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    The political career of Kumaraswamy Kamaraj (1903-1975) spanning about 50 years, cutting across the colonial and post-independent phases, of Indian history, is indeed an enviable record. Representing a novel political culture neither bordering on Gandhian thought and action nor possessing the anglicised sophistication and cosmopolitanism of the Nehruvian vision, Kamaraj, rose from an underprivileged background, stood forth as a sober and robust figure winning the confidence and respect of the common

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    Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

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    revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Popularly known as Netaji (literally "Respected Leader"), Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa to Janakinath Bose and Prabhabati Debi, and is presumed to have died 18 August 1945 (although this is disputed[clarification needed]).[citation needed]

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    Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World (1954) A private citizen without health died on January 30, 1948. Mohandas K. Gandhi fell after being shot three times at the age of seventy-eight. Many people looked up to Gandhi. To pay respect, humanity followed by the UN lowered their flags to half-mast. Almost a million people waited near Jumna, not far from New Delhi, for the funeral to proceed. Not far from the river was a pyre built of stone, brick, and earth. Gandhi’s body will lie upon this pyre;

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    The Home and the World

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    The Home and the World From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Home and the World   | Book cover | Author | Rabindranath Tagore | Original title | ঘরে বাইরে Ghare Baire | Country | India | Language | Bengali | Genre(s) | Autobiographical novel | Publication date | 1916 | Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) | ISBN | NA | The Home and the World 1916 (in the original Bengali, ঘরে বাইরে Ghôre Baire, lit. "At home [and] outside") is a 1916

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    literature and we might have not read about ‘Indian Freedom Struggle’. Literary work of Indian Poets during the contemporary period was so marvelous that it deeply affected and influenced people and also it resulted in their participation in the movement of independence. Indian poets used words in such a beautiful manner that it moved people to happily sacrifice their lives, wealth and family for the sake of their country. Britishers feared that certain kind of literature was being distributed among people

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    Examining Jinnah 's long and chequered public life, for some forty-four years (1904-48), helps determine the core ideological values he was committed to throughout his political career. Based on his initial speeches and writings, Jinnah was a committed nationalist and didn’t believe in separate electorates for Hindu and Muslim, but later however, used the provision of separate electorate to gain his first elected office in 1909, as Bombay 's Muslim representative on the Imperial Legislative Council

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    history of the Indian Independence Movement against the British in the 20th Century was evidently influenced and motivated by the underlying differences and perceptions of communal identities. The freedom struggle in essence was also an assertion of the interests and aspirations of the diverse communities of the Indian subcontinent. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League were the two big powers that sought to mobilize public sentiments in the quest for Independence. While the Muslim League

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    One of the more fascinating things about Mohandas Gandhi is that the childhood version of the individual we all know as the poster model for restraint was the polar opposite. Born in the small coastal port of Porbandar in India, Gandhi was not much different than his peers. He came from a well-respected and largely religious family and was the youngest of six children. When he was still very young, Mohandas and his family moved to Rajkot for his father to become the Dewan. Once in Rajkot, Gandhi

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    Mahatma Gandhi was an inspirational and non-violent leader who was instrumental in both South Africa and India during their social movements. He is now known as an international symbol of piece and human rights. Business academics throughout the world have also praised Gandhi as a pioneer of non-violent activism contributing his methods to the theory of transformational leadership. He showcases a multitude of characteristics, which couldn’t be contextualized through various management and organizational

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    that lead India to independence from England was World War II, protests, and changes in government including the Indian National Congress. During World War II, when the Indian natives fought alongside the colonists against the imperial forces of Hitler, they came to the realization that they wanted independence after they finished fighting in the war . In August 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and other Quit India activists protested for independence which was the first step to independence after World War II

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