of the All India Muslim League‚ and his determination to create a sovereign state for Indian Muslims. However‚ this view has been contested by a number of historians‚ who place responsibility for the partition on the political manoeuvring of the Congress and the constitutional reforms of the British Raj. Existing communal tensions and Hindu-Muslim differences have also been blamed for the split. Revisionist historians question whether Jinnah even wanted partition and have suggested that the ’Pakistan’
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QUESTION BANK FOR ICSE- 2014-15 CIVICS 1. Name the main constituents of the Indian Parliament. 2.Who can increase the number of judges of the Supreme Court? 3.What is meant by the original jurisdiction of the High Court? 4.Who administers the oath of office to the High Court judges? 5.Mention one reason why Lok Adalats have become popular? 6.Mention one situation when both the houses of Parliament meet for a joint session. 7.Mr. Gurudev was nominated by the President to the Rajya Sabha.Mention
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months to the elections and the idea of a third front has been floated into the political picture of India. “We are aligning non-Congress‚ non-BJP parties in both houses‚" JD-U chief Sharad Yadav said at a joint press conference of the ‘third front’. Indian politics stands at an emergent juncture. The dominant (in terms of seats) and ruling party Indian National Congress (INC) is drastically losing popularity after a plague of scams. Critically‚ mass media touts Bharitya Janta Party (BJP) to be the
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younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in 1980 that Rajiv entered politics. After the assassination of his mother in 1984 after Operation Blue Star‚ Indian National Congress party leaders elected him Prime Minister. Rajiv Gandhi led the Congress to a major election victory in 1984 soon after‚ amassing the largest majority ever in Indian Parliament. The Congress party won 411 seats out of 542. He began dismantling the License Raj - government quotas‚ tariffs and permit regulations on economic activity - modernized
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Indian members of the Viceroy’s Executive Council. Cripps spent much of his time in encouraging Congress leaders and Jinnah to come to a common‚ public arrangement in support of the war and government. There was little trust between the British and Congress by this stage‚ and both sides felt that the other was concealing its true plans. The Congress stopped talks with Cripps and‚ guided by Gandhi‚ the national leadership demanded immediate self-government in return for war support. Gandhi said that Cripp’s
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instance‚ the name of Rana Pratap. He was a great national hero. He sacrificed everything for the freedom of his State. In the present age also many great heroes were born in India. They sacrificed their lives for their country’s freedom. We remember their names with love and respect. My favourite national hero Among the great heroes of modern India‚ the name of Netaji Subhaschandra comes uppermost in my mind. I like him best/He is my favourite national hero. His life is a great ideal to us. It inspires
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Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation ’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition
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have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian society. Indian nationalism often imbibes the consciousness of Indians that prior to 1947‚ India embodied the broader Indian subcontinent and influenced a part of Asia‚ known as Greater India. National consciousness in India India has been unified under many emperors and governments in history. Ancient texts mention India under emperor Bharata and Akhand Bharat‚ these regions roughly form the entities of modern day greater India. Mauryan Empire
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reform o 4.3 National security and foreign policy o 4.4 Final years • 5 Legacy o 5.1 Commemoration • 6 Writings • Conclusion INTRODUCTION: The son of a wealthy Indian barrister and politician‚ Motilal Nehru‚ Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889–27 May 1964[3]) was an Indian statesman who was the first (and to date the longest-serving) prime minister of India‚ from 1947 until 1964. One of the leading figures in the Indian independence movement‚ Nehru was elected by the Congress Party to assume
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Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th President of the United States of America‚ aptly defined democracy as a government of the people‚ by the people and for the people. Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th President of the United States of America‚ aptly defined democracy as a government of the people‚ by the people and for the people. This definition clearly underlines the basic tenet that‚ in this- form of government‚ people are supreme. The ultimate power is in their hands and they exercise it in the form of electing
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