Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American man who practiced Christianity. He was a very important figure in our history. He was born on January 15‚1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. His parents were Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta WIlliams King. He was born as Michael King and his father as well‚ but his father changed both of their names when they went to Germany to attend the Fifth Baptist World Alliance Congress in Berlin after German reformer Martin Luther. He had an older sister named Willie
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Introduction Revolt Of 1857 Formation Of INC Extremists and Moderates Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Gandhian Era Non-Cooperation Movement Civil Disobedience Movement Quit India movement Independence Sources Introduction The appointment in 1848 of Lord Dalhousie as Governor General of the East India Company set the stage for changes essential to a modern state. These included the consolidation and demarcation of sovereignty‚ the surveillance of the population‚ and the education of citizens
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disobedience are intended to generate a reaction‚ ideally a change in the supposedly unjust law‚ from the government. This is a method that some of the greatest civil rights activists throughout history have used‚ including Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. Use of civil disobedience in order
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale introduction Gopal Krishna Gokhale was another respected moderate leader of the early nationalist movement. H e was born in Kholapur‚ Maharashtra in the year 1866AD. Like Dadabhai Naoroji he started his career as a professor‚ a professor of history and economics at Fergusson College and later rose to become the principal of the college. He would later become a popular leader of the early nationalist movement. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was greatly influenced by Justice M.G. Ranade
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TIMELINE 1914 1918 The First World War 1913 1918 The war prices increased in double 19181919 & 19201921 Crop failure 1921 Famines and the epidemic Mahatma Gandhi 1916 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha movement in Champaran(Bihar) 1917 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha movement in Kheda District (Gujarat) 1918 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha Movement in Ahmedabad. 1919 Rowlatt Act was Passed (It gave the govt. enormous powerto represspolitical activities‚ and allowed detention
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defined in national terms‚ i.e.‚ a nation. Modern nationalism was associated with the formation of nation-states. In India‚ as in many other colonies‚ the growth of nationalism is connected to the anti-colonial movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. The First World War‚ Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement The war played an important role in shaping India‟s freedom struggle. Increase in defence expenditure due to the war led to the increase in taxes‚ custom duties‚ prices and
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The individual suffering most from unfair obscurity when any person thinks about the founding and the freedom of the India is probably the one man who was very likely the greatest intellect of all of our Founders‚ and also one of the most impressive legal minds of the twentieth century. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956)‚ Nehru’s Law Minister‚ primary architect of the Indian Constitution‚ champion of the lower castes and the underprivileged. Relatively little-known‚ his struggles get no interest
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Gandhi When you hear the name Mahatma Gandhi‚ what’s the first thing you think of? The terms nonviolence‚ civil disobedience‚ and mahatma (meaning great soul) are what most people will likely think hearing his name. From being raised as a child in India‚ to attending law school in England‚ to his countless movements for Indian freedom‚ to his tragic assassination‚ Gandhi and his critical thinking have helped pave the way for others who have brought change to our world. Born October 2‚ 1869
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all walks of life. Some of the leaders include: Benjamin Franklin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Mother Teresa‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Walt Disney‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Eleanor Roosevelt‚ Nelson Mandela‚ Albert Einstein‚ John F. Kennedy‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ Helen Keller‚ Henry Ford‚ Ronald Reagan‚ Pope John Paul II‚ George S. Patton‚ Booker T. Washington‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ Sam Walton‚ John Wooden‚ Ray Kroc...to name a few. Today I’d like to share a few of my favorite quotes from some of
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