Jump to: navigation‚ search Jawaharlal Nehru | | Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951 | 1st Prime Minister of India | In office 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 | Monarch | George VI (until 26 January 1950) | President | Rajendra Prasad Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Governor General | The Earl Mountbatten of Burma Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (until 26 January 1950) | Deputy | Vallabhbhai Patel | Preceded by | Position established | Succeeded by | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) | Minister of
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Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital: The way forward? 1. Key Highlights: Background: * Three categories of Medical service: Maternal and child health‚ Oncology and Diagnostics. * Core specialties – Focused on Cancer treatment (Oncology) and Obstetrics & Gynacecology (O&G). * Public recognition as “Charitable non –profit voluntary organization”. Oncology: * The general occupancy of hospital for cancer patients is around 85-90%. * KNMH was the third centre in the country
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freedom fighter‚ activist‚ linguistic activist‚ poet‚ author Language Konkani Ethnicity Konkani Ravindra Kelekar (March 25‚ 1925 – August 27‚ 2010) was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language‚ though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.[3] A Gandhian activist‚ freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement‚ he is a well known Konkani scholar‚ linguist‚ and creative thinker. Kelkar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement‚ Goa’s liberation movement
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INTRODUCTION • The requisite fee alongwith the application/request could be paid by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) is an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with its offices in 500 districts of India. NYKS is the largest grass-root level apolitical organization in the world‚ catering to the needs of more than 8 million non-student rural youth in the age group of 13-35 years enrolled through 2
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In what ways and with what success did Nehru deal with the economic and social problems facing India? Jawaharlal Nehru‚ leader of the Indian National Congress and later India’s first prime minister‚ led the Congress Party to victory in India’s first three general elections. Nehru was born in 1889‚ educated in England and then returned back to India. In the 1920´s he travelled around India and was alarmed by the Indian people suffering from poverty and oppression. Inspired by his travelling around
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Secularism In India -- A Brief Study - By Kamaluddin Khan By Kamaluddin Khan‚ The challenges of castism‚ communalism and religious fundamentalism‚ involving separatism and violence in India‚ are the major threats to our secular polity. They weaken the working and stability of our secular federal system and militate against the basic principles governing our national life and providing meaning to our new identity. Our national movement was the biggest and the most widespread anti-imperialist movement
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INDIA India - the land of Shiva and Krishna‚ the Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi; the land which produced warriors like Rana Pratap and Shivaji‚ leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru writers and poets like Rabindra Nath Tagore has a proud place in the world history. However we are also bestowed with the titles (at times dubious) such as the biggest democracy‚ the land of temples‚ one of the oldest civilisations of the world‚ the second most populous country in the world. India is a land of
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monuments‚ represent a unique combination of classical European architecture and Mughal motifs. The domed and white marble museum sprawls over 64 acres and is set in a landscaped garden at the southern side of the Kolkata’s maidan (ground) near Jawaharlal Nehru Road. Charminar The charminar Hyderabad’s best known landmark was built 1591 by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah to appease the force of evil savaging his new city with epidemic and plague. Standing in the heart of the old walled city and surround
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The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps‚ a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Cripps in India Upon his arrival in India‚ Cripps held talks with Indian leaders. He began by offering India full dominion status at the end of the war‚ with the chance to secede from the
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First Plan (1951-1956) The 1st five year plan was presented by Jawaharlal Nehru‚ who was the Prime Minister during that period. It was formulated for the execution of various plans between 1951 to 1956. The Planning Commission was responsible for working out the plan. Objectives of the 1st five year plan(1951 to 1956): 1; improve living standards of the people of India done by making judicious use of India’s natural resources The total outlay of the 1st five year plan was worth Rs.2‚069 crore
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