Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan‚ OM‚ FBA (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975) was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice-President of India (1952–1962) and subsequently the second President of India (1962–1967). One of India’s most influential scholars of comparative religion and philosophy‚ Radhakrishnan is considered through his efforts to have built a bridge between the East and the West by showing that the philosophical systems of each tradition are comprehensible within the terms
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was first Vice President of India and second President of India. He was also a philosopher and introduced the thinking of western idealist philosophers into Indian thought. He was a famous teacher and his birthday is celebrated as Teacher’s Day in India. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on September 5‚ 1888 at Tartani‚ Madras in a poor Brahmin family. As his father was poor Radhakrishnan supported most of his education through scholarships. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan had his
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teachers and thank them for all that they have done for us in our educational lives. Specially 5 September is the birth day of India’s 2nd President as well as great philosopher cum teacher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. One of India’s most influential scholars of comparative religion and philosophy‚ Radhakrishnan built a bridge between the East and the West by showing how the philosophical systems of each tradition are comprehensible within the terms of the other. He wrote authoritative exegeses of
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September‚ 1888 in Tirutani‚ a well-known religious center in the Madras State. He was the second son of Veera Samayya‚ a tehsildar in a zamindari. It was a middle-class‚ respectable Hindu Brahmin family. As usual in those days‚ Radhakrishnan was married in 1906‚ at the tender age of 18 and while still a student‚ to Sivakamamma‚ and spent a happy conjugal life with her for half a century before she died in 1956. He graduated
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school teacher and transformation in behaviour of the teacher’s orthodox wife towards the little Kalam is very moving. Similarly in an incident when defence minister arranged helicopter for scientist Kalam to attend his niece’s marriage at a village in Tamil nadu is very touching. It also inspires the reader of the book to excel in their own field to get recognition. The book also reveals the Abdul kalam’s as a leader and his capability of working as a team member which otherwise would not have been known
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TAMIL It is said that “Before the birth of stones and sand‚ brave tamil man was born”. It portrays the heritage of tamil language. It is the oldest Dravidian language ‚along with Chinese‚ Greek‚ Sanskrit and others. It is one of the world’s classical languages. All south indian language belong to single indian group known as the
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The group‚ Tamil Tigers‚ claim themselves to be freedom fighters. This report will show‚ and hopefully convince you‚ that they are not freedom fighters‚ but that they are a terrorist group. The use of boys and girls as young as ten years old for wars‚ suicide missions‚ and the assassinations of famous leaders‚ priests‚ and ministers are a few proofs that Tamil Tigers are terrorist. Tamil Tigers‚ also known as LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)‚ have been using boys and girls as young as ten
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7 Assignment 2014 SRI LANKA Janani Balamanoharan 7J SECTION 1: History of Sri Lanka People from the Tamil region of India emigrated to Ceylon (this was Sri Lanka’s name before 1972) in between 3 BC and 1200 AD. Upon their arrival‚ the Tamil rulers fought the Sinhalese rulers for control of Sri Lanka. This resulted in the Tamils‚ who were mostly Hindus‚ to claim the northern part of Sri Lanka and the Sinhalese‚ who were mostly Buddhists‚ claimed the southern part
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------------------------------------------------- Tamil Sangams The Tamil Sangams were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that‚ according to traditional Tamil accounts‚ occurred in the remote past. Some scholars believe that these assemblies were originally known as kooṭal or gathering.[1][2][3] Three assemblies are described. The legend has it that the first two of which were held in cities since "taken by the sea"‚ and the third of which was held during the 5th century
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tamil Nadu has been ranked No 1 by the Economic Freedom Rankings for the States of India [1] Possessing the fifth largest economy (2004–2005) among states in India‚ Tamil Nadu is also the second most industrialised state next to Maharastra.[2] It ranks second in per capita income (2004–2005) among large states. It ranks third in foreign direct investment approvals (cumulative 1991-2002) of 225‚826 million ($5‚000 million)‚ next only to Maharashtra 366‚024 million ($8‚100 million)) and Delhi
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