Mataram in a sentence

The Maharashtra legislative assembly was adjourned on Wednesday following a noisy protest by BJP MLAs over Abu Azmi’s remark on chanting ‘Vande Mataram’.

While calling attention motion about communal violence in Aurangabad, Azmi said that three individuals on bike chanted slogans asking Muslims to shout Vande Mataram.

Amulya along with Karnataka Congress spokesperson, social worker Kavitha Reddy and student activist Najma Nazeer confronted Hegde and asked him to sing Vande Mataram.

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Rather, JD(U) workers have been chanting Vande Mataram with more vigour.

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre to declare ‘Vande Mataram’ the national anthem, at par with “Jana Gana Mana”, or the national song.

Vande Mataram was sung by the students and citizens at the end of the programme.

While Samajwadi Party’s Shafiqur Rahman Barq, sparked off a controversy by saying that he would never utter Vande Mataram when he takes oath in the Parliament.

Officials have evacuated some patients from a hospital in Sumbawa island and in Lombok’s capital Mataram for fear of worse destruction.

Rescue officials said much of the damage had hit Lombok’s main city of Mataram.

The epicentre of the earthquake struck 50 km northeast of Lombok’s main city Mataram, the United States Geological Survey said, far from the main tourist spots on the south and west of the island.

According to Javanese records, Kyai Gedhe Pamanahan became the ruler of the Mataram area in the 1570s with the support of the kingdom of Pajang to the east, near the current site of Surakarta (Solo).

Agung was responsible for the great expansion and lasting historical legacy of Mataram due to the extensive military conquests of his long reign from 1613 to 1646.

Dutch activities at the time were limited to trading from limited coastal settlements, so their interactions with the inland Mataram kingdom were limited, although they did form an alliance against Surabaya in 1613.

For the Dutch, a stable Mataram empire that was deeply indebted to them would help ensure continued trade on favourable terms.

It was the island's original airport and is situated on Jalan Adi Sucipto on the north western outskirts of Mataram.

Nieleando, a small coastal village about 50 kilometers from the provincial capital, Mataram, has seen dry wells for years.

One of the last major kings of Mataram was Airlangga who reigned from 1016 until 1049.

Pamanahan was often referred to as Kyai Gedhe Mataram after his ascension.

The water supply in Lombok is stressed and this places strain upon both the water supply of the provincial capital, Mataram, and the island in general.