British drama film directed by Danny Boyle‚ written by Simon Beaufoy‚ and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. Set and filmed in India‚ the film tells the story of Jamal Malik‚ a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?and exceeds people’s expectations‚ thereby arousing the suspicions of cheating; Jamal recounts in flashback how he knows the
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All-India Muslim League The All–India Muslim League‚ was a historic political party established in the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire. Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state‚ Pakistan‚ successfully led to the partition of India in 1947 by the British Empire. Early genesis of the party are founded as an aftermath of literary movement led by Syed Ahmad Khan‚ who also helped in founding the party. In 1906‚ the party was officially
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Election‚ which will decide which party is going to get the clear majority in the Parliament. As a part of preparation for the big political battle‚ all the parties seem to be ready with their campaigning strategy and issues. The recently rally by Congress in New Delhi and JD(U) in Patna are the best set example that parties have already geared up for the battle 2014. There are many issues like corruption‚ inflation‚ subsidies on LPG‚ and hike in Petrol prices – which could put voters in puzzles to
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AAP Aam Aadmi Party (translation: Common Man Party; abbreviated as AAP) is an Indian political party‚ formally launched on 26 November 2012. It came into existence following differences between the activists Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare regarding whether or not to politicise the popular. India against Corruption movement that had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011. Hazare preferred that the movement should remain politically unaligned while Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation
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2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The party of the ‘Aam admi’ (Common man)‚ Congress‚ fielded a Bengali Brahmin‚ Pranab Mukherjee‚ as President. The son of a freedom fighter against British colonialism has served the Congress for more than four decades in various ministerial positions. His opponent‚ P. A. Sangma‚ a Christian “tribal”2‚ hails from the state of Meghalaya. The former Labour Minister was supported by the Opposition National Democratic Alliance‚ and the ruling regional parties Biju Janata Dal
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Orthodox historians credit the creation of Pakistan to Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ the leader of the All India Muslim League‚ and his determination to create a sovereign state for Indian Muslims. However‚ this view has been contested by a number of historians‚ who place responsibility for the partition on the political manoeuvring of the Congress and the constitutional reforms of the British Raj. Existing communal tensions and Hindu-Muslim differences have also been blamed for the split. Revisionist historians
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Subhas Chandra Bose ( listen (help•info); January 1897 – 18 August 1945 [unconfirmed]) byname Netaji (Hindi: “Respected leader”) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national force against the British Raj (and therefore also against the allied Western powers) during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. He is presumed to have died "in absentia" on 18 August 1945 from injuries sustained in an
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Centralisation of Power: Indian Political System The need for a strong centre is generally considered to be a necessity regardless of what kind of an organization it is and what it is into. Nowhere is this need felt more strongly than in our political system particularly in our political parties. It seems more apt to call India a subcontinent rather than a country. Enough and more has been written and said about how it is a melting pot of various and diverse cultures and how some states
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million people or more. English serves as the national language among the educated Indians. The Indian economy derives are depends on agriculture. India’s rural population presents a huge untapped potential for many marketers. Operates as a democratic republic - one party has dominated the government since independence in 1947. India was born of the partition of the former British Indian empire into the new countries of India and Pakistan. Many millions of Indians still live at the lowest level of subsistence
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Nehru’s Dream of Socialism Jawaharlal Nehru was‚ in the truest sense‚ the builder of modern India. He saw the naked poverty and hunger of the Indian people and registered his protest through his lectures in meetings throughout the country‚ and through his writings against the British Government. He was a true national leader. “Nationalism of the modern type‚” as Jawaharlal pointed out‚ “was yet to come. India had still to go through much sorrow and travail before she learnt the lesson which
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