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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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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Kayasth Add comments Who are they? The Kayasth people are a well-known community of traditional scribes or writers and village accountants. Their name is also spelled Kayastha or Kayashtha. The Kayasth are usually addressed by a number of synonyms like Lala‚ Lalli‚ Lal‚ Kaith‚ Kact or Kayath. Totaling a population of around 10 million in number and having 237 segments‚ they are spread across forty districts of the country in the states of Uttar Pradesh‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ Himachal Pradesh
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Popular Dances in India – Different Dance Forms of India The age-old culture of India has given birth to various forms of folk dances‚ coming from the unique diversity that the nation has. The diversity in culture and tradition is well reflected in the folk dances. All the popular dances in India forms from different states portray some expression of life and almost every dance posture has a specific meaning. A D V E R T I S E M E N T Random : Best DJ Software to Mix Songs Top 10 Popular Dance Forms
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Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी kṛṣṇa janmāṣṭami)‚ also known as Krishnashtami‚ Saatam Aatham‚ Gokulashtami‚ Ashtami Rohini‚ Srikrishna Jayanti‚ Sree Jayanthi or sometimes merely as Janmashtami‚ is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna‚ an Avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.[1] Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi‚ the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhadrapada in the Hindu calendar‚ when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant.
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Different types of Courts in India Indian Judiciary is the continuation of the British Legal system established by the English in the mid-19th century based on a typical hybrid legal system in which customs‚ precedents and legislative law have validity of law. Constitution of India is the supreme authority of the country. There are various levels of judiciary in India — different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance‚ in line with the order
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| | |Indian Nationalism | |Colours |Red‚ Saffron and Green | The Ghadar Party ( Punjabi: ਗ਼ਦਰ ਪਾਰਟੀ; Hindustani: ग़दर पार्टी (Devanagari)‚ غدر پارٹی (Nastaleeq)) was an organization founded by Punjabi Indians‚[1] in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule. Key members included Sohan Singh Bhakna‚ Kartar Singh Sarabha‚ and Rashbehari Bose.
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Western Hindi dialects of Khari Boli‚ Brij Bhasa and Haryanvi. With the coming of Insha’s Darya-e-Latafat*‚ a need was felt to differentiate Urdu with other languages especially Hindi. It became a Hindi-Urdu controversy and as a result Khari Boli and Devanagari became the identity of Indians while Urdu and Persian of Muslims. In this context‚ Persian and Arabic words replaced with Sanskrit served the purpose of differentiating Hindi from Urdu. Urdu emerged as a distinct language after 1193 AD - the time
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Phonology Indian accents vary greatly. Some Indians speak English with an accent very close to a Standard British (Received Pronunciation) accent (though not the same); others lean toward a more ’vernacular’‚ native-tinted‚ accent for their English speech. [edit] Vowels In general‚ Indian English has fewer peculiarities in its vowel sounds than the consonants‚ especially as spoken by native speakers of languages like Hindi‚ the vowel phoneme system having some similarities with that of English
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http://www.thebravesandsmarts.com/2013/02/the-great-indian-mathematician.html http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Aryabhata_I.html (Please check this website‚ I was unable to copy the information) Āryabhaṭa (Devanāgarī: आर्यभट) (AD 476 – 550) is the first of the great mathematician-astronomers of the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He was born at Muziris (the modern day Kodungallour village) near Thrissur‚ Kerala. Available evidence suggest that he went
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