Salt March The Salt March‚ also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha‚ began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930‚ and was an important part of theIndian independence movement. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly incolonial India‚ and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement. This was the most significant organised challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22‚ and directly followed the Purna
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were first introduced in the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1928 for controlled and rapid economic development. Much of the Soviet industrial successes are a result of the implementation of its five year plans. In 1950‚ India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru‚ impressed by the Soviet system‚ adopted five year plans as a model for economic development‚ and established the Planning Commission which was to act independent of any cabinet and was answerable only to the Prime Minister‚ who is also Chairperson
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The PIO Tamils in South Africa have a long history. Although some research reveal that Indian Tamils had settled in South Africa many years ago‚ it’s only under the indentured system that a large number of Tamils arrived in South Africa. Tamil indentured workers were recruited to replace slave worker worldwide. Most of the indentured workers who went to South Africa were from South India. The first batch of Indian workers went in 1860 and good number of them decided to stay back in South Africa
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Chennai Monorail is a rail-based transit system for the Indian city ofChennai. It is proposed in the Long-term Urban Transportation Scheme of Second Master Plan by CMDA. The state government has announced plans to introduce monorail across City to reduce traffic congestion and to increase the share of public transport in the urban transport network. The aim is to increase the share of public transport in Chennai from 27% to 46% by 2026 Chief Minister Jayalalithaa‚ through the Governor Surjit Singh
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correspondence: House No. & Street Detail D/o Mohammed Ismail‚ Bahar Manzil City/Town/ Village & P.O. 60 feet road nehru Nagar District CHICKMAGALUR State Karnataka Pincode 577101 8. Permanent address(please enclose residential certificate from concerned state government authority): House No. & Street Detail D/o Mohamme dIsmail Bahar Manzil City/Town/ Village & P.O. 60 feet road nehru Nagar District CHICKMAGALUR State Karnataka Pincode 577101 9. Date of birth (Please enclose certificate)
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18th 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
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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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Historical Context: European imperialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries resulted in the carving up of areas of Africa and Asia into vast colonial empires. This was the case for British colonialism in India. As imperialism spread‚ the colonizer and the colony viewed imperialism differently. They saw both positive and negative effects of imperialism. • Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying documents in Part A. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account
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Corruption Can Destroy Democracy K S VENKATARAMAN Defining Corruption The term corruption is very common but it is difficult to give a dogmatic definition of it. Broadly‚ it is any dishonest or illegal or selfish behavior for getting any undue benefit. It has a special reference to those who occupy a position of trust or confidence but act in violation of generally understood or specified terms of behavior. Corruption involves two sides: One side trying to get some undue advantage
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History of Press Printing press was introduced in India by the British. In 1674 the first printing apparatus was established in Bombay followed by Madras in 1772. The British encouraged only those newspapers and journals that supported them. They were always suspicious of journalists & newspapers. They were against any kind of criticism. The first English newspaper in India ‘The Bengal Gazette’ or ‘Hicky’s Gazette’. Year 1780‚ Published weekly. Political and Commercial paper. Some of his
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