In May 1857 there was a rebellion in India that lasted for months. Indian soldiers shot their British officers. They had refused‚ for religious reasons‚ to bite or even handle the cartridges before loading them in to the‚ then new‚ Enfield Rifle‚ as they were said to be smeared in pig-animals that are considered unclean to Muslims- and cow –animals sacred to Hindus-grease. The Indians had become tired of the East India Company ruling and wanted power in India once more. However it wasn’t just this
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Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah- My Hero in History NO Pakistani can study the character and career of Muhammad Ali Jinnah without being carried away by sentimental emotions. We are always inclined to idealize that which we love‚ -- a state of mind very unfavorable to the exercise of sober critical judgment. It is therefore not surprising that most of those who have written or spoken on that extraordinary man‚ even while conscientiously endeavoring to draw a lifelike portraiture of his being‚ and
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Hamzah Ahmad Jan 12 B Sir Giscard El khowry Feb-22-2009 Final Draft Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah My Topic is about any Leader‚ so In this world there are many leaders. We know most of them‚ but my essay is about “Quaid-e-Azam”. He was a Great politician and statesman of 20th century. He was generally known as the father of state of Pakistan. He was the leader of The Muslim League and served as the first Governor General of
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– A Bad Behavior of Human “By Any Other Name”‚ by Santha Rama Rau‚ is about two sisters‚ Santha and Premila‚ who were forced to fit British culture in the time period when British ruled India. They have never been sent to school until their mother‚ who always taught them at home‚ got sick. Therefore‚ they had to attend a British school where there was too British. On the first day of school‚ the headmistress forced them to change their Indian names to English names. In class‚ they and all other
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the fateful months of August and September‚ 1947‚ the communal riots flared up on a very large scale in both the Punjabs. It is estimated by some British writers that about two lakhs were killed in the East and West Punjab. Thousands of women and children were abducted. The Governments of India and Pakistan‚ who had recently taken over from the British‚ had no comprehension of the enormity of the situation. The people in general were infected with spirit of vendetta‚ and took revenge by committing
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BRITISH ABOLITIONISTS BY FREDD JONES APRIL 6‚ 2013 BRITISH ABOLITIONISTS In 1807‚ the British slave trade was abolished by parliament. Two hundred years later‚ Hollywood commemorated the event with the movie Amazing Grace. Like many historians‚ Hollywood told the story as if William Wilberforce was a one-man crew.1 In reality‚ there were thousands of heroes to this story‚ on both sides of the Atlantic. Slavery was a necessary evil in the minds of British and American
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Nationalist Muslim Conference five years later in the same capacity. Confined to the Ahmednagar fort after his arrest along with other leaders in 1942‚ Maulana Azad participated in the Simla Conference after his release. He also negotiated with the British Cabinet Mission in 1946 for India’s independence. He was made a member of the Constituent Assembly and became Minister of Education and Arts in the interim government. After India’s independence‚ he was first appointed minister in charge of education
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religious dispute. It is speculated with the passage of time‚ religious superstitions will die out. There are some cultural differences between two nations. The passing time will bridge this gap also." Such a comment springing from both the parties. British Government and the paper awakened the sleeping lions. The Quaid rose to the occasion and brought both the part.es under his severe
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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 theIndian National Congress (INC). 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 was accompanied
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huge achievement because at the time racism was open and very commonly used. Gandhi never rioted‚ he only campaigned. In 1919 Gandhi became the “leader in the newly- formed Indian National Congress party”. Gandhi advocated passive resistance to British rules and submission to their aggression. He did not fight with the South Africans but did make it really clear that “he would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law”‚ he also said that he was prepared to die but not kill. Some Indians
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