Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was one of the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj (self-rule) and a strong radical in Indian consciousness. His famous quote‚ “Swaraj is my birt right‚ and I shall have it!” is well remembered in India even today. Coming from a father who was a schoolteacher and a Sanskrit scholar‚ young Tilak was a brilliant student who graduated from Deccan College in Pune in 1877. Tilak was among one of the first generation of Indians to receive a college education. He took
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Pingali Venkayya |Pingali Venkayya | |[pic] | |Pingali Venkayya | |Born |2 August 1876 | | |Masulipatnam‚ Madras Presidency | | |British India
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Today I just read about the gentleman named Pingali Venkayya. I believe only 30% of us knows who is he ! Well.‚ for the remaining 70%‚ I shall tell who he is. He is none other than the man who designed the Indian National Flag. The Inspiring Personality‚ but unknown to most of us. Request you all to share this and make our friends & relatives aware ! Early life :Pingali Venkayya was born in Bhatlapenumarru‚ near Masulipatnam‚ the present day Machilipatnam of Andhra Pradesh‚ British India to
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Social Work Meaning Social work is recent branch of knowledge which is deals with the scientific solution and treatment of the psychosocial problems. Its main aim is to increase human happiness in general. Therefore‚ it is oriented toward the attainment of two ends‚ first‚ the creation those conditions which help to make a more satisfying way of life possible‚ and second‚ the development within the individual and the community as well as of capacities which help to live that life more adequately
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A critique of ‘Media education and communication studies’ as a discipline in India: In 1920‚ the foundations for Journalism as a discipline in India were framed by Annie Besant‚ founder-editor of New India who started mass communication training in Madras. Journalism studies had been introduced in India way before it gained independence. India’s first institution of mass communication was tried at the Aligarh Muslim University in 1938‚ where a concrete plaque for a regular communication school was
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Foundation Course 1 Human Rights‚ Gender and Environment Indian Women’s Movement Aparna Basu∗ The roots of the Indian women’s movement go back to the nineteenth century male social reformers who took up issues concerning women and started women’s organizations. Women started forming their own organization from the end of the nineteenth century first at the local and then at the national level. In the years before independence‚ the two main issues they took up were political rights and
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March 26‚ 2012 Strictly Private and Confidential Gregory Dalle Director‚ EMEA Mergers & Aquistitions Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited One Cabot Square London E14 4QJ Paul Klepetko Director‚ US Mergers & Aquistitions Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Eleven Madison Avenue New York 10010 3629 NY Final offer for the acquisition of 100% stake in Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. (“ASI” or the “Company”) Dear Mr. Dalle and Mr. Klepetko Thank you for your letter dated
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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HINDUISM ’S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN CULTURE Hinduism is believed to have immigrated to America around the late 1800’s. Its influence on America and American culture and its peoples has been pervasive and varied. It was first introduced to mostly Christian America at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair at The Parliament of the World’s Religions by Swami Vivekananda (Guthrie 2). Since that time his descendants have grown so as to include indigenous Americans as well as many new arrivals from all over the
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soldiers dying in World War I while fighting as part of the British Army‚ in battles that otherwise had nothing to do with India. The calls of early political leaders like Mohammad Ali Jinnah (who later became communal and hardened his stand)‚ Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Congress Extremists) for home rule were accompanied only by petitions and major public meetings. They never resulted in disorder or obstruction of government services. Partly due to that‚ the British did not take them very
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