like shooting a fly with a rifle." Ironically it was Nehru’s daughter Indira Gandhi who cited "national interest" to make Sikkim the 22nd state in the Indian union. In the years leading up to the 1975 annexation‚ there was enough evidence that all was not well in relations between New Delhi and Gangtok. The seeds were sown as far back as 1947 after India gained independence‚ when the Sikkim State Congress started an anti-monarchist movement to introduce democracy‚ end feudalism and merge with India
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Subhas Chandra Bose ( listen (help•info); January 1897 – 18 August 1945 [unconfirmed]) byname Netaji (Hindi: “Respected leader”) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national force against the British Raj (and therefore also against the allied Western powers) during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. He is presumed to have died "in absentia" on 18 August 1945 from injuries sustained in an
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Indian National Congress asked the British government to accord dominion status to India by December 1929‚ or a countrywide civil disobedience movement would be launched. By 1929‚ however‚ in the midst of rising political discontent and increasingly violent regional movements‚ the call for complete independence from Britain began to find increasing grounds within the Congress leadership. Under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru at its historic Lahore session in December 1929‚ the Indian National Congress
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2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The party of the ‘Aam admi’ (Common man)‚ Congress‚ fielded a Bengali Brahmin‚ Pranab Mukherjee‚ as President. The son of a freedom fighter against British colonialism has served the Congress for more than four decades in various ministerial positions. His opponent‚ P. A. Sangma‚ a Christian “tribal”2‚ hails from the state of Meghalaya. The former Labour Minister was supported by the Opposition National Democratic Alliance‚ and the ruling regional parties Biju Janata Dal
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By about 1950 it may be said that India had closed a chapter in her long history and opened another. The British had gone‚ the new regime had been successfully established‚ and outstanding questions left over from the past had been dealt with. The Congress (party) had‚ with the exception of the loss of Pakistan‚ completed its program‚ and the way was clear for India to chart a new course into the future. Nehru was the central figure of this new India. So powerful was his personality and its hold
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Arab-Israeli wars and the conflict still continues. Timeline 1600-British East India Company is established. 1857-The Indian Mutiny or The First War of Independence. 1858-The India Act: power transferred to British Government. 1885-Indian National Congress founded by A. O. Hume to unite all Indians and strengthen bonds with Britain. 1905-First Partition of Bengal for administrative purposes. Gives the Muslims a majority in that state. 1906-All India Muslim League founded to promote Muslim political
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Centre"‚ the national government‚ can and has dismissed state governments if no majority party or coalition is able to form a government or under specific Constitutional clauses‚ and can impose direct federal rule known as President’s rule. Locally‚ the Panchayati Raj system has several administrative functions. For most of the years since independence‚ the federal government has been led by the Indian National Congress (INC)‚[1] Politics in the states have been dominated by several national parties
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secular‚ and democratic republic. A committed nationalist since his teenage years‚ Nehru became a rising figure in Indian politics during the upheavals of the 1910s. He became the prominent leader of the Indian National Congress during the 1920s‚ and eventually of the entire Congress‚. As Congress President‚ Nehru called for complete independence from Britain He was the principal author of the Indian Declaration of Independence (1929). As Prime Minister‚ Nehru set out to realise his vision of India
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All-Indian Muslim league By McGlockers Creation • Sir Syed Ahmad Kahn was the finder • Came from Muslims believing that Congress didn’t fully represent them but more towards the Hindu faith • Some of the beliefs was that the intellectual class wasn’t represented • Hindu’s were now treating Muslims with little respect and Congress sis nothing about it Simla delegation - 1906 • Following the creation of a Muslim-majority province the Hindu’s outrage had convinced Muslims that when a vote was going
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Revolt of Indian sepoys (soldiers) against East India Company. 1858 East India Company dissolved; rule of India under the British crown--the British Raj--begins with Government of India Act; formal end of Mughal Empire. 1885 Indian National Congress (Congress) formed. 1905 Partition of Bengal into separate
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