minister of India was born on 19th November‚ 1917 into the politically influential Nehru family. Her father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamala Nehru. Her grandfather‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a prominent Indian nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence mover of Independent India. After finishing schooling Indira Gandhi went to Shantiniketan‚ a school set up by Rabindranath Tagore‚ and Huzurpaga‚ Pune which is the oldest girl’s school in India
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QuesƟons de Recherche / Research in QuesƟon N° 34 - Décembre 2010 Refining the “ModeraƟon Thesis” Regarding “Radical ParƟes” The Jana Sangh and the BJP between Hindu NaƟonalism and CoaliƟon PoliƟcs in India Christophe Jaffrelot Centre d’études et de recherches internaƟonales Sciences Po QuesƟons de recherche / Research in quesƟon – n° 34 – Décembre 2010 hƩp://www.ceri-sciences-po.org/publica/qdr.htm 1 Refining the “ModeraƟon Thesis” Regarding “Radical ParƟes” The Jana Sangh
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Till 1983‚ October 31st was marked as the birth anniversary of India’s first home minister and one of the tallest leaders of National Independence movement‚ Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Known and feared for his shrewdness‚ presence of mind and clever deployment of tactics to force his enemies into submission in the political arena‚ Patel is also considered the best Prime Minister India never had. While his stormy relationship with India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru may had earned him some detractors
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from malnutrition‚ rape‚ to even Murder. I will prove that through these circumstances of ‘partition’ countless lives were lost in vain. Everything has a beginning so let us go back in time to the very start. The Beginning In 1885‚ the Indian National
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INDIA’s PRESENT SITUATION Ever since Nehru’s period ended‚ although Indira Gandhi tried to usher in the continuance of non-alignment and indigenous (Swadeshi) developments‚ corruption in Congress party and within all government systems created unprecedented problems‚ resulting in various upsurge (including the so-called JP movement). Slowly and steadily the deterioration in law and order as well as in balanced functioning of the democratic systems got jeopardized. From a “zero” dependence on the
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children did not feel the pressures of being female‚ Sahgal subordinates the lady question to the national question in the narrative. Amusingly‚ however as anyone might expect‚ her patriot fealty is‚ thus‚ confounded by her Western-style childhood and education
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Day Also called Swatantrata Divas (Hindi) Observed by Indians Type National Date August 15 Celebrations Flag hoisting‚ distribution of sweets in schools‚ flying kites‚ singing patriotic songs‚ entertainment and cultural programmes India’s Independence Day (Hindi: Swatantrata Divas) is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. It is celebrated all over the country
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play is to expose students to various situations and train them to cultivate and appreciate values so that they can experience and sharpen their senses through observation and practice” - Kanvinde ACHYUT KANVINDE Father of Modern Indian Architecture Achyut Kanvinde | Born: 1916 Died: 2003 Gender: Male Country of Origin: India Biography: He entered the Architecture Department at Sir J.J. School of Art in 1935 then headed by Claude Batley‚ who was also the premier architect of
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about 1‚600 kilometers of Indian territory. The 1940 Lahore Resolution had called for independent "states" in the northwest and the northeast. This objective was changed‚ by a 1946 meeting of Muslim League legislators to a call for a single state (the acronym Pakistan had no letter for Bengal). Pakistan lacked the machinery‚ personnel‚ and equipment for a new government. Even its capital‚ Karachi‚ was a second choice--Lahore was rejected because it was too close to the Indian border. Pakistan’s economy
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Jamia Millia Islamia‚ an institution originally established at Aligarh in United Provinces‚ India in 1920 became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu language‚ Jamia means ‘University’‚ and Millia means ‘National’. The story of its growth from a small institution in the pre-independence India to a central university located in New Delhi—offering integrated education from nursery to research in specialized areas—is a saga of dedication‚ conviction and vision of
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