| |The political and economic importance of India to Britain in the 19th century |How far do sources suggest the early C19 Raj was an oppressive regime? | |• The importance‚ to the British economy‚ of Indian trade‚ agriculture and industry |How far do sources suggest that the aim of British rule was to elevate
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Mahatma Gandhi From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Gandhi" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Gandhi (disambiguation). Mahatma Gandhi Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 Porbandar‚ Kathiawar Agency‚ British Indian Empire[1] Died 30 January 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi‚ India Cause of death Assassination by shooting Resting place Cremated at Rajghat‚ Delhi 28.6415°N 77.2483°E Other names Mahatma Gandhi‚ Bapu‚ Gandhiji Ethnicity Gujarati Alma mater Alfred High
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Mulk Raj Anand is a productive essayist. He is a point of reference of Indian writing in English. He is the main writer writing in English to pick as his crude materials the low class life of the discouraged Indian masses. He doesn’t falter to turn the surge light on the darkest spots in India life. In his books‚ he depicts the bound existences of the less wealthy and underestimated. His heroes are sweeper‚ a coolie‚ a worker‚ delicate and quiet young lady are all casualties of abuse‚ class-scorn
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Mulk Raj Anand has always been a socially responsible writer and till his last breath. In his last write-up which happened to be published on the day of his demise 12th December 2004‚ he tried to awaken us about the effect of modern science on man that man has turned into a specialized robot having no concern for arts. This shows that how concerned he was with the human conditions and its problems and it remained with him till his last breath. If we talk about his youth years he was a kind of person
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figures in the history of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ also known as the Mahatma‚ or "The Great Soul"‚ was the spiritual and practical founder of active non-violent resistance‚ a concept called Satyagraha. Also known as ¡°soul-force¡± or ¡°truth-force¡±‚ Gandhi developed this revolutionary technique as a method of gaining political and social reforms against the injustices experienced by Indians under British Colonial rule. For most of his life‚ Gandhi devoted himself to perfecting the Satyagraha
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Case brief for maneka Gandhi Date of judgment-25/01/1978 Bench: BEG‚ M. HAMEEDULLAH (CJ)‚ CHANDRACHUD‚ Y.V‚ BHAGWATI‚ P.N.‚ KRISHNAIYER‚ V.R.‚ UNTWALIA‚ N.L.‚ FAZALALI‚ SYED MURTAZA‚ KAILASAM‚ P.S. (7 judges) Citation: 1978 SCC (1) 248 The factual summary of Maneka Gandhi case is as follows; Maneka Gandhi was issued a passport on 1/06/1976 under the Passport Act 1967. The regional passport officer ‚ New Delhi issued a letter dated 2/7/1977 addressed to Maneka Gandhi ‚ in which she was asked
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As Indira Ghose points out in her article “Jesting with Death: Hamlet in the Graveyard” at the time Hamlet had been written‚ death was something that had been talk about in a jesting manner for centuries prior. So it was common for someone to find humor in
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi The man who led India ’s struggle for independence against Great Britain was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar‚ in Gujarat. Gandhi studied law in London and became a barrister. He went to South Africa to work as a lawyer. The white people in South Africa treated the natives and the Indians settled there badly. He was distressed to see it. He fought for their cause for more than 20 years. He was a man of great courage and determination
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Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraj Chauhan was born at Ajaymeru (Ajmer) in 1166 A.D. His father was Someshwar Chauhan and mother Karpuri Devi‚ a Kalachuri (Chedi) princess‚ daughter of Achalaraja of Tripuri. Muhammad Ghori attacked India multiple times. First time he was routed in present day Gujarat by Rajputs. Mularaja-II was not even a teen yet and his mother organized the defences of Pattan. Battle was fought at Kayadara near Mount Abu‚ in 1178 A.D. and Ghori was resoundingly defeated. After this
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Biography of Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869.When he was thirteen he was married to Kasturbia who was also thirteen. Gandhi’s family was strictly vegetarian but he ate goat meat a friend gave him and immediately felt sick. Later that night he dreamed that a goat was bleating in his stomach. He ate meat six other times until he decided it was not worth it. When Gandhi was sixteen his father died. Whatever Gandhi did for humanity he didn’t think it was enough. “To
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