrespectful of their Hindu and Muslim beliefs. Social and cultural tensions reached a tipping point in 1857 when a rumor circulated that the rifle ammunition supplied to the Sepoys by the British was coated in pig and cow fat. Handling or ingesting pig and cow flesh was a religious taboo for Muslims and Hindus. Many in India were outraged and the Sepoys took up arms against their employers.
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Karvenagar Branch:
Aparna House, Vaividhyanagari, Behind
Vitthal Mandir, Karvenagar, Pune 411052
PH : 9822671512 / 9146050016 / 8087039912

Karvenagar Branch:
Aparna House, Vaividhyanagari, Behind
Vitthal Mandir, Karvenagar, Pune 411052
PH : 9822671512 / 9146050016 / 8087039912