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banking servicechronicle magazine Published this article page no  14 Tarapur Massacre Bihar will commemorate February 15 as Shahid Diwas in memory of the 34 freedom fighters who were killed by the British in Tarapur (1932).It was the biggest massacre carried out by the British after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (Amritsar 1919).It happened when a group of young freedom fighters planned to hoist an Indian national flag at Thana Bhavan during a protest. Causes of protestArrest of Mahatma Gandhi following collapse of the GandhiIrwin Pact (1932).Hanging of Bhagat Singh Sukhdev and Rajguru in Lahore (1931).Arrest of Nehru Patel and Rajendra Prasad. Falkland islands China has backed Argentinas claim over Britishrun Falkland Islands. LocationFalkland islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located to the southwest Atlantic Ocean at the southernmost point of South America.Positioned both in the southern and western hemispheres of the Earth.  159They are also called Malvinas Islands. Argentinas claimsThe British in 1765 were the first to settle West Falkland but they were driven off in 1770 by the Spanish.The British outpost on West Falkland was restored in 1771 after threat of war but then the British withdrew from the island in 1774 for economic reasons without renouncing their claim to the Falklands.Spain maintained a settlement on East Falkland (which it called Soledad Island) until 1811.In 1820 the Argentina Government which had declared its independence from Spain in 1816 proclaimed its sovereignty over the Falklands. Despite wars and discussions at the United Nations the issue of sovereignty remains a point of contention. Crytodactylus exercitus A team of herpetologists have recorded a new species of benttoed gecko from a wooded part of the Umroi Military Station in Meghalaya.Its scientific name is Crytodactylus exercitus and English name is Indian Armys benttoed gecko.India is now home to 40 species of the benttoed gecko with the northeast accounting for 16 of them. Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) The GBBC is a global event entailing backyard bird count and is being held for four days across the world from February 18 to 21 and the data uploaded will be harnessed for conservation.It is an online citizen science or community science project that was first launched in 1998 by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society.It is being coordinated in India by ebird India and BirdcountIndia.The exercise helps to provide a snapshot of the bird population and throws light on the ecosystem supporting itbanking service chronicle magazine buy.

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