important factor in the growth of Indian nationalism. Arya Samaj (Bombay) Between 1869 and 1873‚ Swami Dayananda Saraswati‚ a native of Gujarat‚ made his first attempt at reform in India. This attempt took the form of the establishment of "Vedic Schools" or "gurukuls" which put an emphasis on Vedic values‚ culture and religion to its students. The Vedic Schools represented the first practical application of Swami Dayanand’s vision of religious and social reform. students were not allowed to perform traditional
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Hindi is the most commonly spoken language in India. It is the fifth most spoken language in the world with about 182 million native speakers in 1998. The script used in writing Hindi is Devanāgarī. More than 180 million people in India regard Hindi as their mother tongue. Another 300 million use it as second language. Outside of India‚ Hindi speakers are 100‚000 in USA; 685‚170 in Mauritius; 890‚292 in South Africa; 232‚760 in Yemen; 147‚000 in Uganda; 5‚000 in Singapore; 8 million in Nepal; 20
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had set in motion various trends in the intellectual‚ social and moral consciousness of the people which the genius Gandhi mobilized and directed in a grand march. Raja Rammohan Roy‚ Ramkrishna Paramhamsa and his great disciple‚ Swami Vivekananda‚ Swami Dayananda Saraswati‚ Dadabhai Navroji‚ Badruddin Tyabji‚ Syed Ahmed Khan‚ Ranade‚ Gokhale‚ Tilak‚ Aurobindo Ghosh and Rabindranath Tagore‚ to name only a few. Each one of them‚ had in his own‚ field created a consciousness of India’s destiny and helped
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The reform activities united people and the attack on institutions like caste which hampered social unity created a sense of oneness in the people. But most of these reform movements had certain limitations. The questions to which they gave primacy concerned only small sections of Indian society. Some of them failed to emphasize or even recognize that colonial rule was inimical to the interests of the Indian people. Most of them worked within the framework of their respective communities in a way
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Cellular Jail From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |Cellular Jail | |[pic] | |Cellular Jail‚ Andaman | |General information | |Type |Prison for political prisoners (Indian freedom | |
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Midterm The idea of nationalism is a new and complex phenomenon. It is difficult to gain an exact definition was what and how nationalism came to be‚ however there are popular ideas and theories. Two of the main approaches to understanding nationalism is through Anthony Smiths idea of primordialist and Benedict Anderson’s constructivist approach. The primordialist approach explained by Smith is the idea that nations are natural phenomenon which are that have been around since the beginning of
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1757 Battle of Plassey Company rule in India (to 1858) 1759 French India (to 1954) 1760 Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam‚ Maratha Empire reaches its zenith. 1761 The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761‚ by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani‚ an ethnic Pashtun‚ also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century. 1764 Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal
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Repressive Colonial Policies The British had conquered India to promote their own political interest so followed many repressive policies. These policies become major barrier to India’s development. Some of these policies‚ especially those followed by Lord Lytton gave birth to nationalism. Lord Lytton was Viceroy from 1876-1880. The resentment against the British rule increased because of repressive measures. 1. In 1877 he organised a Grand Delhi Durbar to proclaim Queen Victoria as the Empress
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Diwali is the festival of lights. It is also known as’ Deepawali’. It is celebrated in our country which joy and happiness every year. It is one of the biggest festival of Hindus. Usually it comes in the month of October and November after twenty days of Dussehra‚ on the 13th day of the dark fortnight of the month of Ashwin. It is celebrated in the memory of coming back home of Lord Rama along with his wife Sita & brother Laxman after 14 years of exile. It is believed that on this day‚ Lord Rama
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