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Constitution Day is celebrated on 26th November each year, to mark the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly on this day in 1949. Professor Surendra Jondhale, the former Head of Department of Civics and Politics at the University of Mumbai, shares interesting insights with us about the Constitution of India and The Preamble to the Constitution of India. Watch this video for more!

Professor Abdus Sattar Dalvi, 86, the founding head of the Urdu department at Mumbai University, was recently honoured with the Dr Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award. At the felicitation held at the University, he discussed a unique 17th-century linguistic effort that connects Maratha warrior Shivaji Bhosle with Urdu and Persian. At his Bandra Reclamation residence, Dalvi shows us a book with brown damp edges. “This,” he says, his eyes dancing behind the spectacles, “is the first-ever glossary of Urdu-Persian words compiled on Shivaji Maharaj’s instructions.” #Chhatrapati #shivajimaharaj #History #Urdu #persian