leading an all India struggle‚ he was already in his fiftieth year. To understand the man who was about to take over the reins of the Indian National Movement and guide its destinies through its most climactic years‚ it is necessary to begin his story at least twenty five years earlier‚ in 1893‚ when as a twenty-four old barrier‚ he began the struggle of Indians against racial discrimination in South Africa. The story of Gandhiji in South Africa is a long one and we present it here in
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called the moderates. The moderate ideology was The British colonialism and Indian Nationalism were not contradictory‚ rather complimentary. For the moderates‚ development of England was the development of India. The British were invincible. As such‚ by a policy of co-operation India could better secure her interests. England‚ mother of parliamentary institutions‚ would increase the same in India and as such Indians should remain loyal to British. The Moderate method of struggle was defined as
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Judiciary of Indian Subcontinent The present legal and judicial system of Bangladesh owes its origin mainly to two hundred years British rule in the Indian Sub-Continent although some elements of it are remnants of Pre-British period tracing back to Hindu and Muslim administration. It passed through various stages and has been gradually developed as a continuous historical process. The process of evolution has been partly indigenous and partly foreign and the legal system of the present day emanates
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representatives separately‚ as opposed to Joint Electorates where people are selected collectively. When minorities fear that they would not get representation in state affairs and government then they demand separate electorates. Same was the case with the Indian Muslims. They were very large in number‚ but in case of combined elections they would not get due representation. When the British implemented the system of democracy in India in order to strength their rule‚ and to involve local people in government
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Indian independence act India gained independence in 1947. In the first half of the 20th century‚ having been the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire‚ India became the first part of that Empire to secure separate nationhood and independence. The Parliamentary Archives holds a variety of records which document the relationship between the United Kingdom and India‚ including photographs of Indian Army Officers on the Terrace on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII in 1902‚ and papers
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iscompassion in the form of respectful disagreement. The Civil Disobedience Movement led by M K Gandhi‚ in the year 1930 was an important milestone in the history of Indian Nationalism. There are three distinct phases that mark the development of Indian Nationalism. In the first phase‚ the ideology of the moderates dominated the political scenario. This was followed by the prominence of the extremist ideologies. In the third phase of Indian Nationalism the most significant incident was the rise of MK Gandhi
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The rise of Subhas Chandra Bose in the political scenario of India and his contributions to the freedom struggle of the country forms a sensational story. Though he was elected twice as the President of Indian National Congress‚ his difference with Gandhi prompted him to quit the Congress Party in 1939 and form the Forward Bloc. His radical outlook and activities alarmed the British Government and Bose was imprisoned in 1940 A.D. His fragile health led the Government to release him from the jail
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Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement During the First World War‚ the prices of various commodities rose‚ the conditions of the people worsened and the government extracted many dues from the people in the name of war efforts. This gave rise to resentment among the Indian people and there were several agitations against the government. To contain this‚ the government passed the Rowlatt Act in 1919 which authorized the government to arrest any person without warrant and to detain him/her without
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The nationalist movement grew into a wide spread mass anti-imperialist movement at the end of the First World War. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi came into prominence at this time and became the undisputed leader of the nationalist movement. Powerful mass movements were launched under his leadership. These involved defiance of laws‚ peaceful demonstrations‚ boycott of educational institutions‚ boycott of courts‚ boycott of educational institutions‚ picketing of shops selling liquor and foreign goods
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traditional ashrams known for two millennia in India. He became the apple off of the common man because sainthood has always had a profound appeal to the masses reminding them of the various charkas like Sankara and Madhavaan saint-singers of the Bhakti movement. Although the middle class did not like hi knobbing with the Harijans‚ they could not but admire him‚ for deep down in their they knew that they were in the wrong‚ not the Mahatma. Besides‚ there was a surreptitious veneration for meditation
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