many dues from the people in the name of war efforts. This gave rise to resentment among the Indian people and there were several agitations against the government. To contain this‚ the government passed the Rowlatt Act in 1919 which authorized the government to arrest any person without warrant and to detain him/her without trial for two years. There were massive protests and demonstrations by the Indian people against this measure of the government. Gandhi also took very active part in this.
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reform o 4.3 National security and foreign policy o 4.4 Final years • 5 Legacy o 5.1 Commemoration • 6 Writings • Conclusion INTRODUCTION: The son of a wealthy Indian barrister and politician‚ Motilal Nehru‚ Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889–27 May 1964[3]) was an Indian statesman who was the first (and to date the longest-serving) prime minister of India‚ from 1947 until 1964. One of the leading figures in the Indian independence movement‚ Nehru was elected by the Congress Party to assume
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TWO NATION THEORY Nation The word “NATION” is derived from Latin route “NATUS” of “NATIO” which means “Birth” of “Born”. Therefore‚ Nation implies homogeneous population of the people who are organized and blood-related. Today the word NATION is used in a wider sense. A Nation is a body of people who see part at least of their identity in terms of a single communal identity with some considerable historical continuity of union‚ with major elements of common culture‚ and with a sense of
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Nation). His birthday is observed as a national holiday. By 1940‚ Jinnah had come to believe that Indian Muslims should have their own state. In that year‚ the Muslim League‚ led by Jinnah‚ passed the Lahore Resolution‚ demanding a separate nation. During the Second World War‚ the League gained strength while leaders of the Congress were imprisoned‚ and in the elections held shortly after the war‚ it won most of the seats reserved for Muslims. Ultimately‚ the Congress and the Muslim League could not reach
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Mohandas Karmanchad Gandhi‚ who is also known as Mahatma Gandhi ‚was the pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism. Gandhi was born on 2nd October 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town in Bombay. Gandhi was raised in a Hindu bania community in coastal Gujarat. During his life time he practised to be a good Hindu by obeying all the laws and helping others. As well his devotion‚ his goal was to help the poor and protest oppressive taxation and discrimination. Through his efforts he led India to independence
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War influenced the internal politics‚ economic development‚ foreign policies and defense agendas of the government of Pakistan in its early years. Prior to the commencement of the war‚ the political situation in India was a stalemate; almost all Indians had been persistently in favor of Independence from the British Raj for many years‚ however‚ it was not a situation anyone foresaw occurring in the near future. Individuals and parties allied themselves with their British masters solely for personal
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Israel and Palestine has led to several Arab-Israeli wars and the conflict still continues. Timeline 1600-British East India Company is established. 1857-The Indian Mutiny or The First War of Independence. 1858-The India Act: power transferred to British Government. 1885-Indian National Congress founded by A. O. Hume to unite all Indians and strengthen bonds with Britain. 1905-First Partition of Bengal for administrative purposes. Gives the Muslims a majority in that state. 1906-All India Muslim
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(AIKS) at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati elected as its first President. The farmer movements also started in 1907 under the leadership of Sardar Ajit Singh and in 1921 under Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were successes‚ but others‚ such as the revolts in Chauri Chaura‚ Avadh and Mopla‚ were great losses. D. D. Kosambi and R.S. Sharma‚ together with Daniel Thorner‚ brought peasants into the study of Indian history for the first time." At
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Amity School of Communication AMITY UNIVERSITY RAJASTHAN Effects and implications of coalition governments on the political scenario in India Abstract: Parliamentary democracies ruled by multiparty cabinets make foreign policy decisions in a fairly unique institutional context‚ complicated by the politics of coalition government. Recent research suggests that this context is associated with foreign policy behaviors that are quite distinct in character from foreign policy made by single party cabinets
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VIT University. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction * Mrs.Indira Gandhi otherwise known as “iron lady of India” .I chose her because she was the first and one and only lady Prime Minister in Indian history who can be the role model of every Indian woman. * Indira Gandhi was‚ undoubtedly‚ one of the greatest political leaders of India. She is also regarded as the most controversial political leader of the country for her unprecedented decision of imposing "a state
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