PAKISTAN MOVEMENT PHASE II * Pakistan Resolution [1940] * Cripps Mission [1942] * Gandhi-Jinnah Talks [1944] * Wavell Plan and Simla Conference [1945] * Provincial and General Elections [1945-1946] * Cabinet Mission Plan [1946] * June 3rd Plan [1947] * The Birth o Pakistan [August 14‚ 1947] Pakistan Resolution [1940] * From March 22 to March 24‚ 1940‚ the All India Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park‚ Lahore. This session
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Kuka Movement 1857 During the pre-independence days‚ the British followed the policy of ‘Devide and Rule’. It was their strategy to become offensive against the roots of Indian culture. During those days‚ so many Butcherkhanas (Slaughter houses) in different parts of Punjab. During the days of Maharaja Ranjit Singh‚ there was total ban on cow slaughter. When British annexed Punjab‚ they printed these words on copper plates – “COW are not to be killed in Amritsar. The Penalty of killing cow is
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commonman has worsened. Corrupt public servants ‚ corrupt judges ‚ corrupt police ‚ etc are proving to be parasites leading 5-star lifestyles at taxpayer’s expense. They in their greed for money ‚ bribe are aiding & abetting terrorists ‚ separatists ‚ naxalites‚ underworld mafia ‚ etc covertly & overtly ‚ backstabbing our motherland. These corrupt public servants are more cruel than Jalianwallah Bagh butcher General Dyer of british army. If Mahatma Gandhi was alive today ‚ he would
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he Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishes the structure‚ procedures‚ powers‚ and duties of government institutions‚ and sets out fundamental rights‚ directive principles‚ and the duties of citizens. It is the longest[1] written constitution of any sovereign country in the world‚ containing 444[Note 1] articles in 22 parts‚ 12 schedules and 118 amendments. Besides the Hindi version‚ there is an official English
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The Assam Aandolan/Assam Agitation/Assam Movement - 1979-1985: The History No movement happens overnight. “The Assam movement like all other significant social movements has its roots in history and society from which it emerged. A social movement cannot emerge from vacuum‚ all of a sudden.” (The Assam Movement: Class‚ Ideology and Identity – Monirul Hussain‚ p 95) This movement slowly built up in the form of resentment against illegal immigrants from neighbouring nations‚ over a period of time
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Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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Tagore and His India by Amartya Sen* Voice of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore‚ who died in 1941 at the age of eighty‚ is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. Anyone who becomes familiar with this large and flourishing tradition will be impressed by the power of Tagore’s presence in Bangladesh and in India. His poetry as well as his novels‚ short stories‚ and essays are very widely read‚ and the songs he composed reverberate around the eastern part of India and throughout
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The twentieth century saw an upsurge in a new form of protest movement‚ the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist social movement‚ which is a branch out of what was known as the New Social Movement. The new social movements were a plethora of informal groups‚ organisations and campaigns that surfaced in the 1960s. These included movements that campaigned for racial equality‚ sexual equality‚ gay rights‚ environmental concerns‚ peace groups‚ prisoners rights‚ human rights‚ among others. Because of
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IndiaRussia relations 1 India–Russia relations India-Russian relations India Russia Indo-Russian relations refer to the bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Russian Federation. During the Cold War‚ India and the Soviet Union (USSR) enjoyed a strong strategic‚ military‚ economic and diplomatic relationship. After the collapse of the USSR‚ Russia inherited the close relationship with India‚ even as India improved its relations with the West after the end of the
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western India spent the night outside Friday‚ too fearful to go back into their damaged homes after India’s most powerful earthquake in half a century. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed as many as 2‚000‚ injured at least 2‚000‚ and left 4‚000 missing. Most of the missing are thought to be buried under rubble‚ and rescue workers dug frantically with bulldozers‚ shovels‚ sticks -- even bare hands -- trying to find them. India’s Earthquake -- Residents in the Gujarat State of western India spent the
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