Subhas Chandra Bose (About this sound listen (help·info); 23 January 1897 – unknown[2]) also known as Netaji (Hindi/Bengali: “Respected Leader”)‚ was one of the most prominent Indian nationalist leaders who attempted to liberate India from British rule during the waning years of World War II. Bose‚ who had been ousted from the Indian National Congress in 1939 following differences with the more conservative high command‚[3] and subsequently placed under house arrest by the British‚ escaped from
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A HISTORY OF NATIVE AUTHORITY SYSTEM IN ABAJI‚ 1900-1960 BY MOHAMMED ALIYU ABUBAKAR U05HS1002 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY FACULTY OF ARTS AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA-NIGERIA 2009 CERTIFICATION I hereby certified that this thesis has been read and approved as meeting the requirement of the undergraduate work of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria‚ B.A. History. _____________________________ _______________ Mal. S.M Aminu Date Supervisor _______________________________
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Land and Law in Colonial India Anand V. Swamy Williams College December 2010 Forthcoming in Debin Ma and Jan Luiten Van Zanden eds. Long-term Economic Change in Eurasian Perspective‚ Stanford University Press. 1 1. Introduction The East India Company’s conquest of various territories in India typically brought one issue to the forefront right away: How would land taxes‚ the principal source of governmental revenue‚ be collected? But taxation was not a thing unto itself; it was
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She is India “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people”‚ claimed Mahatma Gandhi. This emotional phrase written by one awe inspiring person shifted one of the world’s largest nations. No human being could outlaw India’s exceptionally sturdy soul. India was given a female gender by Mahatma Gandhi‚ the humble man seeking freedom on his own soil. During his life‚ India was under the almighty British crown. For Britain‚ this enormous colony was a treasure providing salt
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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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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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Located in the northwestern part of the South Asian subcontinent‚ Pakistan became a state as a result of the partition of British India on August 14‚ 1947. Pakistan annexed Azad (Free) Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-48. Initially‚ Pakistan also included the northeastern sector of the subcontinent‚ where Muslims are also in the majority. The East Wing and West Wing of Pakistan were‚ however‚ separated by 1‚600 kilometers of hostile Indian territory. The country’s East Wing‚ or East Pakistan
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Roles :- 1. Narrator 2. Keshav(Dr.Hedgewar) 3. British officer 4. Principal 5. Teacher 6. Student -1 7. Student - 2 8. Student -3 Narrator :- Those were the dark days of British rule in India. Lokamanya Tilak was leading the Indian Freedom movement and he declared that ’Swaraj(Independence) is my Birth Right’. And Vande Mataram slogan was driving hundreds and thousands of young Indians towards the Indian freedom struggle. At this juncture British Govt arrested Lokamanya Tilak and
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A History Of Quaid-e-Azam :- Quaid-e-Azam‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on 25th December 1876 at Vazeer Mansion Karachi‚ was the first of seven children of Jinnah bhai‚ a prosperous merchant. After being taught at home‚ Jinnah was sent to the Sindh Madrasah High School in 1887. Later he attended the Mission High School‚ where‚ at the age of 16‚ he passed the matriculation examination of the University of Bombay. On the advice of an English friend‚ his father decided to send him to England to acquire
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Swadeshi movement The Swadeshi movement‚ part of the Indian independence movement and the developing Indian nationalism‚ was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi (self-sufficiency; Hindi: स्वदेशी svadēśī)‚ which had some success. Strategies of the Swadeshi movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. The Swadeshi Movement
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