7/11/21

Birsingha Village - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar birth place -The era of inserted birsingha village in Midnapore

Birsingha

Birsingha village is located in Ghatal Tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal under Medinipur Division. Birsingha village is famous for the birth place of the great Bengali social reformer and the author of Varna Parichay Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born in a Hindu Brahmin family to Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi at Birsingha village in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Midnapore District on 26 September 1820.

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Ishwar chandra Vidyasagar birth place Midnapore
Ishwar chandra Vidyasagar birth place

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.It has a density of population of 1,099 per km2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas. birsingha gram pin code is 721222. It is situated 11.6km away from Ghatal Police Station & 11.6km away from Ghatal Central Bus Stand. Midnapur is the district headquarter of Birsingha village. As per 2009 stats, Birsingha is the gram panchayat of Birsingha village. The total geographical area of village is 354.27 hectares. Kharar is nearest town to Birsingha which is approximately 5km away.

Birsingha Village | Map of Birsingha Village in Ghatal Tehsil, Medinipur of West Bengal


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Birsingha had a total population of 3,026, of which 1,588 (52%) were males and 1,438 (48%) were females. There were 342 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Birsingha was 2,343 (87.30% of the population over 6 years).

Education

Birsingha Vidyasagar Balika Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium girls' only institution established in 1971. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 200 books and 15 computers. It is housed in a government building.Birsingha Primary School was established in 1929.

Healthcare

Vidyasagar Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Birsingha, is the major government medical facility in the Ghatal CD block.


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6/18/21

गहमर -एशिया का सबसे बड़ा गांव

गहमर

भारत ही नहीं एशिया का सबसे बड़ा है यह गांव, यहां 12 हजार से अधिक हैं फौजी, एक लाख 20 हजार है आबादी सन 1530 में कुसुम देव राव (Kusum Dev Rao) ने सकरा डीह नामक स्थान पर गहमर गांव बसाया था. द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध में गहमर के 226 सैनिक अंग्रेजी सेना में शामिल हुए थे, जिसमें से 21 वीरगति को प्राप्त हुये थे.

गाजीपुर. गांव के हर घर में देशभक्ति का जज्बा और हर युवा के दिल में सैनिक बन कर देश सेवा की हसरत. शायद यही वजह है कि इस गांव को फौजियों का गांव कहते हैं. गाजीपुर (Ghazipur) का गहमर गांव (Gahmar Village) जहां कई पीढ़ियों से देश सेवा के लिए फौजी बनना एक परम्परा बन चुकी है. गहमर का हर युवा आज भी फौजियों के गांव की इस परम्परा की विरासत को पूरे जिम्मेदारी से संभाले हुये हैं. गाजीपुर में फौजियों का ये गांव जहां एशिया में सबसे बड़ा गांव है, वहीं औसतन हर घर में एक सैनिक (Soldier) इस गांव की शान बढ़ा रहा है. हर करम अपना करेंगें ऐ वतन तेरे लिए. दिल दिया है जान भी देंगें ऐ वतन तेरे लिए. गाजीपुर के गहमर गांव की फिजाओं में शायद यही लफ्ज हर पल गूंजते हैं.
गहमर की मिट्टी, हवा और पानी भी देशभक्ति और देश सेवा के जज्बे को पूरी तरह अपने में समेटे हुये है. यही वजह है कि गांव के हर शख्स के लिए फौजी बनकर देश सेवा पहला लक्ष्य होता है. गांव की गलियां हो, बाग, खेत-खलिहान या गंगा के घाट हर जगह युवा फौज में भर्त्ती के लिए जीतोड़ मेहनत करते नजर आते हैं. गहमर के हर युवा के दिल में फौज में भर्त्ती होकर देश के लिए सब कुछ न्योछावर कर देने का हौंसला उन्हे बेमिसाल बनाता है.
गहमर उत्तर प्रदेश के गाजीपुर जिले का एक गाँव है। यह गाँव भारत का सबसे बड़ा गाँव है। यह एशिया महाद्वीप का सबसे बड़ा गांव है | यह पटना और मुगलसराय रेल मार्ग पर स्थित है | गाँव के पश्चिम छोर पर कमइच्छा माई (माँ कामाख्या) का मंदिर स्थित है


 

गाजीपुर जिला मुख्यालय से लगभग 40 किलोमीटर दूर गंगा किनारे बसा गहमर एशिया का सबसे बड़ा गांव माना जाता है, जिसकी कुल आबादी एक लाख बीस हजार है. तकरीबन 25 हजार मतदाताओं वाला गहमर 8 वर्ग मील में फैला हुआ है. गहमर 22 पट्टियों या टोले में बंटा है. ऐतिहासिक दस्तावेज बताते हैं कि सन 1530 में कुसुम देव राव ने सकरा डीह नामक स्थान पर गहमर गांव बसाया था. गहमर में ही प्रसिद्ध कामख्या देवी मंदिर भी है, जो पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश समेत बिहार के लोगों के लिए आस्था का बड़ा केन्द्र है. लेकिन गहमर की सबसे बड़ी पहचान है यहां के हर घर में एक फौजी से.

गांव वाले मां कामाख्या को अपनी कुल देवी मानते हैं और देश सेवा को अपना सबसे बड़ा फर्ज. गहमर गांव के औसतन हर घर से एक पुरुष सेना में कार्यरत है. गांव के हर घर में फौजियों की तस्वीरें, वर्दियां और सेना के मेडल फौजियों के इस गांव की कहानी खुद ही बयान कर देती हैं. वर्तमान में गहमर के 12 हजार से अधिक लोग भारतीय सेना के विभिन्न अंगों में सैनिक से लेकर कर्नल तक के पदों पर कार्यरत हैं. जबकि 15 हजार से ज्यादा भूतपूर्व सैनिक गांव में रहते हैं. बताया जाता है कि सैन्य सेवा को लेकर गहमर की ये परम्परा प्रथम विश्व युद्ध से शुरु हुई. द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध में गहमर के 226 सैनिक अंग्रेजी सेना में शामिल रहे, जिसमें से 21 सैनिक वीरगति को प्राप्त हुये थे.


कामख्या हर मोर्चे पर गहमर के अपने बेटों की रक्षा स्वयं करती हैं

देशभक्ति और सैन्य सेवा का ये जुनून अब गहमर वासियों के लिए परम्परा बन चुका है. गहमर की पीढ़ियां दर पीढ़िया अपनी इस विरासत को लगातार संभाले हुये हैं. गहमर के सैनिकों ने सन 1962,1965 और 1971 के युद्धों में भी भारतीय सेना के लिए अपने हौंसले और जज्बे के दम पर मोर्चा संभाला था. देश सेवा इस गांव के हर बांशिदे के लिए सबसे बड़ी गर्व की बात है. फौजियों के इस गांव की एक सच्चाई ये भी है कि आजादी के बाद से आज तक गहमर के सैनिक विभिन्न युद्धो में अपनी वीरता और शौर्यता का परचम तो फहराते रहे, लेकिन आज तक कोई भी शत्रु सेना उनका बाल भी बांका नही कर पायी. गहमर के लोगों की मान्यता है कि उनकी कुल देवी मां कामख्या हर मोर्चे पर गहमर के अपने बेटों की रक्षा स्वयं करती हैं. यूपी के गाजीपुर जिले के गहमर गांव को पूरे देश में फौजियों के गांव के रुप में पहचाना जाता है. गहमर का हर युवा होश संभालते ही देश सेवा के लिए सेना में भर्त्ती होने के लिए अभ्यास शुरु कर देता है. फौजियों के इस गांव में युवाओं का मकसद सैनिक बनकर देश सेवा ही होता है. पूरा गांव अपने इस जज्बे पर गर्व भी महसूस करता है.

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इंडि‍यन आर्मी में तैनात हैं इस गांव के 10 हजार जवान, ये है फैसिलि‍टी-प्रॉब्लम

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गाजीपुर. यूपी के गाजीपुर में एशिया का सबसे बड़ा गांव 'गहमर' है। यहां की पॉपुलेशन करीब 1 लाख 20 हजार है। जहां हर घर से करीब 10 हजार जवान इंडियन आर्मी में तैनात हैं या रहे हैं। भूतपूर्व सैनिक कल्याण समिति के अध्यक्ष मार्कंडेय सिंह ने बताया,  15 किलोमीटर के एरिया में फैले इस गांव में करीब 10 हजार घर हैं।

गांव में ये है फैसिलिटी, ये हैं दिक्कतें

 - गहमर इंटर कॉलेज के प्रबंधक हरेराम सिंह ने बताया, ''शहर जाने और आने के लिए ताड़ीघाट बारा मार्ग पर 3 से 4 फीट के गड्ढे हैं और बारिश में पानी जमा रहता है। इसकी दूरी करीब 20 किलोमीटर है।''
- ''गांव वालों को शहर आने जाने के लिए दूसरे स्टेट बिहार से बक्सर-चौसा होते हुए 75 किलोमीटर की दूरी तय करके उजियार भरौली मोहम्दाबाद से गाजीपुर शहर आना-जाना पड़ता है। बिजली यहां 12 से 14 घंटे रहती है।''
- ''गांव में 6 प्राइमरी स्कूल, एक जूनियर हाई स्कूल, एक इंटर कॉलेज, एक गल्र्स इंटर कॉलेज, दो डिग्री कॉलेज, 2 पोस्ट ऑफिस, 3 बैंक, 5 गंगा घाट, 2 जल निगम की पानी की टंकी, एक सिनेमाहाल, एक रेलवे स्टेशन, एक मिनी स्टेडियम, एक पार्क है।''

इंडि‍यन आर्मी में हैं 10 हजार जवान

1. इस गांव के करीब 10 हजार लोग इंडि‍यन आर्मी में जवान से लेकर कर्नल तक हैं, जबकि 14  हजार से ज्यादा भूतपूर्व सैनिक हैं।

2. रिकॉर्ड के मुताबिक, 2009 के लोकसभा चुनाव में गांव में 24 हजार 734 वोटर्स रहे।
3. गांव गाजीपुर से 40 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर स्थित है। गहमर में एक रेलवे स्टेशन भी है, जो पटना और मुगलसराय से जुड़ा हुआ है।
4. इतिहासकारों के मुताबिक, सन् 1530 में कुसुम देव राव ने 'सकरा डीह' नामक स्थान पर इसे बसाया था।
5 गांव 22 टोले में बंटा हुआ है और हर पट्टी किसी न किसी प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति सैनिक के नाम पर है।  
6. प्रथम और द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध हो या 1965 और 1971 के युद्ध या फिर कारगिल की लड़ाई, सब में यहां के फौजियों ने बढ़-चढ़कर हिस्सा लिया।
7. विश्वयुद्ध के समय अंग्रेजों की फौज में गहमर के 228 सैनिक शामिल थे, जिनमें 21 मारे गए थे। इनकी याद में गहमर में एक शिलालेख लगा हुआ है।
8. गहमर के भूतपूर्व सैनिकों ने पूर्व सैनिक सेवा समिति नामक संस्था बनाई है। गांव के युवक गांव से कुछ दूरी पर गंगा तट पर स्थित मठिया चौक पर सुबह-शाम सेना की तैयारी करते नजर आ जाते हैं।  
9. इंडियन आर्मी गहमर में ही भर्ती शिविर लगाया करती थी, लेकिन 1986 में इसको किसी कारण से बंद कर दिया गया।
10. सैनिकों की भारी संख्या को देखते हुए भारतीय सेना ने गांव के लोगों के लिए सैनिक कैंटीन की भी सुविधा उपलब्ध कराई थी। जिसके लिए वाराणसी आर्मी कैंटीन से सामान हर महीने में गहमर गांव में भेजा जाता था, लेकिन पिछले कई सालों से यह सेवा बंद चल रही है।

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10/24/20

Ayodhya Ram Mandir | Ram Janmabhoomi | Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas| Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra | Ram Temple

 Ram Mandir, Ayodhya

Ram Mandir, Ayodhya

Ram Janmabhoomi (literally, "Rama's birthplace") is the name given to the site that is believed to be the birthplace of Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. The Ramayana states that the location of Rama's birthplace is on the banks of the Sarayu river in a city called "Ayodhya".
Some Hindus claim that the exact site of Rama's birthplace is where the Babri Masjid once stood in the present-day Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. According to this theory, the Mughals demolished a Hindu shrine that marked the spot, and constructed a mosque in its place. People opposed to this theory state that such claims arose only in the 18th century, and that there is no evidence for the spot being the birthplace of Rama.

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Ram Mandir,Ayodhya


The political, historical and socio-religious debate over the history and location of the Babri Mosque, and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create it, is known as the Ayodhya dispute.
In 1992, the demolition of the Babri Masjid by Hindu nationalists triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
Several other sites, including places in other parts of India, Afghanistan, and Nepal, have been proposed as birthplaces of Rama.
The five judges Supreme Court bench heard the title dispute cases from August to October 2019. On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the land to be handed over to a trust to build the Hindu temple. It also ordered to the government to give alternate 5 acre land to Sunni Waqf Board to build the mosque. On 5 February 2020, the trust known as Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra was created by the Government of India. The trust will oversee the construction of the Ram Mandir. The foundation stone for construction of the temple was laid on 5 August 2020 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Ram Temple,Ayodhya




Ram Mandir, Ayodhya

 


Proposed Architecture Design of Ram Temple at Ayodhya.

Religion

Affiliation

Hinduism

Deity

Ram Lalla (infant form of Rama)

Festivals

Rama Navami, Diwali, Dussehra

Location

Location

Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India

 

Geographic coordinates

26.7956°N 82.1943°ECoordinates: 

 26.7956°N 82.1943°E

Architecture

Architect(s)

Sompura family
(Chandrakant Sompura
Nikhil Sompura and Ashish Sompura)

Creator

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra
Construction by Larsen & Toubro

Groundbreaking

5 August 2020

Completed

Under construction since 6 months, 3 weeks and 6 days

Temple(s)

1

History

Ayodhya is regarded as one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, revered because of its association in the great Indian epic poem Ramayana with the birth of Rama and with the rule of his father, Dasharatha. According to this source, the town was prosperous and well fortified and had a large population.
In traditional history, Ayodhya was the early capital of the kingdom of Kosala, though in Buddhist times (6th–5th century BCE) Shravasti became the kingdom’s chief city. Scholars generally agree that Ayodhya is identical with the town of Saketa, where the Buddha is said to have resided for a time. Its later importance as a Buddhist centre can be gauged from the statement of the Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian in the 5th century CE that there were 100 monasteries there (although he cited 100, Faxian probably did not mean that exact number, just that there were many monasteries). There were also a number of other monuments, including a stupa (shrine) reputed to have been founded by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE).
The Kanauj kingdom arose in Ayodhya, then called Oudh, during the 11th and 12th centuries CE. The region was later included in the Delhi sultanate, the Jaunpur kingdom, and, in the 16th century, the Mughal Empire. Oudh gained a measure of independence early in the 18th century but became subordinate to the British East India Company in 1764. In 1856 it was annexed by the British; the annexation and subsequent loss of rights by the hereditary land revenue receivers provided one of the causes of the Indian Mutiny in 1857. Oudh was joined with the Agra Presidency in 1877 to form the North-Western Provinces and later the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, now Uttar Pradesh state.
Despite the town’s great age, there are few surviving monuments of any antiquity. The Babri Masjid (“Mosque of Bābur”) was built in the early 16th century by the Mughal emperor Bābur on a site traditionally identified as Rama’s birthplace and as the location of an ancient Hindu temple, the Ram Janmabhoomi. Because of its significance to both Hindus and Muslims, the site was often a matter of contention. In 1990, riots in northern India followed the storming of the mosque by Hindu nationalists intent on erecting a temple on the site; the ensuing crisis brought down the Indian government. Two years later, on December 6, 1992, the three-story mosque was demolished in a few hours by a crowd of Hindu nationalists. It was estimated that more than 2,000 people died in the rioting that swept through India following the mosque’s destruction. An investigative commission led by Manmohan Singh Liberhan, a retired judge, was formed in 1992 but did not issue a report until 2009. The report, when it finally appeared, caused an uproar because it blamed several leading figures from the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party for the mosque’s destruction. A court ruling in 2010 divided the land between Hindus and Muslims, but that decision was overturned in 2019 by the Supreme Court, which entrusted the property exclusively to Hindus.

Babari Masjid(mosque)
Babari Masjid


Background

Rama, considered an incarnation of god Vishnu, is a widely worshiped Hindu deity. According to the ancient Indian epic, Ramayana, Rama was born in Ayodhya. In the 16th century, the Mughals constructed a mosque, the Babri Masjid which is believed to be the site of the Ram Janmabhoomi, the birthplace of Rama. A violent dispute arose in the 1850s.
In the 1980s, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), belonging to the Hindu nationalist family Sangh Parivar, launched a new movement to reclaim the site for Hindus and to erect a temple dedicated to the infant Rama (Ram Lalla) at this spot. In November 1989, the VHP laid the foundations of a temple on land adjacent to the disputed mosque. On 6 December 1992, the VHP and the Bharatiya Janata Party organised a rally at the site involving 150,000 volunteers, known as kar sevaks. The rally turned violent, and the crowd overwhelmed the security forces and tore down the mosque. The demolition resulted in several months of intercommunal rioting between India's Hindu and Muslim communities, causing the death of at least 2,000 people, and triggering riots all over the Indian subcontinent.
A 1978 and a 2003 archaeological excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found evidence indicating that Hindu temple remains had existed on the site.Archeologist KK Muhammad accused several historians of undermining the findings. Over the years, various title and legal disputes also took place, such as the passage of the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Ordinance, 1993. It was only after the 2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute that it was decided the disputed land be handed over to a trust formed by the Indian government for the construction of a Ram temple. The trust was eventually formed under the name Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. Five acres of land was allocated for the mosque elsewhere in the city. On 5 February 2020, it was announced in the Parliament that the Narendra Modi government had accepted a scheme to construct the temple.

Prior construction efforts

In the 1980s, the VHP collected funds and bricks with "Shree Ram" written on them. Later, the Rajiv Gandhi government gave the VHP permission for Shilanyas, with the then Home Minister Buta Singh formally conveying the permission to the VHP leader Ashok Singhal. Initially the centre and state governments had agreed upon the conducting of the Shilanyas outside of the disputed site. However, on 9 November 1989, a group of VHP leaders and Sadhus laid the foundation stone by digging a 200-litre (7-cubic-foot) pit adjacent to the disputed land. The singhdwar (transl. main entrance) of the sanctum was laid here. Kameshwar Chaupal (a Dalit leader from Bihar) became one of the first people to lay the stone.

Babri Masjid Site

The Ramayana, a Hindu epic whose earliest portions date back to 1st millennium BCE, states that the capital of Rama was Ayodhya. According to the local Hindu belief, the site of the now-demolished Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is the exact birthplace of Rama. The Babri mosque is believed to have been constructed during 1528–29 by a certain 'Mir Baqi' (possibly Baqi Tashqandi), who was a commander of the Mughal emperor Babur (r. 1526–1530). However, the historical evidence for these beliefs is scant.
In 1611, an English traveller William Finch visited Ayodhya and recorded the "ruins of the Ranichand [Ramachand] castle and houses". He made no mention of a mosque. In 1634, Thomas Herbert described a "pretty old castle of Ranichand [Ramachand]" which he described as an antique monument that was "especially memorable". However, by 1672, the appearance of a mosque at the site can be inferred because Lal Das's Awadh-Vilasa describes the location of birthplace without mentioning a temple or "castle". In 1717, the Moghul Rajput noble Jai Singh II purchased land surrounding the site and his documents show a mosque. The Jesuit missionary Joseph Tiefenthaler, who visited the site between 1766–1771, wrote that either Aurangazeb (r. 1658–1707) or Babur had demolished the Ramkot fortress, including the house that was considered as the birthplace of Rama by Hindus. He further stated that a mosque was constructed in its place, but the Hindus continued to offer prayers at a mud platform that marked the birthplace of Rama. In 1810, Francis Buchanan visited the site, and stated that the structure destroyed was a temple dedicated to Rama, not a house. Many subsequent sources state that the mosque was constructed after demolishing a temple.
Police officer and writer Kishore Kunal states that all the claimed inscriptions on the Babri mosque were fake. They were affixed sometime around 1813 (almost 285 years after the supposed construction of the mosque in 1528 CE), and repeatedly replaced.
Before the 1940s, the Babri Masjid was called Masjid-i-Janmasthan ("mosque of the birthplace"), including in the official documents such as revenue records. Shykh Muhammad Azamat Ali Kakorawi Nami (1811–1893) wrote: "the Babari mosque was built up in 923(?) A.H. under the patronage of Sayyid Musa Ashiqan in the Janmasthan temple in Faizabad-Avadh, which was a great place of (worship) and capital of Rama’s father"
H.R. Neville, the editor of the Faizabad District Gazetteer (1870), wrote that the Janmasthan temple "was destroyed by Babur and replaced by a mosque." He also wrote "The Janmasthan was in Ramkot and marked the birthplace of Rama. In 1528 A.D. Babur came to Ayodhya and halted here for a week. He destroyed the ancient temple and on its site built a mosque, still known as Babur's mosque. The materials of the old structure [i.e., the temple] were largely employed, and many of the columns were in good preservation."

dispute Babari Masjid site-ayodhya
Babari Masjid site dispute


Proposed Ram Janmabhoomi temple


In 1853, a group of armed Hindu ascetics belonging to the Nirmohi Akhara occupied the Babri Masjid site, and claimed ownership of the structure. Subsequently, the civil administration stepped in, and in 1855, divided the mosque premises into two parts: one for Hindus, and the other for Muslims.
In 1883, the Hindus launched an effort to construct a temple on the platform. When the administration denied them the permission to do this, they took the matter to court. In 1885, the Hindu Sub Judge Pandit Hari Kishan Singh dismissed the lawsuit. Subsequently, the higher courts also dismissed the lawsuit in 1886, in favour of status quo. In December 1949, some Hindus placed idols of Rama and Sita in the mosque, and claimed that they had miraculously appeared there. As thousands of Hindu devotees started visiting the place, the Government declared the mosque a disputed area and locked its gates. Subsequently, multiple lawsuits from Hindus, asking for permission to convert the site into a place of worship.
In the 1980s, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other Hindu nationalist groups and political parties launched a campaign to construct the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir ("Rama birthplace temple") at the site. The Rajiv Gandhi government allowed Hindus to access the site for prayers. On 6 December 1992, Hindu nationalists demolished the mosque, resulting in communal riots leading to over 2,000 deaths.

Ram Janmabhoomi temple design
Proposed Ram Janmabhoomi temple


In 2003, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) conducted excavations of the site on court orders. The ASI report indicated the presence of a 10th-century north Indian style temple under the mosque. Muslim groups and the historians supporting them disputed these findings, and dismissed them as politically motivated. The Allahabad High Court, however, upheld the ASI's findings. The excavations by the ASI were heavily used as evidence by the court that the predating structure was a massive Hindu religious building.
In 2009, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its election manifesto, repeating its promise to construct a temple to Rama at the site.
In 2010, the Allahabad High Court ruled that the 2.77 acres (1.12 ha) of disputed land be divided into 3 parts, with 1⁄3 going to the Ram Lalla or Infant Lord Rama represented by the Hindu Maha Sabha for the construction of the Ram temple, 1⁄3 going to the Muslim Sunni Waqf Board and the remaining 1⁄3 going to a Hindu religious denomination Nirmohi Akhara. All the three parties appealed against the division of disputed land to the Supreme Court.
The five judges Supreme Court bench heard the title dispute cases from August to October 2019. On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the land to be handed over to a trust to build the Hindu temple. It also ordered to the government to give alternate 5 acre land to Sunni Waqf Board to build the mosque.On 5 February 2020, the trust known as Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra was created by the Government of India.

Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas

Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (translation: Ram Birthplace Trust) is an organisation which was formed as a trust to promote and oversee the construction of a temple in Ayodhya, India at the Ram Janmabhoomi, the reputed site of the birth of Rama, the seventh and one of the most popular Avatars of Hindu God Vishnu. The Nyas was formed by members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council).
On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court of India ruled to constitute a Trust to build a temple on the entire 2.77 acres of the land by Central Government not this Nyas. On 5 February 2020, the Central Government constituted the trust named Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra which was headed by Mahant Nritya Gopal Das.

Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas-ayodhya
Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas



Construction of Ram Temple

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust began the first phase of construction of the Ram Temple on March, 2020. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 05, 2020.

Construction of Ram Temple
Construction of Ram Temple


Foundation

The Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas (RJN) was founded as an independent trust by members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad on 25 January 1993 to take charge of the site of Ram Janmabhoomi and oversee the construction of the proposed Rama temple. Ramchandra Das Paramhans (1913–2003) was head of the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, succeeded upon his death by Nritya Gopal Das.  Its members argued that the Nyas was created so that the Government of India would not control the site and end up involving itself in the construction of the temple. The RJN also operates workshops in Karsevakpuram (City of Volunteers), a major encampment of volunteer activists (called Karsevaks) outside Ayodhya preparing to undertake the construction of the temple.

2010 Ayodhya verdict

The leaders of the RJN welcomed the decision of the Allahabad High Court to distribute the disputed territory into three parts, with one-third going to the Muslim Sunni Waqf Board and another to the Nirmohi Akhara Hindu denomination. However, the RJN claimed that it was the rightful party to take possession of the land and said it would appeal to the Supreme Court of India to seek possession of the entire site.

2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute

The final hearing in the Supreme Court ended on 16 October 2019. The bench reserved the final judgment and granted three days to contesting parties to file written notes on 'moulding of relief' or narrowing down the issues on which the court is required to adjudicate.
The final judgement in the Supreme Court was officially declared on 9 November 2019. The Supreme Court dismisses the claim of Sunni Waqf Board and ordered that a trust to be made by the Government of India which be building the Temple. On 5 February 2020, the government announced the creation of the trust to be known as Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. On 5 August 2020, Ram Mandir Bhoomi-poojan was performed in the presence of RSS Chief, Prime Minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra is a trust set up for the construction and management of Shri Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh by the Government of India. The trust has 15 trustees.
It was created as per the verdict of the Supreme Court of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the formation of the trust in the Lok Sabha on 5 February 2020.
It was given the 2.77 acre (previously disputed) land as well as the 67.703 acre land acquired under the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act, 1993 following the Supreme Court verdict in this regard.
The trust is led by Mahant Nrityagopal Das. Former Solicitor General of India and senior lawyer K. Parasaran, who represented Shri Ram Lalla Virajmaan in the Supreme Court, is also a member of the trust. Initially, the trust was led by Parasaran.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra


Deity

Ram Lalla Virajman, the infant form of Rama, an avatar of Vishnu, is the presiding deity of the temple. Ram Lalla's dress will be stitched by tailors Bhagwat Prasad and Shankar Lal; Shankar Lal is a fourth generation tailor to Rama's idol.
Ram Lalla was a litigant in the court case over the disputed site since 1989, being considered a "juristic person" by the law. He was represented by Triloki Nath Pandey, a senior VHP leader who was considered as Ram Lalla's next 'human' friend.

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10/19/20

Kolkata Knight Riders player list | Complete list of KKR | List of players in KKR | Squad of KKR

 Kolkata Knight Right player list(KKR)

List of Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of the Indian cricket team was the icon player and led the franchise in the 2008 and 2010 seasons. Brendon McCullum lead the team in the intervening period. Both captains were released before the 2011 season. The former team included all-rounders Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Angelo Mathews, batsman Ricky Ponting and wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers were Umar Gul, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Brad Hodge and bowlers Ajantha Mendis and Charl Langeveldt were bought outside the IPL auction in late 2008.

Kolkata Knight Riders- sourav ganguly
Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008

At the 2009 auction the team bought Bangladeshi all-rounder Mashrafe Mortaza at a whopping price of $600,000 dollars. Due to the unavailability of Pakistani players starting 2009, KKR had to suspend the contract of Umar Gul, who was a key performer from the 2008 season. On 26 April 2009, KKR administration sent back two of its players Akash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar on the premises of poor performance. Shane Bond was acquired after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk and the Pakistani players Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Akhtar before the third season. Moises Henriques was traded to Delhi in return for Owais Shah and Manoj Tiwary. Thus, their overseas roster for the 2010 season consisted of Shane Bond, Mashrafe Mortaza, Brendon McCullum, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Owais Shah and Chris Gayle.

2011 heralded the beginning of a new era for KKR. In the 2011 season, KKR drastically revamped their squad. Former captain and icon player Sourav Ganguly was not purchased in the January auction. This led to protest rallies, signature campaigns throughout the country and abroad along with stadium protests by various fan groups, such as 'No Dada No KKR', which received both national and international press attention. The team appointed Gautam Gambhir, who was bought for a record-breaking $2.4 million as skipper. Yusuf Pathan was also picked up for a whopping $2.1 million. Other international names who were added include Shakib Al Hasan, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Ryan ten Doeschate, Eoin Morgan and James Pattinson. Haddin was replaced by Mark Boucher mid-season due to injury.

In the 2012 auction, KKR bought back their former captain, Brendon McCullum. They also acquired West Indian spinner Sunil Narine and South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange.

The team later added four domestic players to their squad, including Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Sanju Samson from Kerala. However, in November 2012, KKR released the latter three from their team along with Jaydev Unadkat, a key performer from the previous seasons. In the 2013 auction, the team acquired only two overseas players, Sachithra Senanayake and Ryan McLaren.

Before the February 2014 auction, the team had only retained their key performers Gautam Gambhir and Sunil Narine. From the auctions that took place, the team brought back Jacques Kallis and Yusuf Pathan with their right-to-match (RTM) card. Also keeping their place in the squad was Ryan ten Doeschate and Shakib Al Hasan. New international players were Morne Morkel, Patrick Cummins and Chris Lynn. Prominent Indian players bought included Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav and Piyush Chawla.

KKR's impressive additions in the 2015 auction were veteran Australian bowler Brad Hogg and wicket-keeper Sheldon Jackson. Before the auction in February 2016, they released Ryan ten Doeschate who was a part of their team for five consecutive seasons along with pace bowler Pat Cummins. The Knight Riders were particularly noted for their change in approach from the previous auctions where they had concentrated on spinners. For the 2016 edition, however, they acquired as many as six pacers in the form of all-rounders John Hastings, Colin Munro, Jason Holder and Rajagopal Sathish as well as bowlers Ankit Rajpoot and Jaydev Unadkat, with the latter being a former player of the squad. They signed one spinner in Manan Sharma. Before the 2017 auctions, they released Morne Morkel, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, John Hastings, Jaydev Unadkat, Rajagopal Sathish, Manan Sharma and replacement signing Shaun Tait. From the 2017 Indian Premier League auction, they signed Trent Boult, English all-rounder Chris Woakes, Australian Nathan Coulter-Nile, West Indian Darren Bravo and Jamaican Rovman Powell. The domestic players signed were Rishi Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Sayan Ghosh and R Sanjay Yadav. At the time, Andre Russell was banned for one year for doping; he was replaced by Colin de Grandhomme for the season. In January 2018, they only retained West Indian cricketers Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Their two-time title winning captain Gautam Gambhir was released. At the auction, they retained Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav using RTM (Right-To-Match) card. KKR also bought back their impressive opener Chris Lynn and uncapped Indian batsman Ishank Jaggi. Other uncapped batsmen bought were Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Cameron Delport, Rinku Singh and Apoorv Wankhade. They also bought West Indian uncapped all-rounder Javon Searles and uncapped Indian all-rounders Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi. Other signings were veteran Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, Australian pace bowlers Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson and former Knight Riders player Vinay Kumar.

On 4 March 2018, Dinesh Karthik was appointed as the captain of KKR for IPL 2018 and Robin Uthappa was named vice-captain. Mitchell Starc was ruled out before the season due to injury and Tom Curran was announced as his replacement. Ahead of the auction for IPL 2019, eight players were released from the squad including Mitchell Starc and his replacement Tom Curran.

At the auction, their high-profile buys were Carlos Brathwaite for ₹50 million (US$700,000) and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson for ₹16 million (US$220,000). Other players bought were South African pacer Anrich Nortje, English duo Harry Gurney and Joe Denly as well as uncapped Indian players Nikhil Naik, Prithvi Raj Yarra and Shrikant Mundhe for their base prices of ₹2 million (US$28,000) each. Before IPL 2020, KKR released 11 players from their squad and also traded in Siddhesh Lad from Mumbai Indians.

At the 2020 IPL Auction, KKR bought pace bowler Pat Cummins for 15.5 crores. This was the biggest buy in the auction. KKR also purchased Eoin Morgan, who just came off as captain of the World Cup winning England squad. He was bought for 5.25 crores. On 16 October 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik handed over Kolkata Knight Riders' captaincy to Eoin Morgan.

Kolkata Knight Riders players
Kolkata Knight Riders


Current squad


Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.

Name


Batting style

Bowling style

Notes

27

Nitish Rana

 

Left-handed

Right-arm off break

 

77

Shubman Gill

 

Right-handed

Right-arm off break

 

35

Rinku Singh

 

Left-handed

Right-arm off break

 

N/A

Siddhesh Lad

 

Right-handed

Right-arm off-break

 

16

Eoin Morgan

 

Left-handed

Right-arm medium

Overseas; Captain

52

Rahul Tripathi

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast medium

 

12

Andre Russell

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast-medium

Overseas

74

Sunil Narine

 

Left-handed

Right-arm off break

Overseas

93

Chris Green

 

Right-handed

Right-arm off-break

Overseas

19

Dinesh Karthik

 

Right-handed

Right-arm off break

Ex-Captain

18

Tom Banton

 

Right-handed

Right-arm off break

Overseas

7

Nikhil Naik

 

Right-handed

Right-arm off break

 

23

Kuldeep Yadav

 

Left-handed

Slow left-arm wrist-spin

 

29

Varun Chakravarthy

 

Right-handed

Right-arm leg break

 

N/A

Manimaran Siddharth

 

Right-handed

Left-arm orthodox

 

5

Kamlesh Nagarkoti

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast

 

26

Shivam Mavi

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast-medium

 

24

Prasidh Krishna

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast-medium

 

69

Lockie Ferguson

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast

Overseas

11

Harry Gurney

 

Right-handed

Left-arm fast-medium

Overseas

63

Sandeep Warrier

 

Right-handed

Right-arm medium-fast

 

30

Pat Cummins

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast

Overseas

47

Ali Khan

 

Right-handed

Right-arm fast-medium

Overseas

All Players list of KKR

General

Name

First

Last

Nationality

Mat

Sourav Ganguly

2008

2010

 India

40

Ajit Agarkar

2008

2010

 India

27

Aakash Chopra

2008

2009

 India

7

Debabrata Das

2008

2013

 India

31

Ashoke Dinda

2008

2010

 India

29

Chris Gayle

2008

2010

 Jamaica

16

Brad Hodge

2008

2010

 Australia

19

David Hussey

2008

2010

 Australia

23

Iqbal Abdulla

2008

2013

 India

33

Murali Karthik

2008

2010

 India

26

Brendon McCullum

2008

2013

 New Zealand

35

Ajantha Mendis

2008

2009

 Sri Lanka

7

Mohammad Hafeez

2008

2008

 Pakistan

8

Ricky Ponting

2008

2008

 Australia

4

Wriddhiman Saha

2008

2010

 India

33

Salman Butt

2008

2008

 Pakistan

7

Shoaib Akhtar

2008

2008

 Pakistan

3

Laxmi Ratan Shukla

2008

2013

 India

42

Tatenda Taibu

2008

2008

 Zimbabwe

3

Ishant Sharma

2008

2010

 India

31

Umar Gul

2008

2008

 Pakistan

6

Ranadeb Bose

2008

2009

 India

1

Cheteshwar Pujara

2008

2010

 India

10

Yashpal Singh

2008

2009

 India

8

Shoaib Shaikh

2009

2009

 India

2

Moises Henriques

2009

2009

 Australia

4

Arindam Ghosh

2009

2009

 India

2

Mashrafe Mortaza

2009

2009

 Bangladesh

1

Charl Langeveldt

2009

2010

 South Africa

1

Angelo Mathews

2009

2010

 Sri Lanka

15

Anureet Singh

2009

2010

 India

3

Owais Shah

2010

2010

 England

5

Shane Bond

2010

2010

 New Zealand

8

Rohan Gavaskar

2010

2010

 India

2

Jaydev Unadkat

2010

2016

 India

25

Manoj Tiwary

2010

2013

 India

54

Gautam Gambhir

2011

2017

 India

108

Yusuf Pathan

2011

2017

 India

106


Captains

  1. Sourav Ganguly (2008,2010)
  2. Brendon McCullum (2009)
  3. Gautam Gambhir (2011-2017)
  4. Dinesh Karthik (2018-2020)
  5. Eoin Morgan (2020- Present)
Shahrukh Khan


Administration and support staff


Position

Name

Owner

 Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla (Mehta Group)

CEO and managing director

 Venky Mysore

Team manager

 Wayne Bentley

Head coach

 Brendon McCullum

Assistant coach

 Abhishek Nayar

Mentor

 David Hussey

Bowling coach

 Kyle Mills

Assistant bowling coach

 Omkar Salvi

Spin bowling consultant

 Pravin Tambe

Fielding coach

 James Foster

Physiotherapist

 Kamlesh Jain

Strength and conditioning coach

 Chris Donaldson

Data and video analyst

 AR Srikkanth



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10/16/20

Kolkata Knight Riders | KKR | IPL Team

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Logo
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The home of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens stadium.

The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab. The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s (14).

The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir, while the leading wicket-taker is Sunil Narine. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will perform, fight and win!) and the official colours are purple and gold. The brand value of the Knight Riders was estimated at $104 million in 2018, second highest among IPL franchises. In 2019, their value was estimated at ₹629 crore (US$88 million).

  Kolkata Knight Riders

Nickname(s)

KKR

League

Indian Premier League

   Personnel

Captain

Dinesh Karthik

Coach

Brendon McCullum

Owner

Red Chillies Entertainment (55%)
Mehta Group (45%)

  Team information

City

KolkataWest Bengal, India

Colours

 Purple,Gold

Founded

2008

Home ground

Eden Gardens

Capacity

68,000

  History

Indian Premier League wins

2 (2012, 2014)

Official website

kkr.in

   

kolkata Knight Riders players

kolkata Knight Riders


Franchise history

In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League based on the Twenty20 form of the game. Eight teams participated in the inaugural tournament held in April – June of the same year. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of $75.09 million, equal to approximately ₹2.98 billion at that time. Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian national team, a native of West Bengal and the current President of BCCI (Board Cricket Control of India) was named the Icon player for the team. The name of the team is a reference to the popular 1980s American television series Knight Rider.

In June 2015, they bought a stake in the Caribbean Premier League cricket team Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel and later in 2016, renamed it Trinbago Knight Riders.

kkr captain sourav ganguly
2008 KKR


Home ground

The home venue of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens (with the two ends of the crease called the High Court End and the Club House End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it was the largest cricket stadium in India and had a seating capacity of over 90,000. In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the International Cricket Council for the 2011 Cricket World Cup; reducing its capacity to around 68,000. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements. In 2013, two of the team's home matches were hosted by the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi.

kolkata Knight Riders home ground
Eden Garden Kolkata


The highs

KKR’s two titles in three years remain their zenith. The first win, in 2012, was a landmark because of how poorly the team had fared in the first four seasons. The win in 2014, when they chased the highest-ever IPL final total, against Kings XI Punjab, cemented that year’s squad as legends forever.

The lows

The dream of a fairy tale under Ganguly did not bear fruit, and there was conflict between him and coach John Buchanan, whose multiple-captains strategy drew laughs, especially after the team’s fortunes sank further. The omission of Ganguly ahead of 2011 threatened to ruin Kolkata’s love for KKR, and the ruckus over the Fake IPL player (an anonymous blogger who appeared to have inside information) in the early years made them the butt of jokes as well.

Season by season

2008 - sixth

Sourav Ganguly became captain of the Kolkata based franchise.The name of the team is a reference to the popular 1980s American television series Knight Rider.Brendon McCullum’s 158 not out in the tournament opener made it seem like KKR were the team to beat in the new league. But then, four straight losses put that start to waste and, despite two Player-of-the-Match performances from Ganguly and a demolition of the Delhi Daredevils by Akhtar, the team finished with three losses at the end of the season.

Brendon McCullum 158*
Brendon McCullum


2009 - eighth

Sourav Ganguly was removed from captaincy.Brendon McCullum assumed the role of the captain.KKR had another miserable season finishing last this time.A Super-Over loss in their third game began a string of eight defeats in a row that broke KKR’s back. After 12 games, they had won just one solitary match, and if it wasn’t for their two wins in their last two games, they might have had the worst season of any team in the history of franchise cricket.

2010 - sixth

Ganguly was retained as captain despite two poor seasons, and he scored 493 runs, but the rest of the team did not hit a winning rhythm. They lost a heap of games in the first half of the tournament and could not quite recover, and though they finished tied on 14 points with the teams in third, fourth and fifth places, their poor net run rate cost them a playoff spot. Ganguly was dropped ahead of the next auction.

2011 - fourth

Sourav Ganguly was sacked.This decision was highly criticised by fans.Delhi boy, Gautam Gambhir was brought in the major auction and was handed captainship responsibilities.A new-look KKR set out to change the team’s fortunes, and they qualified for the playoffs for the first time. KKR’s faith in the Indian talent they had bought along with new captain Gambhir was rewarded, with spinner Iqbal Abdulla, fast bowler L Balaji, and middle-order batsmen Pathan and Manoj Tiwary producing match-winning performances. They lost to the Mumbai Indians in the eliminator.

2012 - champions

KKR’s first title came under Gambhir and new coach Trevor Bayliss, who replaced Dav Whatmore. Two losses to begin, then two wins, a loss, six straight victories, two losses, and finally two wins, meant they finished the league stage second. In the final, Manvinder Bisla’s 89 helped KKR chase a tricky 191. It was Narine’s breakthrough season; he was No. 2 on the KKR bowling charts, and he would top them for the next two years. He  starred throughout the season picking up 24 wickets as KKR seemed to have found their mojo.

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KKR Champions 2012


2013 - seventh

A forgettable season, sandwiched between two superb years. Narine with the ball and Gambhir with the bat were flawless, but they couldn’t extract contributions from the others. Kallis, although good, was not consistent, and KKR lost ten of their 16 league games, finishing seventh out of nine.

2014 - champions

Having lost five of their first seven games, KKR seemed destined for an early exit, but a streak of nine wins in a row handed them a second title. Gambhir and Uthappa’s partnerships set KKR up for breezy finishes, which Pathan usually provided. Kuldeep Yadav and Kallis put in regular contributions too, and in the final, Pandey’s 94 helped KKR chase 200 against Kings XI Punjab for the title.Robin Uthappa and Sunil Narine starred in the league stages with former scoring 660 runs and the latter picking up 21 wickets.KKR defeated KXIP lifting the IPL trophy for the second time.

kkr 2014 final
KKR 2014 Champions


2015 - fifth

Andre Russell struck three fifties but the season belonged to KKR’s bowlers. Morne Morkel handed KKR a rare win over Mumbai, Umesh Yadav played matchwinner twice, and Piyush Chawla’s four-wicket haul dismantled Delhi Daredevils. KKR had to win one of their last two league games to qualify, but they faltered in both matches, losing to Mumbai and the Royals. It was coach Bayliss’ last season.

2016 - fourth

Russell’s domination continued: he earned three Player-of-the-Match awards, and Pathan two as KKR qualified for the playoffs. There, they were knocked out in the eliminator by the Sunrisers. It was also the first season where Jacques Kallis was coach, a relationship that would last three years.

2017 - third

Lynn’s and Narine’s big-hitting at the top, followed by accumulative performances from Gambhir and Uthappa, put KKR on course for a third IPL title when they won seven of their first nine games, but their performances tapered away as the season progressed. They qualified for the playoffs but were knocked out in the qualifier, after being bowled out for 107. (Russell was not available - he was serving a ban.)

2018 - third

Dinesh Karthik was appointed the captain of the team.KKR reached Qualifier 2 and lost the match out of the tournament.KKR finished 3rd.KKR batted aggressively, using the power of Lynn, Narine and Russell to post big totals to overcome the inexperience of their fast bowling. Despite batting low, Karthik was the team’s highest scorer, with 498 runs. KKR beat the Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator, but fell one step short of the final, losing to runners-up the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

2019 - fifth

They won four of their first five games, and then lost six on the trot. When KKR won, it was often thanks to Russell’s heroics with the bat, which earned him four Player-of-the-Match awards. Shubman Gill’s promotion from finisher to opener worked well, and had they won their final game against the Mumbai Indians, they would have qualified for the playoffs.

Key players

Gautam Gambhir

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Gautam Gambhir

KKR’s all-time highest scorer, with 3345 runs, Gambhir made 30 fifties in 122 matches, all of which he captained. Gambhir’s aggressive leadership drew praise, and he led KKR to two IPL titles. He started out batting as an opener but slipped into the middle order to accommodate hard-hitting batsmen.

Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa


For long, Uthappa was the bedrock in the middle order around whom KKR’s big-hitters played. His 17 half-centuries for the side usually led to victories. In his prime, Uthappa’s was the wicket opposition teams looked to get. In KKR’s IPL-winning 2014 season, he scored 40 or more eight matches in a row, a record he still holds.

Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan kkr
Yusuf Pathan

Pathan was already an IPL winner at the Rajasthan Royals when he came to KKR, and he brought the winning mentality with him, playing crucial roles in the side’s two title wins. His cameos as a finisher helped KKR cross the line on many occasions, and his 30 wickets in 56 innings were often important partnership breakers.

Andre Russell

Andre Russell kkr
Andre Russell

The IPL’s biggest overseas superstar, Russell is the Knight Riders’ third-highest wicket-taker, with a strike rate of under 18, but it is his performances with the bat that are truly stunning. His 1400 runs and counting have come at a strike rate of 188.35, and he is the only KKR batsman to have struck 100 sixes.

Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine kkr
Sunil Narine

KKR’s most successful bowler by far, mystery spinner Narine has bowled in the powerplay, middle overs, and at the death. Though he has conceded a few more runs than before in the last three years after he remodelled his action, his economy for KKR is under 7. As opener, he has scored at a strike rate of over 180.

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