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RAJPUTANA RIFLES The Rajputana Rifles is the senior most rifle regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1921 as part of the British Indian Army, when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated together to form six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles. In 1945 the numeral designation was dropped from the title and in 1947 the regiment was transferred to the newly independent Indian Army. Since independence, the regiment has been involved in a number of conflicts against Pakistan, as well as contributing to the Custodian Force (India) in Korea under the aegis of the United Nations in 1953-54 and to the UN Mission to the Congo in 1962. Its Regimental Centre is Delhi Cantonment and its regimental insignia is bugle and cords, all below a pair of crossed katars (Rajput daggers). Its Regimental motto is ‘Veer Bhogya Vasundhara’ (The Brave shall Inherit the Earth) and its war cry is ‘Raja Ram Chandra Ki Jai’ (Victory to Raja Ram Chandra) and Bol

RAJA RAMMOHAN ROY LIBRARY FOUNDATION The year 1972 is a significant year in the history of library movement in India.  The country was celebrating silver jubilee of independence.  It was the bicentenary year of the birth of Raja Rammohun Roy, a pioneer social reformer who had stressed the need for modern education for the progress of the nation.  The year was also being celebrated as an International Book Year with the slogan ‘Books for All’.  It was in this auspicious year that Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established in May, 1972 by the Department of Culture, Government of India to spread library services all over the country in cooperation with State Governments, Union Territory Administrations and other organisations working in the field. Since 2005-06 the Foundation has also taken up the initiative to develop the District Youth Resource Centre (DYRC) in collaboration with Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sangathana, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Sports &am