Right from the time when you set foot at the SSR International Airport at Plaisance, chances are that if you say you are from India, the locals, who proudly refer to the island as 'Little India'-a moniker attributed to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, will give you a warmer welcome. Not surprising since over 68 per cent of Mauritians are of Indian origin whose forefathers migrated to Mauritius as indentured labourers during the British rule. Though India is seventh among top 10 nations in the
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happy as conversion to Muslim will jeopardize her prospect of becoming Prime Minister. So, Nehru asked the young man Feroze Khan to change his surname from Khan to Gandhi. It had nothing to do with change of religion from Islam to Hinduism. It was just a case of a change of name by an affidavit. And so Feroze Khan became Feroze Gandhi, though it is an inconsistent name like Bismillah Sarma. Both changed their names to fool the public of India. When they returned to India, a mock vedic marriage was
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who wanted to change that. Two individuals who helped a group of people was Mohandas Gandhi and Bartolome de las casas. Bartolome was defending the native americans against the spanish masters and Gandhi was defending the indians. Gandhi thought that the indians were not be treating fairly. Gandhi lead a nonviolent movement. He stressed the importance of economic independence for india. One problem that gandhi had was that india was made up of mostly indians and britain still had control. In document
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The first I heard of the 21st Century was about a quarter of century ago when the-then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi said – "Here I come, the bare foot prime minister marching into the 21st century. I remember asking my dad, what 21st century meant. Like always, he answered me in a way that made me understand what exactly it was that the scion of the Gandhi family meant. Unfortunately, Rajiv Gandi did not make it to the 21st century. I am sure had he been there he would have been amazed to
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Introduction- Fundamental rights are enshrined in the part III of the Indian constitution. They are part of those rights which are necessary for the survival of a human being with dignity. Fundamental rights have been incorporated in the ‘fundamental law of the land’, i.e. the constitution of India and one can approach courts in case of violation of these rights. These rights reflect a desire of the founding fathers of Indian constitution to build a new social order. For example, there are rights
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Gandhi Gandhi led Indian nationalists through pain and sacrifice to achieve emancipation from the British Empire that suffocated them of their right to live freely. The British Raj began in 1858, and ended in 1947. Gandhi’s passive resistance movement was successful because of his intentions to speak through the morals of God, the gruesome nature of the way that nationalists were treated, and the actual truth of the situation. Gandhi’s passive resistance movement was successful because he applied
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Politics of Coalition in India Politics of coalition has become the ultimate truth of Indian politics these days. No doubt, a coalition gives the chance and pleasure of running a government, but in the course of time, temporal friendships, deceit and blackmailing turn out to be the cause of brutal termination of a coalition government. In most of the cases, a coalition is a principle less, irresponsible and unaccountable alliance of some power-seeking individuals. We have the very current example
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Who Was Gandhi? Mohandas Gandhi is considered the father of the Indian independence movement. Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. It was there that he created his concept of satyagraha, a non-violent way of protesting against injustices. While in India, Gandhi's obvious virtue, simplistic lifestyle, and minimal dress endeared him to the people. He spent his remaining years working diligently to both remove British rule from India as well as to better the lives of
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Gandhi, one of the most influential individuals of all time, he used civil disobedience as a tool for social reform. Much of the struggles and suffering that Gandhi purposely produced at his own desire, were to initiate a social change to create harmony, to achieve equality and to deter discrimination. He would recommend and actively demonstrate civil disobedience as a moral method to achieve these goals, and would welcome and embrace suffering in the process. Gandhi exhibited a vow of fearlessness
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Bello Louissaint ENC 1101-20013 Professor Kristen Holt February 26, 2014 The Battle of Two Civil Legends When you hear the names Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., You think of the men of colored that paved the way for their respective races and nation. Gandhi with his homeland of India from British rule and MLK with the nation of America. Many figures have compared to two but no one has ever attempted to pit these two legends against each other and not in the form of a rap battle
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