{"id":17797,"date":"2023-05-25T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T11:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?p=17797"},"modified":"2023-06-26T06:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T00:42:31","slug":"sengol","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/sengol","title":{"rendered":"Sengol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the inauguration of the new Parliament House, PM Modi will establish the historical and sacred &#8220;Sengol&#8221; in the Parliament House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25.png 611w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25-360x226.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Image Source: The Indian Express<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>About Sengol:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name Sengol is derived from the <\/span><b>Tamil word \u201cSemmai\u201d,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning Righteousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a sceptre which was given by the British to India\u2019s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru <\/span><b>to represent the transfer of power in 1947.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to an official document \u2014 the sceptre is a significant historical <\/span><b>symbol of Independence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as it signifies the transfer of power from the British to the Indians.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sceptre measures <\/span><b>five feet in length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has a <\/span><b>\u2018Nandi\u2019 bull<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on top, symbolising justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why was the Sengol given to Nehru?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the official document, just before Independence, Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, asked Nehru about the ceremony that should be followed to symbolise the transfer of power from British to Indian hands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symbol (for the transfer of power) used was the handover of the \u2018Sengol\u2019 from one King to his successor.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It added that the newly crowned ruler would be given the Sengol with an order to rule his subjects fairly and justly in a ceremony performed during the Chola dynasty.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How was the Sengol made?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rajagopalachari,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also known as Rajaji, was tasked with the responsibility of arranging a sceptre.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsequently, he reached out to Thiruvaduthurai Atheenam, a well-known mutt in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Tanjore district, for help and its leader commissioned the manufacturing of the Sengol to Chennai-based \u201cVummidi Bangaru Chetty\u201d jewellers, as per the official document.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is constructed by two men \u2014 <\/span><b>Vummidi Ethirajulu and Vummidi Sudhakar.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-history\/sengol-new-parliament-significance-nehru-8626977\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>News Source: Indian Express\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: At the inauguration of the new Parliament House, PM Modi will establish the historical and sacred &#8220;Sengol&#8221; in the Parliament House. Image Source: The Indian Express \u00a0About Sengol: The name Sengol is derived from the Tamil word \u201cSemmai\u201d, meaning Righteousness.\u00a0 It is a sceptre which was given by the British to India\u2019s first Prime&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/sengol\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sengol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1185,1184,1183,1182],"paper-wise":[],"subject":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/17797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/current-affairs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/17797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17797"},{"taxonomy":"paper-wise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper-wise?post=17797"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=17797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}