movement encompasses a wide range of areas like political organizations‚ philosophies and movements which had the common aim to ending the company rule (East India Company)‚ and then British imperial authority‚ in parts of South Asia. The independence movement saw various national and regional campaigns‚ agitations and efforts‚ some nonviolent and others not so. Movements led by Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu (Father of Nation)‚ was the preeminent leader
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In this reading there were numerous intriguing events that occurred. The four things that I found most interesting was The Emancipation Proclamation‚ Reconstruction Era‚ The Depression Year and the need for slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1st‚ 1863 it declared salves free in certain areas during the civil war. Kinn expressed that “it was a military move‚ giving the South four months to stop rebelling”. Which is a smart move that Lincoln took just to spare the union by undermining
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reform or a political agenda? The concept of British medium schools were in induced and considered the best way of education in India in the late 19th and early 20th century. The British Raj ran the rule over the Indian education system and most of the youth of the nation were going to these English medium schools. M.K Gandhi India’s most influential man at that time got an English education and even studied in London to become a barrister‚ but he had different thoughts on education now. Gandhi believed
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PHL 305: AFRICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT QUESTION: TAKE ONE AFRICAN SOCIO-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER AND DISCUSS: A. HIS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY B. THE PROBLEM HE TRIED TO SOLVE C. THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE WAS SUCCESSFUL. African socialism was one of the earliest theories proffered by many African leaders at the outset of independence. Leaders such as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah‚ Julius Nyerere‚ Obafemi Awolowo and Leopold Senghor all supported this concept but had different approaches to
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POLITICAL SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE Political Science is in part a social science‚ and in part a humanity. Both are important. In this topic‚ we will look at the basics of social science inquiry‚ and then proceed to show how this differs from‚ on the one hand‚ inquiry in the natural sciences and‚ on the other‚ inquiry in the humanities. Social Science Social science inquiry seeks to develop empirical theory. �Empirical�
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Indira Gandhi the 1st female prime minister of India was born on 19th November‚ 1917 into the politically influential Nehru family. Her father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamala Nehru. Her grandfather‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a prominent Indian nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence mover of Independent India. After finishing schooling Indira Gandhi went to Shantiniketan‚ a school set up by Rabindranath Tagore‚ and Huzurpaga‚ Pune
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Ysavela Corral 06/25/13 PoliSci01/Crain Final Paper Mahatma Gandhi The film I decided to watch was the film on the activist/lawyer Gandhi. He was most known for his non-violent ways of getting his point across when the United Kingdom’s takeover of his home country India. Gandhi first emerged this protest when he was on a bus and he was forced to move to the back of the bus because he was an Indian man. This is when Gandhi first entered into the activist world and began to merge his country
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Mahatama Gandhi is well known as the father of the Indian independence movement. During his lifetime Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to end discrimination. He demonstrated a non-violent way of protesting against injustices. While in India‚ Gandhi’s simple lifestyle drew him to people. He spent the remaining years of his life working persistently to remove British rule from India as well as to better the lives of India’s poorest classes. Despite Gandhi’s appeal for peace‚ his life ended
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Title of Speech: Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi General Purpose: To Commemorate Specific Purpose: To commemorate the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi Central Idea/Thesis Statement: Gandhi is considered to be one of the most influential and admired individual who played an important part in the independence of India Introduction Attention Getter: George Washington. What comes to your mind when I say that name‚ “First President of the United States” or maybe “Father of the nation”? Yes‚ to Americans he
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In the following essay I am going to analyse and interpret the speech of Gandhi which is addressed at the A.I.C.C. The speech was held in Bombay in August 1942. He speaks in Hindustani to the people of A.I.C.C to tell them about his plan of action. Gandhi wants to say some words about the resolution. At first he request the audience to see the resolution of his own point of view. Of course this words have power because he is a respected person and an ideal‚ too. He wants that the audience understand
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