GANDHI’S WAY Decentralization According to Gandhi‚ modern civilization was responsible for impoverishing the Indian villages‚ which occupied a pivotal position in the Indian situation. Gandhi has always been a critic of the centralization of economic and political power. Large scale production inevitably led to concentration of economic and political power. Labor and material‚ production and distribution became the monopoly of the few rich. Such a concentration of economic power resulted
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was expelled from the caste of merchants. Despite the fact that Gandhi was expelled from the caste‚ he still kept continuing with his first step to becoming a lawyer to help gain independence to India. However‚ after gaining his degree Gandhi was unable to have a job because the British Empire had no interest in Indian lawyers considering the level of racism before Gandhi’s life-changing actions. Gandhi migrated once again; however‚ this time to
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Free India’ was a dream of all Indians under the British rule. Everyone during that rule fought in some way or the other with a common aim of ending British and other colonial authorities in India. After a century of revolutions‚ struggle‚ blood shedding‚ battles and sacrifices‚ India finally achieved independence on August 15‚ 1947. India was free in 1947 from the British Empire but the country lost many men and women who were filled with undaunted courage and spirit of patriotism. Today‚ they
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THE NATION celebrating its 63rd Independence Day. India’s struggle for Independence is a saga of those thousands of men‚ women and even children who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the nation. And so by celebrating Independence Day‚ a homage is paid to all those who fought to bring Independence to our country. But gone are the days when every Indian citizen valued the importance of this great day. Time has eroded those sentiments and now we observe this day just like any other day or a
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family‚ company‚ community‚ nation and the world. Self-importance is the cause for divisions at any level. In a family there are conflicts‚ in a company there is manipulation‚ in a community there is fanaticism‚ in a country each state wants its own independence and internationally there are wars. This is all because of the absence of vision of oneness -- one harmonious family‚ one strong nation‚ one peaceful global family. When there is a great vision but nothing is done to implement it‚ it remains
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empiricists. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1869 - 1948 Ghandi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of india during the the Indian independence battle with Britain. He pioneered Satyagraha ‚ resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience‚ a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa‚ or total nonviolence! This concept helped India to gain independence‚ and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation!.
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------------------------------------------------- Origin of Non alignment movement[edit source] Nonalignment had its origins in India’s colonial experience and the nonviolent Indian independence struggle led by the Congress‚ which left India determined to be the master of its fate in an international system dominated politically by Cold War alliances and economically by Western capitalism and Soviet communism. The principles of nonalignment‚ as articulated by Nehru and his successors‚ were preservation
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India‚ and lasted until 1947‚ when the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign states. Gandhi went to South Africa at the age of 24 and worked there as a legal representative for the Muslim Indian Traders. He spent there 21 years. In South Africa Gandhi had to face discrimination‚ for example being thrown off of first class on a train because he was Indian. This event and some others made him protest against the inequality of Indian citizens in South Africa. As a symbol of non-violent
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The First War of Independence: The Revolt of 1857 *Political Causes:- 1) Lord Dalhousie’s Policy of ‘the Doctrine of Lapse’:-if the ruler of a subordinate state died without a heir ‚ his adopted son was not allowed to occupy the throne and the state was annexed to the British Empire in India. Lord Dalhousie annexed the states of Jhansi‚ Satara and Nagpur. 2) Ill treatment of Nana Sahib and Rani of Jhansi:Baji Rao II: The last Peshwa adopted Nana Sahib as his son who was denied access to the annual
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born great. He is reckoned as one of the most illustrious sons of India‚ an outstanding leader who left behind a blazing trail of remarkable achievements and success. Till today he stands unequalled‚ unrivalled and without a peer in the galaxy of Indian leaders who have graced our land. Jawaharlal Nehru was the son of Motilal Nehru who was a renowned barrister and a leading political figure. Nehru was born on 14th Nov. 1889 at Allahabad. He took his primary education from English tutors‚ at home
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