Jawaharlal Nehru

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to attempt an ecocritical analysis of Jawaharlal Nehru’s Glimpses of World History. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) is one of the greatest statesmen and writers of the twentieth century. He has written a number of books of which Glimpses of World History is an outstanding contribution to Indian Literature in English. His letters to his daughter clearly reveal Nehru’s interest on ecocritical tropes and his ecological sensibility. As a lover of nature, he

of human rights. But they both are good in different ways. Gandhi inspired India to peacefully protest against Great Britain’s rule while Mandela became the first black president of South Africa and stopped segregation there. This will show why Jawaharlal Nehru’s Eulogy For Mahatma Gandhi is better than Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom in persuading the reader that their person is a better supporter of human rights. Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography about his life trying

Freedom Fighters of India Vallabhbhai Patel His brave deeds earned Vallabhbhai Patel the title of the iron man of India. For his role in the Bardoli Satyagraha, Patel came to be called the Sardar. Sardar Patel was a famous lawyer but gave up his practice in order to fight for the freedom of the country. After independence he became the deputy PM of India and played an important role the integration of India by merging numerous princely states with the Indian Union.  Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Gangadhar

Congress found a charismatic leader by the name of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a political activist and civil right champion. Born in 1869, like Jinnah, Gandhi also received his degree in Law from England .After graduation he wanted to South Africa where he practiced law and organized protests against civil rights abuses by the white minority government. In 1915 he returned to India to fight for the rights of peasants, farmers and laborers and joined the Indian National

self-imposed life of poverty and suffering. Women took leading part in it. 5.2.1.4 Swarup Rani and Kamala--The mother of Jawaharlal Nehru, Swarup Rani Nehru cheerfully gave her husband and children to the country's cause and herself, old and trail entered the pray at its thickest. Jawaharlal's brave wife, Kamala; kept smiling all through the long years of travail of her brief life. Kamala Nehru was a blaze that flickered briefly in the raging storm of the freedom movement in India. "Not everybody knows that

Although the obstacles that made her struggle, she maintained standing her ground and ended up leading India to where they are today politically. Indira Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917 to Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru. Indira was practically born into the political world. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first prime minister of India. Indira was constantly around politics and became very used to the idea of what being a prime minister is like. Indira was mostly taught by tutors in her

some success but as time went on it slowed down. India gained its independence on August 15th of 1974, first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to unite the country and everyone in it. In the beginning it looked as if women’s rights were going to take off but as time went on the drive for women’s rights slowed down. In his first few years as prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was able to give women the right to inherit property, divorce their husbands, vote, and run for office. It was not until 196

still holds many similarities to this day that it did back then. One of the most important of these similarities is that India is still a developing nation. Ever since India was given its independence in 1947, under India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, “the country tried various methods of development, at theoretical and practical levels.” India is still trying to become a developed nation and the key to India’s development lies in its agricultural economy. As seen in India’s past history

1. The focal point of this paper is to inform the reader about the country of India. Encompassed in the two pages are two cultural domains about India and how India relates to the United States. The first cultural domain discussed is a brief summary of the history of India in paragraph two. Immediately following the history of India, paragraph three contains the economics and most prominent resources in India. The fourth paragraph explains India’s relation to the United States. 2. For more

Evaluate the political role of Nationalism in the 20th Century- was it more important as a force for unification or disintegration. Nationalism can be described as a mix, multidimensional morally developed or created concept involving a shared common identification with one's Nation. It is more on politically motivated towards working and maintaining self-governance, or full sovereignty, working towards to a specific land or a territory of historical significance to the group such as land and its