Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “Civil Disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless and corrupt.” Civil Disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy‚ characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting‚ picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes. Many people argue that civil disobedience is an effective way‚ but the strongest evidence around proves that opinion wrong. Civil disobedience
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------------------------------------------------- Origin of Non alignment movement[edit source] Nonalignment had its origins in India’s colonial experience and the nonviolent Indian independence struggle led by the Congress‚ which left India determined to be the master of its fate in an international system dominated politically by Cold War alliances and economically by Western capitalism and Soviet communism. The principles of nonalignment‚ as articulated by Nehru and his successors‚ were preservation
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Role of Women in India’s Struggle for Freedom Introduction The history of Indian Freedom Struggle would be incomplete without mentioning the contributions of women. The sacrifice made by the women of India will occupy the foremost place. They fought with true spirit and undaunted courage and faced various tortures‚ exploitations and hardships to earn us freedom. When most of the men freedom fighters were in prison the women came forward and took charge of the struggle. The list of great women whose
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History of "Mahatma Gandhi" He is a father of our nation played a key portrayal in winning freedom for India introduced the conception of Ahimsa and Nonviolence. Mahatma Gandhi popularly famed as Theologiser of Dry played a stellar enactment in Bharat’s immunity endeavor. Innate in a Bania stemma in Kathiawar‚ Gujarat‚ his realistic obloquy was Mohandas Karamchand Statesman (M.K. Statesman). The claim Mahatma came to be associated with his epithet overmuch afterwards. Before Gandhiji’s traveler
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1.Introduction In the contemporary media world‚ where the ’advertorials’ probably bear more importance than the ’editorials’‚ I believe it should be interesting to know how the Father of our Nation‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ contributed to the fields of journalism and mass communication. An effective communicator‚ Gandhi was fearless and eloquent with his words. He reached out to millions of people and convinced them of his cause. According to Chalapathi Raju‚ an eminent editor‚ Gandhi was probably the greatest
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Free India’ was a dream of all Indians under the British rule. Everyone during that rule fought in some way or the other with a common aim of ending British and other colonial authorities in India. After a century of revolutions‚ struggle‚ blood shedding‚ battles and sacrifices‚ India finally achieved independence on August 15‚ 1947. India was free in 1947 from the British Empire but the country lost many men and women who were filled with undaunted courage and spirit of patriotism. Today‚ they
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3. Women freedom fighters of India. 3.1RaniLakshmiBai of Jhansi 3.2Sarojini Naidu 3.3 Madam Cama 3.4 Begum Hazrat Mahal 3.5 Annie Besant 3.6Arun Asaf Ali 3.7 Usha Mehta 3.8 Kasturba Gandhi 3.9 Kamala Nehru 3.10. Vijaya Lakshmi Pundit 4. Conclusion 5. References ROLE OF WOMEN IN INDIA ’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM Introduction The history of Indian Freedom Struggle would be incomplete without mentioning the contributions of women. The sacrifice made by the women of India will occupy the foremost place
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THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY ANANYA MISHRA 214026 ON THE TOPIC DHARMA‚ ITS TYPES AND MODERN POLITICS IN THE MONSOON SEMESTER OF 2015-16 Introduction In Hinduism‚ dharma is the religious and moral law governing individual conduct and is one of the four ends of life. In addition to the dharma that applies to everyone (sadharana dharma)—consisting of truthfulness‚ non-injury‚ and generosity‚ among other virtues—there is also a specific dharma (svadharma) to be followed
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"All the leadership had spent their early years in England. They were influenced by British thought‚ British ideas‚ that is why our leaders were always telling the British "How can you do these things? They’re against your own basic values.". We had no hatred‚ in fact it was the other way round - it was their values that made us revolt." <br>-Aruna Asaf Ali‚ a leader of the Indian National Congress. <br>(Masani‚ quoted in Wood‚ 32‚ 1989) <br> <br>There is no doubt that British imperialism had a large
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The term Indian independence 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)
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