was an Indian politician who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first leader. He is known there as ’Quaid-I Azam’ or ’Great Leader’. Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi‚ now in Pakistan‚ but then part of British-controlled India. His father was a prosperous Muslim merchant. Jinnah studied at Bombay University and at Lincoln’s Inn in London. He then ran a successful legal practice in Bombay. He was already a member of the Indian National Congress
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Organization | Indian National Congress‚ Deccan Education Society | Political movement | Indian Independence movement | Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ CIE (Marathi: गोपाळ कृष्ण गोखले) (May 9‚ 1866 - February 19‚ 1915) was one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society. Through the Society as well as the Congress and other legislative
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Introduction Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram‚ Patit Pavan Sita Ram Sita Ram Sita Ram‚ Bhaj pyare tu Sitaram Ishwar Allah tero naam‚ Sab ko Sanmti de Bhagawan.......... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ the apostle of peace and the Father of the Nation was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. In his autobiography "My experiments with Truth" Gandhi recalls that his childhood and teen age years were characterized by education in a local school‚ marriage to Kasturba at the
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the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj (self-rule) and a strong radical in Indian consciousness. His famous quote‚ “Swaraj is my birt right‚ and I shall have it!” is well remembered in India even today. Coming from a father who was a schoolteacher and a Sanskrit scholar‚ young Tilak was a brilliant student who graduated from Deccan College in Pune in 1877. Tilak was among one of the first generation of Indians to receive a college education. He took an active part in public affairs. “Religion
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commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi‚ was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India.Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence‚ civil rights and freedom across the world.The son of a senior government official‚ Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu Bania[4] community in coastal Gujarat‚ and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa‚ using new techniques of non-violent civil
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Moderate Phase of Indian National Movement 1885 – 1905 During our freedom movement‚ the congress people were split into two parts‚ the moderates and extremists. The Moderate period was from (1885 –1905) and Extremist period from(1905 – 1920). The first twenty years of congress history in indian politics is referred as moderate politics. Moderates were the first English educated intellectuals of india like Dada bhai naoroji Pheroz shah mehta Gopala krishna gokhale Maha govinda ranade R.C.Dutt
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’s wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh | Ideology | Integral humanism[1][2](official) Hindu nationalism[3][4] (Hindutva) [1] Social conservatism[5] | Political position | Right-wing[6][7][8] | Colours | Saffron | ECI Status | National Party[9] | Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (NDA) | Seats in Lok Sabha | 116 / 545 | Seats in Rajya Sabha | 49 / 245 | Election symbol | | Website | www.bjp.org | Politics of India Political parties Elections | | This article is part
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Kathiawar Agency of British India.His grandfather was Uttamchand Gandhi‚ also called Utta Gandhi. His mother‚ Putlibai‚ who was from a Pranami Vaishnava family‚was Karamchand’s fourth wife‚ the first three wives having apparently died in childbirth. The Indian classics‚ especially the stories of Shravana and king Harishchandra‚ had a great impact on Gandhi in his childhood. In his autobiography‚ he admits that they left an indelible impression on his mind. He writes: "It haunted me and I must have acted
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homage and deep admiration for the Womanhood of India who in the hour of peril for the motherland forsook the shelter of their homes and with unfailing courage and endurance stood shoulder to shoulder with their menfolk‚ in the frontline of India’s national army to share with them the sacrifices and triumphs of the struggle”. From a Resolution passed on January 26‚ 1931. When the history of India’s fight for Independence comes to be written‚ the sacrifice made by the women of India will occupy the
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Sarojini Naidu‚ also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India‚ was a child prodigy‚ Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu was one of the framers of the Indian Constitution. Naidu is the second Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state. Her birthday is celebrated as Women’s Day all over India. Early Life She was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family to Agorenath Chattopadhyay
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