TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Para Asian Games
2. Jayanti of Sant Meerabai

1. Para Asian Games

Syllabus: GS- 2, Sports 

Prelims: Para Asian Games

Context: Indian para-athletes create history with India’s highest-ever Medal Tally in the Para Asian Games. 

Details: 

• Indian para-athletes have created history with India’s highest-ever Medal Tally in the Para Asian Games with 111 medals, including 29 Gold medals. 
• Previously India had won 14 medals in the 2010 edition, 33 in 2014 and 72 in 2018. 
• This is India’s best-ever performance since the inception of the Games where India was ranked 5th in the overall medal tally. 
• India sent its largest contingent this year, consisting of 303 athletes (191 male & 112 female). 
• Out of the 111 medals, female athletes have contributed 40 medals, i.e. 36% of the medal tally.

2. Jayanti of Sant Meerabai

Syllabus: GS-1, History

Prelims: Sant Meerabai 

Context: The Prime Minister has paid rich tributes to Sant Meerabai on her Jayanti.

About Sant Meerabai:

• She was a peerless devotee of Lord Krishna and her verses adorn every household and her life is an inspiration for the society. 
• Meera, also known as Mirabai and referred to as Saint Meerabai, was a Hindu mystic poet and Krishna devotee who lived in the 16th century. She is a well-known Bhakti saint, especially in the Hindu tradition of North India. 
• Raag Govind, Govind Tika, Raag Soratha, Meera Ki Malhar, Mira Padavali, and Narsi Ji Ka Mayara are some of Mirabai’s compositions.
• Mira Bai’s poetry appears in Prem Ambodh Pothi, a work credited to Guru Gobind Singh and completed in 1693 CE, as one of sixteen ancient bhakti saints essential to Sikhism.
• Meerabai was written in Braj bhasa and Rajasthani.

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