Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbander on the west coast of India. He came from a middle class family where his father‚ Karamchand‚ was prime minister of a small Indian state (Porbandar). At the age of 13‚ he married Kasturbai Makanji who was also 13. The fact that he finished middle school‚ high school and went to law school as a married man deserves some kind of recognition. In 1888‚ Gandhi sailed to London‚ England to continue his legal education. Gandhi became a
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Small is Beautiful The ET Global Business Summit 2015 has been in the news for some time now. Narendra Modi’s address on the first day spanned various developments in the Indian economy and its revival ever since the new government took over. Words like “Swacchagraha”‚ “more crops per drop” were the highlights of the speech. But what really did catch my attention was a simple 3 letter phrase “Small is beautiful”. A book by EF Schumacher of the same name‚ this ideology stresses on economic simplicity
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Geleen E. Garcia BSEd 3-B Social Studies Written Report in World Literature TOPIC: My Boyhood in India I. INTRODUCTION The life of the people in India is undergoing fundamental change‚ but in a manner that is an outgrowth of long habits of thought. The people of India are long-minded people‚ proud of their antiquity; they are characteristically a patient people‚ and who have learned to take misfortune equally. Here in the autobiography of a high-caste Hindu‚ this philosophy may be seen expressing
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Colton Fuchs‚ Period 1 Great Leader Essay‚ 2/2/15 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2nd‚ 1869 in Sudamapuri‚ also known as Porbandar‚ which was a town on the south-west side of the Kathiawar Peninsula. His father Karamchand Gandhi‚ who died when Mohandas was 15 years old‚ was the chief minister of Porbandar. His mother Putlibai was Karamchand’s fourth wife‚ and the first of his wives to not die in childbirth. Mohandas had one older sister and two older brothers. In May of 1883 Mohandas
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BIODATA OF HIREN PADIA (CAST-BRAHMKSHATRIYA) RAJKOT 1 NAME : HIREN PADIA 2 BIRTHDATE : 05-12-1982 3 PLACE OF BIRTH : RAJKOT 4 BIRTH TIME : 09-17 A.M. 5 EDUCATION : M.Com. (MED. ENGLISH) 6 HEIGHT : 5Ft.10 inch 7 WEIGHT : 75 K.G. 8 OCCUPATION : DIRECTOR IN COMPANIES (1) TEAMSTOCK REASERCH PVT. LTD. AND “Hiren” 2 Swastik Society‚
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Lead by Example: Reality or Fiction? To lead by example is to influence others to commit actions based on what they have seen authority figures or even simply people on the street do. However‚ some people are wondering if it is truly possible to lead by example. Leading by example is a concept that has been proven to be possible several times over. Proof takes the form of several examples throughout history‚with Gandhi and racism being the most widely known examples. A firm representation
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History of the company * * Milk‚ The inspiration behind a revolution | | Over six decades ago the life of a farmer in Kaira was very much like that of farmers anywhere else in India. His income was derived almost entirely from seasonal crops. Many poor farmers faced starvation during off-seasons. Their income from milch buffaloes was undependable. The milk marketing system was controlled by contractors and middlemen. As milk is perishable‚ farmers were compelled to sell their
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience‚ Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa‚ is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapu in India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi famously led Indians in challenging the British-imposed
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What Interests You? POST INTEREST CONNECT CONNECT JOIN LOGIN HOME INTERESTS People Places Passions Brands Showbiz Opinions Campaigns Relationships Humour Lifestyle POSTS Polls Blogs Discussions Photos Videos Citizen Journalism 5 reasons Modi shouldn’t be PM Narendra Modi Race for PM 2014 on Jul 23‚ 2013 ‚ 07:21 pm 810 Views (1) (23) I’m not a political commentator any anything of that sort. I’m just an Indian citizen with a voter’s ID card getting worried
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The Death of the Father of Pakistan- “Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved‚ which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which‚ we hope other[s] will share with us.” – Mohammed Ali Jinnah Although He may not have as much acknowledgment and global fame of India’s Mahatma Gandhi‚ Mohammed Ali Jinnah also known as Quaid- I Azaam was one of the giant figures of the 20th century. Jinnah was the founder of the modern government
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