Delhi‚ India Movement: Indian independence movement Major organizations: Indian National Congress Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was a Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement. He was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders to support Hindu-Muslim unity‚ opposing the partition of India on communal lines. Following India’s independence‚ he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly
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from an Indian businessman in South Africa‚ Dada Abdulla‚ to join him as a legal adviser. The Indians who had been living in South Africa were without political rights‚ and were generally known by the derogatory name of ‘coolies’. Gandhi himself came to an awareness of the frightening force when he thrown out of a first-class railway compartment car‚ though he held a first-class ticket‚ at Pietermaritzburg. From this political awakening‚ Gandhi was to emerge as the leader of the Indian community
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Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was a great Indian nationalist leader who worked for independence and social reform. He became first prime minister of independent India‚ a position he retained until his death. He initiated India’s nonalignment policy in foreign affairs. Jawaharlal Nehru was born on Nov. 14‚ 1889‚ in Allahabad into a proud‚ learned Kashmiri Brahmin family. His father‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a wealthy barrister and influential politician. Jawaharlal was an only
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NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE Subhash Chandra Bose Political leader Subhas Chandra Bose also known as Netaji:‚ was one of the most prominent Indian nationalist leaders who attempted to gain India’s independence from British rule by force during the waning years of World War II with the help of the Axis powers. Born: January 23‚ 1897‚ Cuttack Died: 1945 Spouse: Emilie Schenkl (m. 1937) Education: Scottish Church College‚ Calcutta (1918)‚ More Books: Alternative Leadership‚ More Children:
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“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”. This is a quote said by Mahatma Gandhi‚ an Indian revolutionary and religious leader who used his religious power for political and social reform and was the main force behind the second-largest nation in the world’s struggle for independence. Gandhi was born on October 2nd 1869 in Probandar‚ India. Him and his family lived in a self-sufficient residential community and only ate simple vegetarian food and undertook long fasts. He was the fourth child
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lawyer who practiced in colonial South Africa and eventually led a nonviolent revolution for Indian independence. Gandhi was taught from birth to value all life as holy and respect all religions. The British controlled India for 200 years and Gandhi resented the British influence on his country‚ and wanted people to live freely. Although Gandhi could have chosen other methods to achieve Indian independence‚ his nonviolent civil disobedience‚ willingness to be incarcerated‚ and not viewing Britain
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Sardar Vallabhai Patel Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman‚ one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. He is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country’s struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united‚ independent nation. He was raised in the countryside of Gujarat in a family of Leva- Patidar. He traveled to attend schools in Nadiad‚ Petlad
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Nation"). Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan’s independence on August 14‚ 1947 and Pakistan’s first Governor-General from August 15‚ 1947 until his death on September 11‚ 1948. Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress initially expounding ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League. He proposed
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a black n white photograph Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)‚ the ’Nightingale of India‚’ is remembered as a leading woman nationalist leader of India’s political struggle for independence. Born in 1879 as Sarojini Chattopadhyay and one of the brightest students in school‚ she blossomed into a writer of passionate verses on a variety of themes. Her works on poetry are The Golden Threshold‚ published in 1905; The Feather of the Dawn; The Bird of Time‚ published in 1912‚ and The Broken Wing‚ published
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Prasad was the first President of India. Rajendra Prasad was a great freedom-fighter‚ and the architect of the Indian Constitution‚ having served as President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of the Republic from 1948 to 1950. He had also served as a Cabinet Minister briefly in the first Government of Independent India. He was a crucial leader of the Indian Independence Movement. Prasad was born in Jiradei‚ in the Siwan district of Bihar. His father‚ Mahadev Sahay‚ was a Persian
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