Independence Day of India Respected teachers and my friends‚ I wish you a happy Independence Day. India became independent on August 15‚ 1947... A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again." - J.L.Nehru On the eve of India’s independence‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru famous speech “Tryst with Destiny” marked the beginning of a free India with words symbolizing hope and triumph. India got its independence from the
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During the ww1 british wanted its support from the Indians to fight against Germany & Turkey. The muslims saw the khalifa of the ottaman empire as a religious figure head and so dis not enlist for the war. British seeing this promised to respect the khalifa after the war was over. This caused many Indians to support the British in the war. The british divided germany and announced the treaty of serves.This caused great resentment amongst the Muslims & so KHilafat movement was founded to save the
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India gained its independence from Britain on the 15th of August‚ 1946 but then was previously faced with another issue. Partition. Muslims and Hindus wanted to be separated into their own countries‚ but what impacts would this have economically and socially? I will answer this question‚ analyzing both aspects‚ throughout this essay. This essay is based on books and articles I have read as well as interviews from my family members and detailed research through the internet. One source I mainly
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A Passage to India by Edward Morgan Forster is truly one of the great books of it’s time. Written in an era when the world was more romantic‚ yet substantially less civil to the unwestern world than it is today; E. M. Forster opened the eyes of his fellow countrymen and the world by showing them the truth about British Colonialism. The novel aids greatly in the ability to interpret events of the time as well as understand the differences between the social discourse of then and now. To fully
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3. British colonialism and its effects on the shaping of Pakistani culture The culture of a nation (a complex structure of unsaid dos and don’ts) is determined by their emotive sensitivities and intellectual development at a given stage in history. The form of social order and its institutions are a reflection of this culture. Pre-British India was on a declining path vis-à-vis these factors. Hence conditions were ripe for the invaders to encourage and establish a culture of collaboration. And
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1. Gargi Gargi‚ the wise and learned daughter of Rishi (sage) Vachaknu‚ was known as Brahmavadini because of her having the knowledge of Brahma-vidya. She participated in a debate with the knower of Brahma‚ Yajnavalkya in the Yajnasala ( place for sacrifices ) of King Janaka. We get in the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad a dialogue between Gargi and Yajnavalkya. Thus it is evident that in ancient India‚ women used to obtain knowledge of many sciences and disciplines. They also used to participate in public
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INDIAN INDEPENDENCE India’s Independence Day is celebrated on 15 August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. All over the country‚ flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration in attendance. The main event takes place in New Delhi‚ where the Prime Minister hoists the National Flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts. In his speech
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose While the Gandhi /Nehru faction of Congress has garnered much of the credit for India’s freedom struggle‚ it is important to remember that India’s freedom movement was in fact a movement of the masses and there were a number of great leaders with fierce patriotism and great visionary ideas who sacrificed their entire lives for the nation’s cause. We continue our series on the freedom fighters‚ on the occasion of Netaji’s 102nd birthday. -Jyotsna Kamat January 26
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Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi became one of the pivotal figures‚ if not the main figure‚ in India’s history in the Twentieth Century. Along with Jinnah and Nehru‚ Gandhi shaped India’s history up to its independence in 1947. Mahatma Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869 and he died on the 30th of January 1948. Gandhi was born in Porbander in western India. In 1888‚ he went to London to study law. He returned to Bombay to work as a barrister but went to South Africa to work in 1907. In South
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JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE-- In the Indian history of freedom struggle for independence many great warriors laid down their life. There is a record of every incident. One of the most tragic incident in the history is the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which took place in Amritsar (Punjab). Winston Churchill stated this account as "’The incident in Jallian walaBagh was an extra ordinary event‚ a monstrous event‚ an event which stands in a singular and silver stone isolation......" The most heartbreaking
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