Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences June 2010 The Curious Case of the Bombay Plan Amal Sanyal1 Abstract ‘Bombay Plan’‚ authored by a group of Indian industrialists and technocrats in 1944‚ was meant as a fifteen year investment plan for India. The strategy of the government’s five year plans after independence was very similar to the Bombay Plan’s. First three five year plans had almost the same sectoral outlay pattern and together they can be described as a scaled down version
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moved by the partition of Bengal in 1905 and decided to join the Indian freedom struggle. She met regularly with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ who later introduced her to the stalwarts of the Indian freedom movement. She met Mahatma Gandhi‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. With such an encouraging environment‚ Sarojini later moved on to become leader of the Indian National Congress Party. She traveled extensively to the United States of America and many European countries
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praise of metro by many folks ‚ but it was 5 years from the commencing of metro that we had never gone on a journey by metro. It was high time that my father decided to go on a journey on metro.The nearest metro station from our place was at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium. We packed some edibles and went to metro station . The glare of the light at the metro station was very delighting . My brother inexorably went here and there doing all kinds of research from check in area to metro train.My father bought ticket
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Lord Wavell’s Plan (1945); Lord Wavell‚ the viceroy of India‚ announced his plan on 14th June 1945 to end the political ruin. Lord Wavell made the following proposals: 1. The Viceroy’s Executive Council would be reconstructed. It would wholly consist of Indians except for the Viceroy and the commander-in-chief. 2. Hindus and Muslims would be represented at par on the Viceroy’s Council. 3. Executive Council as Interim Government would have complete authority and it work till the end of the war. 4
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http://www.shareyouressays.com/729/691-words-essay-on-patriotism-in-india-for-school-and-college-students Free sample essay on Patriotism in India for school and college students . Patriotism lends a great dimension to a man’s personality and it exalts him to rare heights of nobility. A patriot is not a person confined within the narrow limits of his family and his intimate circle of friends. Patriotism enlightens us about our paramount duties to our nation‚ our motherland‚ as dear and sacred as
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densely populated Island in the world is ............ Honshu Andaman Wheeler Bottom of Form ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Q 2:The National Solar Mission has been named after? Rajeev Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru Indira Gandhi Bottom of Form ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Q 3:The White House was painted white to hide ......... corruption blood stains fire damage Bottom of Form -------------------------------------------------
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On Children’s Day tribute is paid to all children in the world. In India‚ Children’s Day is celebrated on 14th November as the day marks the birth anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He was one who used to spend most of his precious moments with children and their innocence. Children’s Day is a day to engage in fun and frolic. But it is not just that. This day reminds everyone to renew their commitment towards the welfare of
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Biography |[pic][pic] | Born: October 2‚ 1904 Died: January 10‚ 1966 Achievements: Played a leading role in Indian freedom struggle; became Parliamentary Secretary of Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant‚ the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh; became the Minister of Police and Transport in Pant’s Cabinet; appointed as the Railways and Transport Minister in the Central Cabinet; also held the portfolios of Transport & Communications
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Fortunes favor the brave. Brave persons are always famous and rewarded. Vivekananda‚ Swami Dayanantha and‚ Mahatma Gandhi all sacrificed themselves on the altar of work. Certainly work was worship for them. Our first Prime Minister‚ late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was in favor of worship of work. Such workers may uplift the standard of their lives in true sense. They worship their work first and anything else afterwards. Thus work is worship in our life without which
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INDEPENDENCE DAY "At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru (on Indian Independence Day‚ 1947) “Every year‚ we celebrate our Independence Day with great fervour as well as joy and justifiably so‚ as it commemorates that day‚ when after many years of subjugation‚ our country gained its freedom. Indeed‚ in
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