country. The respect that he earned for himself despite leading a simple lifestyle is much appreciable. Mahatma Gandhi played a vital role in the freedom struggle of India. His non violent ways and peaceful methods were the foundation for gaining independence from the British. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October at Porbandar located in Gujarat His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi He went off to South Africa after marriage and worked as barrister there for twenty years. Once while he was
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political powers‚ India had one. Both of these movements had a leading political figurehead. India met their independence through nonviolence‚ while China portrayed internal conflict. On the other hand‚ India encompassed only one major political party while China had two. Both movements raised political figures like Mao Zedong and Mahatma Gandhi. The path that India and China took towards independence were different. While India sponsored militant nonviolence‚ China lead a Civil War. India’s predisposition
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Comprehensive Essay on Quit India Movement R JHABBU The Second World War broke out in 1939 between Germany‚ Italy and Japan on the one side and the Great Britain‚ France‚ U.S.A. and Soviet Russia on the other. The Congress opposed the aggregation of Germany and Italy under Hitler and Mussolini and expressed its support for England and her allies. In August 1940‚ the Viceroy Linlithgow offered the congress a proposal to set upon a representative body to draft a new constitution for India and to
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Pakistan‚ it is said that the ground work was done by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan‚ foundation was laid by Ali Johar and building was built by Mohammad Ali Jinnah. On that Liaquat Ali and others only did the painting work. In that way‚ me can say about Indian Independence movement that its ground was prepared by the ‘Gadar Movement’ (1907-1919)‚ its map was prepared by the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh‚ its foundation stone was laid down by the movement of Guru Ka Bagh‚ walls were prepared by Babbers‚ roofs were
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India had struggled for its independence from 1858 to 1947. The British had forced themselves into India which brought economic and social alterations to every day life; destroying traditional Indian values. During the early 1920s Mohandas Gandhi began leading nonviolent resistances against European rule‚ this method was known as Satyagraha. Gandhi claimed the adoration of India’s people through his philosophies and strong nationalism. Many participated in his nonviolent resistances‚ and by 1947
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internal politics‚ economic development‚ foreign policies and defense agendas of the government of Pakistan in its early years. Prior to the commencement of the war‚ the political situation in India was a stalemate; almost all Indians had been persistently in favor of Independence from the British Raj for many years‚ however‚ it was not a situation anyone foresaw occurring in the near future. Individuals and parties allied themselves with their British masters solely for personal monetary gain. This
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Subhas Chandra Bose (Bengali: সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু‚ Shubhash Chôndro Boshu) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Popularly known as Netaji (literally "Respected Leader")‚ Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack‚ Orissa to Janakinath Bose and Prabhabati Debi‚ and is presumed
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civilizations and contrary to popular belief‚ Indian women played politically and socially important roles since times unknown. HERE is a look at a few such forgotten women heroes of the Indian freedom struggle. Women’s participation in India’s freedom struggle began as early as 1817 when BHIMA BAI HOLKAR fought bravely against thebritish colonel and defeated them in gorilla warfare. In 1824 rani Channama of kittur resisted armed might of the east indian company. The role played by women in the Great
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title “The Harp of India” seems to suggest a metaphor‚ and the background of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is pro-Indian independence from Great Britain. Knowing that‚ let’s annotate for metaphors. Since you have given us the first lines‚ we’ll use those. Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? This is an interesting line. It seems to indicate that the fruit (Indian independence) has a choice. Why is it still hanging there? I chose two words to highlight. I also highlighted “lonely” because
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John Geilgud‚ Martin Sheen‚ Saeed Jaffrey‚ Roshan Seth‚ Candice Bergen‚ Sir John Mills Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biopic of Mahatma Gandhi is an epic in the true sense; over three hours in length‚ filled with stunning location photography of the Indian landscape‚ a stellar cast and crowd scenes that use hundreds of thousands of extras‚ the film reaped a suitably epic harvest of 8 Academy awards including Best Actor (Ben Kingsley) and Best Director (Richard Attenborough). The film covers Gandhi’s
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