Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation ’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition
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One of the most important celebrations in Mexico is Independence Day. Our commander in chief‚ the president of the nation‚ orders our forces: marines‚ army‚ police‚ and the air force to organize a mega event every September 16th‚ this is a holiday everybody enjoys. Streets‚ houses‚ buildings and cars are decorated everywhere in the country. On every street corner there are vendors selling flags‚ balloons‚ sombreros and rehiletes -shuttlecock‚ all with the green‚ white and red‚ our National Colors
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[pic]Postcolonialism Postcolonialism (also Post-colonial theory‚ Postcolonial studies‚ and Post-colonialism) comprises methods of intellectual discourse that present analyses of‚ and responses to‚ the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism‚ which draw from different post-modern schools of thought‚ such as critical theory. In the field of anthropology‚ post-colonial studies record the human relations among the colonial nations and the peoples of the colonies they had ruled and exploited
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SHORT STORY OF INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA. BY DR. H. K. GANDHI MAIN THEME POINTS OF THIS ARTICLE. 1. Freedom is my birth right (Bal Gangadhar Tilak) 2. Short story of Independence movement. 3. My memories of the struggle of independence. 4. Let us remember our Golden Heritage. 5. A glance at the present 20th century. 6. The story of Shiva temple of Gujarat. 7. Political slavery of recent 800 years. 8. Kings‚
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Bastille Day: French Independence Day "Bastille Day‚ on the Fourteenth of July‚ is the French symbol of the end of the Monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution" (www.hightowertrail.com). Bastille Day is a national‚ symbolic‚ historical French holiday and is celebrated every July 14. To celebrate Bastille Day‚ also known as La Fete de la Bastille‚ French citizens remember the storming of the Bastille which was the first major event of the French revolution. Bastille was not just a prison
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A very affectionate good morning to esteemed judges‚ cherished teachers and my beloved friends. Today I ‚ am going to converse in the favour of motion – “CCE SYSTEM – A BANE OR A BOON?” Everything has a good face and a bad face and same is the case with CCE system but‚ according to my analysis‚ CCE system is filled with advantages. Actually‚ CCE system was launched last year by education minister Mr. Kapil Sibbal to trim down the burden or stress of studies from students and make him perfect
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Independence Day of India "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. 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‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and
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friends‚I wish you a happy independence day. INDEPENDANCE DAY means a day when we had got freedom from not only our brute rulers but freedom from want from fulfillment of right needs... India was under the British rule for 3-4 centuries. It was in 1857 India started it’s independence struggle forcefully through a revolt named "The Great Revolt" against the British. Mahatma Gandhi was the spine and brain behind the Indian independence struggle and finally her Independence. "Non-violence" or "Ahimsa"
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It has been 65 years since India won its independence from the British. A lot has changed in these years. From the silent films to the musical blockbusters‚ from the patriotism to the capitalism‚ from joint families to nuclear families‚ India has grown and changed. But with the growing population of the country‚ the problems also grow manifold. On one hand Incredible India promises economic prosperity‚ greater opportunities‚ better infrastructure etc. But on the other hand‚ our government and citizens
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Hindi Nationalism This piece on Hindu nationalism‚ written by Alok Rai‚ deals with the coming of modern Hindi in the late 90s and the early 20s. Alok Rai who is also known as a critical thinker‚ theorist and also the grandson of Premchand makes his readers aware of the process of modernization in the case of language. In this essay we get to witness a connection between Hindi (old Hindi) and “Hindi” (new Hindi). Making of Hindi as a modern language connects to the programme of the imagining the
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