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    He was known to be social leader of India who played a major role in the country’s struggle and revolution for independence and guided its integration into a united and independent nation. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian barrister‚ statesman and the leader of the Indian National Congress. He was also the First Deputy Prime minister of India. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel became one of the most influential leaders in Gujarat. As a part of politics‚ he organized the party

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    Partition of India

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    On the 18‚ July 1947 India declared it’s independence from the British Empire after almost 200 years of being rule over the country. But independence was short lived after a day; the country was split up into 2 different countries which became Pakistan. Later the Pakistani province of East Pakistan will declare it’s independence from Pakistan which became the country Bangladesh. India was split up on the bases of religion which has created bitter relations between the populations of these three countries

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    Gandhi Obituary

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    Indian leader‚ Mohandas Gandhi died at the age of 78 on January 30‚ 1948 at 5:12 p.m. Mohandas Gandhi was known throughout the world for his nonviolent protests against both British rule and interreligious fighting. Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander‚ and received his schooling in Rajkot where his father was an advisor to the local ruler. Mohandas Gandhi married a girl named Kasturba. Both were thirteen years old at the time. At the age of 19‚ Gandhi decided to travel to England to receive

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    from the youth to old‚ sacrificed their lives to achieve independence. In spite of severe torture and several hardships‚ these brave fighters never lost the hope to see India as a free country. Independent India was the dream of each and every Indian who lived under the British rule. Every individual‚ during this period‚ fought in some or the other way having a common aim of abolishing the British rule from different parts of India. At last‚ after a century of struggle‚ non-violent revolution

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    from a peculiarly unimaginative take on human agency. How could anyone in the 1930s and ’40s have imagined what the Indian subcontinent would be like? How do such a complicated and brilliant cast of political characters engage in complex political negotiations? How easy is it to read intentions? What is the relationship between the negotiations of these characters and the complex movements of self and identity brewing on the ground? How do we think of possible counterfactuals: if only Nehru had done

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    Toussaint L Ouverture

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    Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj Mohandas K. Gandhi H IND S WARAJ OR I NDIAN H OME RULE Original editor & publisher (1938): Jitendra T. Desai Navajivan Publishing House (Navajivan Mudranalaya) Ahmedabad 380014 India Translation of “Hind Swaraj”‚ published in the Gujarat columns of Indian Opinion. 11th and 18th December‚ 1909 ISBN 81-7229-070-5 Published by Yann FORGET A on 20th July 2003‚ with LTEX 2ε . c Navajivan Trust‚ 1938 2 Contents I Hind Swaraj or Indian Home

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    Gandhi Movie Analysis

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    IMDbPro » ad feedback In 1893‚ Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world‚ the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians‚ though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory‚ Gandhi is invited

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    achievement of goal.World without leader would ceast to exist.A leader shows a ray of light in darkness and makes future brighter.He brings hope and happiness in life. Mahatma known as great soul.Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule.He is known as the ‘Father of Independence’ of his country.His non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress has been hugely influential.Mahatma Gandhi had a vision for India‚ where there would no government

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    Gandhism

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    as the hills.[2] * | ------------------------------------------------- Satyagraha | | Satyagraha is formed by two Sanskrit words Satya (truth) and Agraha (holding firmly to). The term was popularized during the Indian Independence Movement‚ and is used in many Indian languages including Hindi. [edit]Satya The pivotal and defining element of Gandhism is satya‚ a Sanskrit word usually translated into English as truth‚ whose literal meaning is ’what actually is’ (deriving from the root

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    of the world. Who can forget our First Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru an other great Indian freedom fighter also known as the Chacha Nehru . He was born at Allahabad in 1889 on 14th November. He started his practice at Alahabad High Court. In the young age of Nehruji the British ruled over India. The England treated Indians badly. This pained Nehru. He joined the non-cooperation Movement started by Gandhiji. He acted as Congress President. When India became free‚ he was elected the

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