Diwali (also spelt Divali in other countries) or Dīpāvali (Tamil: தீபாவளி‚ Gujarati: દિવાળી‚ Hindi: दिवाली‚ Kannada: ದೀಪಾವಳಿ‚ Konkani: धाकली दिवाळी‚ Malayalam: ദീപാവലി‚ Marathi: दिवाळी‚ Nepali: दिपावली‚ Oriya: ଦୀପାବଳୀ‚ Sanskrit: दीपावली‚ Telugu: దీపావళి‚ Urdu: دیوالی)‚ also popularly known as the Festival of Lights‚ is an important 5-day festival in Hinduism‚ Sikhism and Jainism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. Diwali is an official holiday in India [1]‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad & Tobago
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honour to stand before you and say a few words on Indian Independence Day. It was today on 15th August that India woke up with Freedom way back in 1947 which is one of the biggest achievement for us. Who can forget that midnight of 15th August 1947 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the Tri-coloured Indian Flag on Red Fort. Since that day we have got a great reason to celebrate this occasion every year with pride and honour. Independence Day in India is celebrated every year in each and every school
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But the Fourth of July‚ Independence Day‚ is something more than just another holiday. It is the birthday of a great idea-not merely the idea of independence‚ not merely the idea of the rights of humankind‚ but also the birthday of a profoundly idealistic and profoundly influential charter of liberty. The revolution signaled by the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on July 4‚ 1776‚ laid down the principles which have been the foundation stones of human progress ever since-the
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Gutka- A Silent Killer By Anitha Varughese‚ LCSW Gutka‚ a form of smokeless tobacco‚ is a cocktail of tobacco‚ nicotine‚ and carcinogens that contains many unhealthy additives such as magnesium carbonate and phenyl ethyl alcohol‚ along with harmful perfumery compounds including musk ketones and other injurious fragrance compounds (which are known to be dangerous in toiletries). Gutka use is one of the major causes of oral cancer in India‚ is one of India.s most serious social problems‚ and is also
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Independence Day Speech in English | Essay A very happy Independence day to my honorable Chief Guest‚ my respectable teachers‚ & parents and all my lovely brothers and sisters. As You all Know Today we have gathered here for celebrating the 68th Independence day of our country. The day when India got freedom against the British Rule after so many years of struggle. On this day we pay tribute to our great freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi‚ Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak‚ Sarojini
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Short Essay on 15th August – The Independence Day of India By Devansha on November 30‚ 2011 in Essays The great dream of our freedom fighters‚ nationalists‚ and revolutionaries was realized on 15th Aug. 1947‚ when India became free and independent. It was an epoch-making event of great significance‚ which ushered in an era of liberty‚ self-rule and prosperity for our nation. Since then 15th Aug.‚ has been celebrated all over India as our Independence Day. It is a national festival-a day to remember
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The Independence Day Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as "the Fourth of July". It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. Patriotic displays and family events are organized throughout the United States. Many people display the American flag on their homes. The celebrations have deep roots in the American tradition of political freedom. Background During the American Revolution‚ the legal separation
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nde nce day2013.co m http://independenceday2013.co m/independence-day-2013-speech-english-scho o l-students/ Independence Day 2013 Speech In English For School Students Ho me > Independence Day - 1 May 2013 Indiacelebrates Independence Day on August 15 each year. India became an independent nation on August 15‚ 1947‚ so a gazetted holiday is held annually to remember this date. Students are asked to deliver a speech on a Independence day at your school‚ college‚ institution or University. Here
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On this Special Day I would like to recollect the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of India’s Independence. “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance .... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India
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Independence Day What is an Independence Day? Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August in India commemorating the nation’s independence from Kingdom of Great Britain on 15 August 1947. India attained independence following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC). Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan;
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