UNIT 1 LEGACY OF NATIONAL MOVEMENT WITH REFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENT‚ RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION Structure 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Foundation of the Indian National Congress 1.3 Gandhi’s Contribution 1.3.1 Gandhi’s “Substance of Swaraj” 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 The Karachi Resolution of the Congress The Idea of Socialism 1.5.1 The Idea of Planning The Nature of Gandhian Economics The Gandhian Social Philosophy The Consensus Summary Exercises 1.1 INTRODUCTION The developmental aspirations
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Articles from General Knowledge Today NAM Movement and Non-alignment 2.0 2012-10-09 09:10:12 GKToday "NonAlignment 2.0: A foreign and strategic policy for India in the 21st century" is a publication by Centre for Policy Research that was released in March 2012. This document identifies the basic principles and drivers that would make India a leading player on the world stage while preserving its strategic autonomy and value system. The document Nonalignment 2.0 was written over 14 months
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India received independence from Britain on August 15‚ 1947. The struggle for India’s independence was replete with outstanding contributions from various luminary nationalist leaders. The contributions of leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru‚ Gopal Krishan Gokhale‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak‚ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose‚ Lala Lajpat Rai‚ etc. have been laudable. But if one were asked to name a leader who undisputedly contributed the most‚ the name of Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi would undoubtedly be at the apex
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Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] During 1915-1918‚ she traveled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare‚ women empowerment and nationalism. She awakened the women of India and brought them out of the kitchen. She also helped to establish the
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objectives. Under the Indian auspices‚ modern science was Brahminized during the colonial period‚ and Kshatriya-ized after independence. The artisanization of modern science that gave Europe its strength never took place in India. In 1947‚ Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister of India‚ after independencefrom the British Empire‚ which became the Republic of India upon passage of the IndianConstitution on Jan. 26‚ 1950. The Congress Party ruled India throughout nearly theentire post-independence
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INDEPENDENCE DAY "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
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the price that India paid for her dearly bought freedom. The british government declared the country independent and left for their own shores. On the 15th of August‚ 1947‚ India became completely independent. It was on this historic date that Jawaharlal Nehru‚ the first prime Minister of India‚ unfurled the Indian tricolor on the ramparts the magnificent Red Fort‚ symbolically marking the end of the british colonial rule.. Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we
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people. He entered politics with a focus on odisha’s economic development‚ to give its people a life of dignity and free them from poverty and deprivation. He began his political career as a Congressman under the inspiring leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and enjoyed his love and confidence. He served the state as its Chief Minister first time during the year 1961-63. During that period he developed his strategy to revamp the rural economy of Odisha with emphasis on small and cottage industries
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was moved by the partition of Bengal in 1905 and decided to join the Indian freedom struggle. She met regularly with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ who later introduced her to the stalwarts of the Indian freedom movement. She met Mahatma Gandhi‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. With such an encouraging environment‚ Sarojini later moved on to become leader of the Indian National Congress Party. She traveled extensively to the United States of America and many European countries
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India has achieved much in the last 60 years. From being a hungry‚ starving nation to an exporter of food items; from being a nation of the uneducated‚ unemployed to being one of the largest talent pools and the world’s back-office; from a third world country to one of the three super powers of the future; India has earned it all. As a blossoming republic‚ India has emerged from the shadow of colonialism to evolve as one of the fastest growing world economies‚ transforming millions of lives in
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