Maratha rule[edit] In 1626‚ Shahaji Raje Bhosale appointed Rango Bapuji Dhadphale as the administrator of Pune. He was one of the first major developers of the town‚ overseeing construction of some markets and residential areas like the Kasba Peth‚ Somwar Peth‚ Raviwar Peth and Shaniwar Peth. After the destruction of the town in raids by the Adil Shahi dynasty in 1630 and again from 1636 to 1647‚ Dadoji Kondadev‚ a military and administrative officer of Shahaji‚ oversaw redevelopment and
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Prarthana Samaj‚ ( “Prayer Society” Sanskrit was used)‚ (bombay) Hindu reform society established in Bombay in the 1860s. In purpose it is similar to‚ but not affiliated with‚ the more widespread Brahmo Samaj and had its greatest sphere of influence in and around India’s Mahārāshtra state. The aim of the society is the promulgation of theistic worship and social reform‚ and its early goals were opposition to the caste system‚ the introduction of widow remarriage‚ the encouragement of female education
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Elaborative Analysis of the Writings of Mira The present paper explores the treatment of love and devotion in the selected poems of Mira. Her devotion to Lord Krishna is incomparable greatness beyond all possibility of calculation‚ measurement or imitation. Mira used elegant words in her poetry. In her poems‚ the elevated thought of true love for Lord Krishna results in an elevating effect morally‚ linguistically and artistically. Her poems build a platform of Divine understanding of the nature of love. Mira
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One man’s dream has forces the British Empire into despair as he uses non-violence as a weapon in the fight for racial injustice and social equality. This man is no other that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- a lawyer from India. Aka Mahatma Gandhi –meaning great soul Gandhi‚ Indian Independence Leader. Gandhi was kicked off a train after refusing to move from his rightful first class seat while travelling to Pretoria. This small act of personal racism sparked a great deal of courage within Gandhi
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| Position established | Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) | Minister of Defence | In office 31 October 1962 – 14 November 1962 | Preceded by | V. K. Krishna Menon | Succeeded by | Yashwantrao Chavan | In office 30 January 1957 – 17 April 1957 | Preceded by | Kailash Nath Katju | Succeeded by | V. K. Krishna Menon | In office 10 February 1953 – 10 January 1955 | Preceded by | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | Succeeded by | Kailash Nath Katju | Minister of Finance | In
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Lal Bal Pal (Hindi: लाल बाल पाल‚ Lala Lajpat Rai‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal) were the Swadeshi triumvirate who advocated the Swadeshi movement involving the boycott of all imported items and the use of Indian-made goods in 1907. The last years of the nineteenth century‚ saw a radical sensibility emerge among some Indian Intellectuals. This position burst onto the national all-India scene in 1905 with the Swadeshi movement - the term is usually rendered as "self reliance" or "self
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India’s Independence Day "At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new...India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru After more than two hundred years of British rule‚ India finally won back its freedom on 15th August‚ 1947. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at seeing India becoming a sovereign nation and the triumph of hundreds and thousands
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Part Two: "Moderates" versus "Extremists" in the battle for "Swaraj" and "Swadeshi" Even as loyalist pressures cast a long shadow on political currents that were to influence the Indian elite of the late nineteenth century‚ rapidly deteriorating economic conditions also led to a heightened degree of radicalization amongst the most advanced sections of the new Indian intelligentsia. Ajit Singh in Punjab‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak in Maharashtra‚ Chidambaram Pillay in Tamil Nadu and Bipin Chandra Pal in
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India permanently. He brought an international reputation as a leading Indian nationalist‚ theorist and organiser. He joined the Indian National Congress and was introduced to Indian issues‚ politics and the Indian people primarily by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Gokhale was a key leader of the Congress Party best known for his restraint and moderation‚ and his insistence on working inside the system. Gandhi took Gokhale’s liberal approach based on British Whiggish traditions and transformed it to make
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``He had always been a private citizen without wealth‚ property‚ title‚ post‚ academic distinction‚ scientific achievement or artistic gift. Yet men with governments and armies behind them paid homage to him. He was the spokesman for the conscience of world. His style was born of a genuine humility of soul. The United Nations paid tributes and lowered its flag when he died.’’ These are the words written by the late Pandrangi Rajeswara Rao in his book‚ "Profiles in Patriotism’’ epitomising the personality
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