take India to greater heights. In the early hours of the 15th of August‚ 1947‚ when our nation had just become Independent‚ our first Prime Minister‚ Jawaharlal Nehru spoke to the nation and asked us all one important question on the very first day we became a free country: "Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?" Today‚ my fellow citizens‚ I stand here once again and ask you that same question. Are we ready to face the challenge
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Bastille Day: French Independence Day "Bastille Day‚ on the Fourteenth of July‚ is the French symbol of the end of the Monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution" (www.hightowertrail.com). Bastille Day is a national‚ symbolic‚ historical French holiday and is celebrated every July 14. To celebrate Bastille Day‚ also known as La Fete de la Bastille‚ French citizens remember the storming of the Bastille which was the first major event of the French revolution. Bastille was not just a prison
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prime minister manmohan singh speech on independence day 2006-08-15 My dear countrymen‚ brothers‚ sisters‚ and dear children My greetings to all of you on this day‚ the anniversary of our Independence. Today is an auspicious day for our country. Today we enter the 60th year of our Independence. Today we re-dedicate ourselves to the progress and prosperity of our nation. To the welfare of all our people. To the unity and integrity of our country. Today we salute our beloved tricolor. We pay
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"The chief festivities occurred at Michaelmas‚ Christmas‚ Easter‚ and May Day. Of these‚ the first and the last were closely connected with the seigneurial system. On Michaelmas the habitant came to pay the annual rental for his lands; on May Day he rendered the Maypole homage which‚ has been already described. Christmas and Easter were the great festivals of the Church and as such were celebrated with religious fervor and solemnity. In addition‚ minor festivals‚ chiefly religious in character‚ were
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As you know all of us have gathered here to celebrate 67th independence day of our nation. This day‚ after the hosting national flag‚ we usually make mistake by remembering the heroic deeds of only few freedom fighters. But freedom fighting was collective effort. Without cooperation‚ sacrifice and involvement of all Indians it was impossible to get the freedom. So people of India were the real national heroes behind the success. We should express our sincere gratitude to all those who participated
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Festivals and celebrations in Malaysia Malaysia has a number of festivals and celebrations‚ most of which are either religious or cultural in origin‚ and are swathed in traditions and rituals. Malaysia. A country where one can experience a multitude of cultural celebrations and festivals‚ as well as‚ and most importantly‚ good food(!) all year round.Almost every month of the year‚ tourists and locals alike immerse themselves in one celebration or another‚ thanks to the diverse cultural practices
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Independence Day speech Respected teachers and all my dear friends‚ The day 15th August of every year is a golden day written in the history of the world. We got freedom on this date and it is a day worth a celebration. When we celebrate it hoisting the flag‚ playing our National Anthem with fervor‚ distributing sweets‚ we need to sail back into the past to remember and pay homage to the builders of our nation. My dear friends‚ We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India
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Wade Owens English 50 Dr.LaPorte 10/3/2013 Reflective Writting Coming into preparing for my paragraph I had three goals; make a strong a valid point‚ answering all of the possible questions a reader may have‚ and having a structured well developed paragraph. I wanted to maitain these goals throughout the writing process. I had to do minimal research becasuse I was familiar with the topic. There are three reasons why I chose to write about the qualities it takes to be a firefighter. First
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Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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BBA Management – III Hist 52 – G July 4‚ 1946: True Philippine Independence Day (http://www.bibingka.com/phg/misc/july4.htm) A column written in the year 1996 by a "media advocate and founder of the Media Breakfast Club (MBC)" – Bobby Reyes. First of all‚ I would like to question on how he could confidently and strongly accuse us Filipinos‚ for assuming June 12‚ 1898 as our Philippine Independence Day. When in fact in his column‚ he never had mentioned even a single source to make
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