the development of hovercraft plane. In 1963‚ he was transferred to Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Programme (SLVP) till 1980. During this period‚ India achieved a great milestone in the world of space science. Late Prime Minister of India‚ Indira Gandhi recognizes the worth of his brilliant mind and appointed Dr. Kalam as the Director of Integrated Guided Missiles Development Programme. This was the beginning of his missile carrier. He is instrumental in the developing of missiles such as Prithivi
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Community based group intervention for tobacco cessation in rural Tamil Nadu‚ India: a cluster randomized trial Abstract Objective: To determine the efficacy of community based group intervention for tobacco cessation and to identify the barriers for cessation intervention among rural men. Methods: We recruited 400 men (20-40 years) currently using any form of tobacco from 20 villages of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu and randomized them equally into intervention and control groups. A
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Visakhapatnam ( pronunciation (help•info)‚ Telugu: విశాఖపట్టణం) (sometimes spelled as Vishakhapatnam and often abbreviated to Vizag) is a port city on the southeast coast of India and often called "The Jewel of the East Coast" . With a population of 2‚035‚690‚[1] and occupying 681 square kilometres (263 sq mi)‚[2] it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India (after Chennai and Kolkata). Visakhapatnam is located 625 kilometres
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Mohandas K. Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were two people who are very different but similar in many ways. When Dr.King was in college he learned about Gandhi‚ so Gandhi was like a teacher to Dr.King even if they never met. Both Gandhi and Dr.King wanted rights for their people. Dr. King followed Gandhi and started nonviolent protest against segregation as Gandhi did to achieve independence and rights in India. They were both educated‚ strong in public speaking‚ were brave and determined
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Throughout history many different tactics have been used to try to stop violence. Gandhi was one of the most successful in using non violence to resolve a conflict. A very unsuccessful protest was Tiananmen Square. There are many different determining factors in order to have a non violent protest succeed or not work. Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most famous nonviolent peaceful protesters. Gandhi led protest against economical and political restrictions. He fought for national independence
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Influential Leaders: Julius Caesar vs. Mahatma Gandhi Julius Caesar and Mahatma Gandhi were both leaders from different countries and time periods. Based on the play‚ "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare‚ and the movie‚ "Mahatma Gandhi" directed by Richard Attenborough it is apparent that these two men were in some way very several similar and in other ways very different characteristics. Both were prominent people and lived lives of great importance and leadership. They both died in similar ways
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Early life and background of mahatma gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[3] was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency‚ British India. His father‚ Karamchand Gandhi (1822–1885)‚ who belonged to the Hindu Modh community‚ served as the diwan (a high official) of Porbander state‚ a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.[4] His grandfather was Uttamchand Gandhi‚ fondly called Utta Gandhi. His mother‚ Putlibai‚ who came from
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struggled to get where they are today and most might have fought and committed violent acts to get what they wanted‚ but there are some that used the non-violent way to achieve their goals. Non-violence isn’t something that today we here much about‚ but back in Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.’s time non-violence was the key. There were both positive and negative attributes that they used in their teachings and some of the negative attributes lead them to miss their mark in some way. However all of their
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Abridged Autobiography Abridged by: Bharatan Kumarappa Rs. 15/- Printed & Published by: Navajivan Publishing House Ahmedabad 380 014 (INDIA) Phone: 079 – 27540635 E-mail: jitnavjivanlO@gmail.com Website: www.navajivantrust.org Abridged Autobiography EDITOR’S NOTE Gandhiji’s Autobiography in English as originally published and his History of Satyagraha in South Africa together run into almost 1000 printed pages. An attempt has been made here for the first time to condense the
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Mohandas Gandhi and Frantz Fanon were influential persons of the twentieth century‚ notable for their work in post-colonialist theory and activism. Though they shared the same vision of a decolonised world‚ they differed in their perspectives of colonisation‚ decolonisation and their approach towards the latter. The paper will examine the distinction through the framework of violence and non-violence‚ and begin with the complete examination of Fanon’s perspective before analysing Gandhi’s with Fanon
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