challenged Gandhi whom she revered. Kamaladevi took Gandhiji’s teaching of pursuit of Truth to heart even if it meant challenging him. Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sardar Patel accepted her independence and respected her for it while some other people did not. Indira Gandhi was jealous of her father’s friendship with Kamaladevi and her antipathy towards Kamaladevi for writing to Nehru to ask his daughter not to interfere in Kamaladevi’s
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In special reference No.1 of 2002 ‚ Re‚ (Gujarat assembly election matter) ‚ the debate in the constituent assembly on article 85 and 174 was looked into. Khare‚ J .(as the learned chief justice then was) referred to kesavanandabharti case in support of the proposition that the constituent assembly debates are permissible aids in construction to ascertain intention to the constitution. The learned judge observed as follows : One of the known methods to discern the intention behind enacting a provision
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Y Tu Mama Tambien is rather a unique movie‚ in which the director and writers did a good job in producing it to be a symbolic film. What I find to have been the most interesting part of the movie was the role of the narrator. Throughout the course of the movie‚ the narrator would enter into a scene with a rather detached tone and omniscience role‚ by revealing truths about each character which they refuse to acknowledge or even cannot know. This coincides with the fact that everyone does have their
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INDEPENDENCE DAY The 15th of August is a very important day in the history of our country - India. It was on this day in 1947 that India became independent. We won freedom after a hard struggle. On this day our first Prime Minister Pundit Jawaharlal Nehruunfurled The National Flag at The Red Fort for the first time. All the people irrespective of their caste‚ look and creed celebrate this day everyyear amidst great rejoicing. It is declared a public holiday. On this day we take a pledge to defend
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Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] During 1915-1918‚ she traveled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare‚ women empowerment and nationalism. She awakened the women of India and brought them out of the kitchen. She also helped to establish the Women’s
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Non – cooperation movement The Non-Cooperation Movement was a significant phase of the Indian struggle for freedom from British rule. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi and was supported by the Indian National Congress. It aimed to resist British occupation in India through non-violent means. Protestors and followers followed the swadeshi and boycott movement. The ideals of Ahimsa or non-violence had mass movement on a very large scale was seen for the first time. Among the significant causes of this
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Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru‚ the “Freedom At Midnight”‚ he quoted : “ Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom.” - unquote. Good Morning to one and all gathered here! As a proud Indian‚ it gives me great sense of feeling to re-iterate these words of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru! From the phase
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life. It was started in India‚ as a campaign to save mother earth The name Vanamahotsava (the festival of trees) originated in July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was undertaken in Delhi‚ in which national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru‚ Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abdul Kalam Azad participated. The week was simultaneously celebrated in a number of states. Since then‚ lakhs of saplings of different species were planted with active involvement of agencies like the forest department
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objectives. Under the Indian auspices‚ modern science was Brahminized during the colonial period‚ and Kshatriya-ized after independence. The artisanization of modern science that gave Europe its strength never took place in India. In 1947‚ Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister of India‚ after independencefrom the British Empire‚ which became the Republic of India upon passage of the IndianConstitution on Jan. 26‚ 1950. The Congress Party ruled India throughout nearly theentire post-independence
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the freedom of both. To better understand the Indira Gandhi’s methodology and political contributions‚ it is necessary to first analyze the political state of her country‚ as well as her background and career as a whole. Indira was born into the Nehru family whom had a strong political background all on its own. Indira’s father‚ Jawaharlal‚ and her grandfather‚ Motilal‚ were both members of the Indian National Congress‚ which was very sympathetic toward the rising nationalism of the Indian middle
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