"At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru (on Indian Independence Day‚ 1947) “Every year‚ we celebrate our Independence Day with great fervour as well as joy and justifiably so‚ as it commemorates that day‚ when after many years of subjugation‚ our country gained its freedom. Indeed‚ in the annals
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Biography |[pic][pic] | Born: October 2‚ 1904 Died: January 10‚ 1966 Achievements: Played a leading role in Indian freedom struggle; became Parliamentary Secretary of Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant‚ the then chief minister of Uttar Pradesh; became the Minister of Police and Transport in Pant’s Cabinet; appointed as the Railways and Transport Minister in the Central Cabinet; also held the portfolios of Transport & Communications
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Annie Beasantcontributes greatly to the success of our freedom movement. Every year we celebrate Independence Day with full of pride in our heart. On our first Independence Day‚Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru‚ our first Prime Minister of India‚ hoisted the National flag‚ the Tri-colour at the Red Fort. Since then we are hoisting flag in all over India‚ in schools‚ banks‚ offices etc. with full zeal‚ fervour and great excitement. On this particular day‚ every particle in the air seems to be charged with love
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ki baari Atal Bihari slogan in 1996?). The Congress party’s projection of Indira Gandhi as the country’s tallest leader with its ’Indira lao desh bachao’ tagline in the 1970s is another such example. But the personal rhetoric had been tied‚ and sometimes made subservient‚ to the political parties to which these leaders belonged. With his landslide win in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections‚ Narendra Modi has rewritten the rules of the game and redefined Indian politics. Brand Modi has not only captured
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one of the foremost leaders in world because of the lack of unity. Although‚ in the past‚ the India government has taken steps to correct this matter with promoting Hindi as the national language. However‚ Indians who cannot speak Hindi frowned upon this notion. They believed the best jobs would go to Indians who spoke Hindi and with their pride of their regional languages kept them from accepting this unity‚ thus government decided against this idea. Now‚ the India government recognizes
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independence struggle forcefully through a revolt named "The Great Revolt" against the British. Mahatma Gandhi was the spine and brain behind the Indian independence struggle and finally her Independence. "Non-violence" or "Ahimsa" against the cannons and rifles of the so called "MIGHTY" British. His words of wisdom were followed by almost every Indian of that age to follow non-violence and struggle with perseverance and the British finally manumitted India from it’s bondage. India’s independence
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The idea of difference or strangeness dominates the human psyche. We‚ as a species‚ believe that we are ‘different’ from animals. Even as individuals‚ we believe that we are different from the ‘others’. Such a belief‚ which is the outcome of social‚ cultural and religious moorings shapes our identity. It also develops our perspective‚ shapes our attitude and defines our understanding of the world around us. In a multi-cultural and multi-religious country like India‚ the interests of various groups
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Emergency period media In June‚ 1975‚ Indira Gandhi’s government declared a state of emergency and suspended civil liberties. Immediately after this declaration‚ the government tightened its controls on the Indian mass media‚ especially o n the newspapers which had reputations of being free and lively. During the Summer of 1975‚ as Indira Gandhi became increasingly more threatened by the mounting criticisms of her government‚ she declared a state of emergency. Immediately she took control of the
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is started with Flag Hoisting ceremonies‚ Parades and whole day different types of cultural programs & events are organized in India in schools‚ colleges and offices. The President and PM of India give ‘messages to the country’ . After hoisti the National Flag at the Red fort‚ the PM give a speech on some past achievements‚ some moral issues of present time and calls for the further developments. The PM also salutes and remember to the oblation of the legender patriots of our country in his speech
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Household Electrification was launched for the attainment of the National Common Minimum Programme of providing access to electricity to all Rural Household by 2009. Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the scheme. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana to be continued during the Eleventh Plan period with a capital subsidy of Rs. 28000 Crore; allocation of Rs 5500 crore for FY09. 2. Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM)‚ Ministry of Rural Development‚
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