leading personalities of the first war of India’s independence that started in 1857. • She was born to a Maharashtrian family at Kashi in the year 1828. • During her childhood‚ she was called by the name Manikarnika. • In the year 1842‚ she got married to the Maharaja of Jhansi‚ Raja Gangadhar Rao Niwalkar. Subhash Chandra Bose • Subhash Chandra Bose‚ affectionately called as Netaji‚ was one of the most prominent leaders of Indian freedom struggle. • Subhash Chandra Bose
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When we talk about India’s independence‚ our mind and heart swell with pride. Numerous freedom fighters like Gandhi ji‚ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose‚ Bhagat Singh‚ Chandrashekhar Azad‚ Rani of Jhanshi and many others fought against the British Empire and contributed in the freedom struggle with their undying spirit and bravery. The valorous freedom fighters of India‚ right from the youth to old‚ sacrificed their lives to achieve independence. In spite of severe torture and several hardships‚ these
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dark history‚ a tragic experience for hundreds and thousands of Hindus‚ Sikhs‚ and Muslims who were killed in the communal slaughter which accompanied the process and the nearly fifteen million that were made refugees. The partition of India at independence in 1947 into the sovereign states of India and Pakistan is one of the more important events of twentieth-century world history (Robinson‚ Francis). The partition to date is one of the largest migrations in modern history. It is now acceptable
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak Born in a well-cultured Brahim family on July 23‚ 1856 in Ratangari‚ Maharashtra‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a multifacet personality. He is considered to be the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’. He was a scholar of Indian history‚ Sanskrit‚ mathematics‚ astronomy and Hinduism. He had imbibed values‚ cultures and intelligence from his father Gangadhar Ramchandra Tilak who was a Sanskrit scholar and a famous teacher. At the age of 10‚ Bal Gangadhar went to Pune with his family as his father
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become dirty.” This quote was divulged from Mahatma Gandhi‚ perhaps one of the greatest and most infamous humanitarians the earth fostered. He believed in the independence and beauty of individualism; only protesting in the tell-tale‚ nonviolent manner Martin Luther King Jr. would later culture. Gandhi was one of the first anti-war activists publicized worldwide. His works heartened other civil rights leaders such as Nelson Mandela‚ James Lawson‚ and James Bevel to apply nonviolent civil disobedience
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The midnight of August 15‚ 1947 is memorable for every Indian on earth‚ as it is the time‚ when India gained independence from the stranglehold of the mighty British. The otherwise suppressed tri-colored flag of India was given its due respect‚ when it was hoisted in the midnight on the Independence Day. Since then‚ the red-letter day is celebrated with pomp and gaiety‚ across the length and breadth of India. Cultural programs and flag-hoisting ceremonies are the predominant affair of the day‚ while
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The PIO Tamils in South Africa have a long history. Although some research reveal that Indian Tamils had settled in South Africa many years ago‚ it’s only under the indentured system that a large number of Tamils arrived in South Africa. Tamil indentured workers were recruited to replace slave worker worldwide. Most of the indentured workers who went to South Africa were from South India. The first batch of Indian workers went in 1860 and good number of them decided to stay back in South Africa. Tamils
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Gandhism In Our Times Samudra Biswas CIA III‚ 2ND EPS Regn No 1214415 Christ College Political Ideologies 231 Teacher Sindhuja Iyengar “On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget‚ that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds‚ but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.” ― Shashi Tharoor “I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause‚ but by non-participation
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Philosophers comparisons paper. PHI 105 There are two types of philosophy‚ eastern philosophy and western philosophy. Eastern philosophy or philosophies of the East can be divided into three groups which is mainly of Asian philosophies such as the Indian philosophies of Buddhism and Hinduism‚ the Japanese philosophies of Zen Buddhism and the samurai tradition‚ and the Chinese philosophies of Confucianism‚ Taoism and Ch’an Buddhism (Moore & Bruder‚ 2008‚ p. 525). Philosophy is the study of human
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as the hills.[2] * | ------------------------------------------------- Satyagraha | | Satyagraha is formed by two Sanskrit words Satya (truth) and Agraha (holding firmly to). The term was popularized during the Indian Independence Movement‚ and is used in many Indian languages including Hindi. [edit]Satya The pivotal and defining element of Gandhism is satya‚ a Sanskrit word usually translated into English as truth‚ whose literal meaning is ’what actually is’ (deriving from the root
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