The political career of Kumaraswamy Kamaraj (1903-1975) spanning about 50 years‚ cutting across the colonial and post-independent phases‚ of Indian history‚ is indeed an enviable record. Representing a novel political culture neither bordering on Gandhian thought and action nor possessing the anglicised sophistication and cosmopolitanism of the Nehruvian vision‚ Kamaraj‚ rose from an underprivileged background‚ stood forth as a sober and robust figure winning the confidence and respect of the common
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JANUARY 30th‚ 1949 - The Mahatma was assassinated by a man called Naturam Godse. After he shot him‚ instead of running away‚ he stood his ground and surrounded. He said‚ "No one should think that Gandhi was killed by a madman" One of the best speeches of All time‚ which is compared to Socrates’s speech in his trial. The Judge was astonished by his speech and commented that if India had followed the Jury system of giving judgments‚ Godse would have been adjudicated as "Not Guilty" by the Jury‚ cause
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and 19th centuries‚ the British gained full power over India. Bitterness towards the British developed as Hindus and Muslims were denied jobs and high positions in the government and army. The Indian National Congress (INC)‚ lead by Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was created by the end of the 19th Century. Indians demanded equal opportunity and freedom from colonial rule. The British wanted to make the Muslims their allies in order to counter the perceived threat of the Hindu educated class. The British feared
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separate homeland. Thus‚ it was the consideration of a different religion‚ rather than culture‚ language‚ ethnicity or customs and more that was the raison d’être for the creation of Pakistan. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad‚ a diehard leader of the Indian Congress‚ strongly opposed the partition of India. In his famous book‚ India Wins Freedom‚ he claims: “It (creation of Pakistan) is one of the greatest frauds on the people to suggest that religious affinity can unite areas
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for anyone. If his political dream was in some sense a failure‚ so too was his dream of an India cleansed of the age-old inequities of caste and prejudice‚ and yet uncorrupted by modern technology and industry. He imagined a country where countless Indian peasants wove their own clothes and tilled their own land‚ without what he considered the ruinous effects of modernity. But after his death‚ history passed him by: his great disciple‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was an ardent socialist‚ and by the 1950s Nehru’s
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where his answer to all the questions of life (like whether he would marry the lady he so dearly loves) is ‚ “Boss‚ phipty‚ phipty.” Much the same could be said of the book. There could not have been a more daunting topic for a writer‚ especially Indian‚ than “India after Gandhi.” Guha handles this humongous theme in a “phipty‚ phipty” sort of way. Coming to the positive phipty‚ most of the political events post Gandhi have been dealt with. Some like the five year plans in some detail
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completely different level that would prove his ability and implicitly stating that Dr. Singh really deserved to be the Prime Minister in the first place. But the victory was denied and the whole credit was given to highlight the next hope of the Indian National Congress Rahul Gandhi which would help to keep the family legacy to be
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INDIA / HINDU LITERATURE LOCATION * India is the most populous nation (after China) and seventh largest in area. * Located in South Asia on the Indian subcontinent. * About 3000 km ( 1865 mi) wide and has‚ 7000 km (4350 mi ) along the Bay of Bangal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. * India’s land frontier of about 5700 km ( 3540 mi) is shared with Pakistan on the west; with China‚ Nepal‚ and Bhutan on the north; and with Bangladesh‚ and Burma on the east. India’s seventh
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Sarojini Naidu Essay - Naidu‚ Sarojini Naidu‚ Sarojini Introduction Naidu‚ Sarojini 1879-1949 Indian poet‚ lecturer‚ and politician. Naidu is remembered as a virtuoso of English metrical forms and romantic imagery in her poetry‚ which she wrote in English. Her mastery of such difficult poetic constructs as the dactylic prompted the English writers Edmund Gosse and Arthur Symons to praise her work widely and develop friendships with her. Equally concerned with India’s freedom movement and
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HISTORY & CIVICS H.C.G. - Paper - 1 (Two hours) Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt all questions from Part I (Compulsory). A total of five questions are to be attempted from Part II‚ two out of three questions from Section A and three out of five questions
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