Mahatama Gandhi is well known as the father of the Indian independence movement. During his lifetime Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to end discrimination. He demonstrated a non-violent way of protesting against injustices. While in India‚ Gandhi’s simple lifestyle drew him to people. He spent the remaining years of his life working persistently to remove British rule from India as well as to better the lives of India’s poorest classes. Despite Gandhi’s appeal for peace‚ his life ended
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National Integration Indian civilization has survived-through the ages despite temporary setbacks. Since the earliest times‚ Indian civilization has marched with common objectives of culture and society. In early days‚ great emperors like Ashoka unified the country and its civilization and knit ft round a common culture from one end of the country to the other. During and after the Hindu period and later by the spread of Buddhism in whole of Asia‚ Indian culture and civilization got a further
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August 15. Independence Day The national flag of india‚ on the Red fort in Delhi; a common sight on public and private buildings on national holidays like the 15th of August. Also called The Fifteenth of August स्वतन्त्रता दिवस Observed by India Type National Significance The day India became independent from British rule. Date August 15 Celebrations Flag hoisting‚ Parades‚ Singing patriotic songs‚ Speech by the Prime Minister‚ Family reunions‚ Picnics‚ Kite flying The Independence Day of
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and opposition to British colonialism‚ attempts to redefine the parameters of Indian citizenship from secular terms to religious ones (Pande). Hindu nationalists conceptualize rights to citizenship as inherently religious and genealogical. According to these extremists only those of Himalayan descent with roots in Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Sikhism‚ or Jainism can truly claim Indian citizenship. Hindu Nationalism fashions an Indian identity that relies upon the Hindu religion to distinguish itself from the
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fact that he was known as Mahatma or ’Great Soul’ speaks in far more meaningful terms of his true value to the world than my own insufficient impressions can. Mohandas Gandhi was a prominent political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha (resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience‚ firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence)‚ which
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It was in the year 1947 that both India and Pakistan were granted independence on the midnight of August 14-15 but Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 and India on August 15. Ironic but interestingly‚ Pakistan first independence day was celebrated as August 15 and later on it became August 14. Another reason was that British Viceroy Mountbatten‚ who chose August 15 symbolizing the surrender of Japan to Allies two years ago as the date‚ preferred to transfer power to Pakistan on August
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Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as mahatma Gandhi‚ was a Indian nationalist leader‚ who established his country’s freedom through a nonviolent revolution. Gandhi became a leader in a difficult struggle‚ the Indian campaign for home rule. He believed and dedicated his life to demonstrating that both individuals and nations owe it to themselves to stay free‚ and to allow the same freedom to others. Gandhi was one of the gentlest of men‚ a devout and almost mystical Hindu
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there has to be fear before there is courage. Gandhi turned his fear into courage and decided to try to make the world a better place and as a result India gained its independence. It took conquering his fears and being a courageous hero in a peaceful way to be the leader of Indian nationalism during British rule. Gandhi fought for Indian rights. Click any fact to locate it on the web. Click Wrong? to report a problem. Cancel Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was given the holy name Mahatma which means
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.........6 2. Indian Historical Background & Salman Rushdie…………………………….8 2.1. India in the Past………………………………………………………….. 8 2.1.1. The Black Hole of Calcutta……………………………………….. 8 2.2. The British Rule in India………………………………………………… 9 2.2.1. The Great Mutiny and Its Consequences…………………………. 10 2.3. Struggles for Independence……………………………………………… 11 2.3.1. Mahatma Gandhi………………………………….......................... 11 2.3.2. The Amritsar Massacre…………………………………………… 12 2.3.3. The Independence & The Partition
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Emergence of Pakistan: The Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament on July 18‚ 1947‚ giving rise to the Indian Union and Pakistan. It also saw the end of British raj in India from August 15‚ 1947. The Muslims of the sub-continent had finally achieved their goal to have an independent state after a long and relentless struggle under the single-minded guidance of the Quaid. Pakistan emerged on the map of the world in 1947. This came about beacuse of the Two-Nation Theory of which
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