Mohandas Gandhi and his non-violent acts of defiance had great implications on imperialism during the post colonial area. Known to many as the “Great Souled one”(History) Gandhi was a leading force for India to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi’s extensive use of passive resistance which is defined as “refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power‚ without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition” (Pletcher). Is a trademark for Indian independence
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Musafari (1868) which is remarkably the first document on the travel to China. Few Parsi wr iters even translated some travelogues into Gujarati from English. The Queen V ictoria had written her travel experiences of Scotland and Highland in English. Ma necharji Bhavnagari translated the Queen’s first travelogue and Vadia Putlibai tra nslated the second into Gujarati. 70 Mahipatram Nilkanth translated W.S. Cain’s travelog ue Trip around the World
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Dr. Rajendra Prasad Date of Birth : Dec 3‚ 1884 Date of Death : Feb 28‚ 1963 Place of Birth : Zeradei‚ Bihar Tenure Order : 1st President Took Office : Jan 26‚ 1950 Left Office : May 13‚ 1962 Successor : Dr.S Radhakrishnan Subhash Chandra Bose Date of Birth : Jan 23‚ 1897 Date of Death : Aug 18‚ 1945 Place of Birth : Orissa Subhash Chandra Bose (January 23‚ 1897 – August 18‚ 1945?)‚ also known as Netaji‚ was one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian Independence
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The Guide Plot summary Railway Raju (nicknamed) is a disarmingly corrupt guide who falls in love with a beautiful dancer‚ Rosie‚ the neglected wife of archaeologist Marco . Marco doesn’t approve of Rosie’s passion for dancing. Rosie‚ encouraged by Raju‚ decides to follow her dreams and start a dancing career. They start living together and Raju’s mother‚ as she does not approve of their relationship‚ leaves them. Raju becomes Rosie’s stage manager and soon with the help of Raju’s marketing tactics
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Indo Anglian Literature Indo Anglian Literature refers to the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. It is also associated with the works of members of the Indian diaspora‚ such as V. S. Naipaul‚ Kiran Desai‚ Jhumpa Lahiri who are of Indian descent. It is frequently referred to as Indo-Anglian literature. (Indo-Anglian is a specific term in the sole context of writing that should
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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An Overview of Kamla Das’s autobiography and her poems Aasthaba Jadeja Indian women poets writing in English from Toru Dutt to Kamala Das reveal the mind boggling variety of themes as well as style that poetry is capable of offering. It needs to be remembered that poetry written by women need not be viewed only as feminist poetry. For the first time in Indian English poetry‚ the women poets of post- Independence and postmodern period portrayed in a subversive idiom their desires‚ lust‚ sexuality
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Paper - I 1. Sources: Archaeological sources:Exploration‚ excavation‚ epigraphy‚ numismatics‚ monuments Literary sources: Indigenous: Primary and secondary; poetry‚ scientific literature‚ literature‚ literature in regional languages‚ religious literature. Foreign accounts: Greek‚ Chinese and Arab writers. 2. Pre-history and Proto-history: Geographical factors; hunting and gathering (paleolithic and mesolithic); Beginning of agriculture (neolithic and chalcolithic). 3. Indus Valley Civilization: Origin
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and Smritis. During the Vedic age the position of women in society was very high and they were regarded as equal partners with men in all respects. Who had not heard of Maitri‚ Gargi‚ Sati Annusuya and Sita? Rani laxmi bai‚ begum hazrat mahal‚ sarojini naidu‚ vijaya laxmi pandit‚ sucheta kriplani‚ kasturba Gandhi‚ aruna asaf ali and many others constitute the Womanhood of India who in the hour of peril for the motherland forsook the shelter of their homes and with unfailing courage and endurance stood
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Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the
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