Indian National Congress

The majority of the national parties seem to focus on different forms of communism and socialism (understandable given India’s historically agriculture based culture) with a few traditionalist parties and one or two who support a conservative nationalist outlook. (Antonpoulos…

The Republic of India perpetuates an apprehension of threats on a daily basis. Neighboring or nearby countries, such as: China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran, all pose deliberate peril to the economy, political stability, and military focal point of this rising world power. Amid constant global struggles for many nations to remain buoyant, India’s economy and infrastructure have shown a consistent, yet dramatic increase of substantial margins annually. India occupies a great dynamism that…

Even as a self styled history nerd, I admittedly knew little of the history of India as a whole and literally nothing of Jawaharlal Nehru, that was something I instantly regretted after reading the text book primary source, especially since outside sources are nonexistent. However, sometimes I feel that paralysis by information is a real phenomenon, something I have learned the hard way dabbling into my chosen field of sports prognostication. My point being that taking his words at face value…

The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule, by an Indian, Romesh Dutt (doc 3). Britain helped them establish civil laws, teachings, and proper cultural views. The positive effects of imperialism began through the means of a central communication and transportation and the immense amount of bridges and railways built by British engineers. J.A.R. Marriott 's book, The English in India, 1932 (doc 4).Irrigation a big part of Indian life took place on a very large scale which was the…

and luminous tale as it encompasses the countless successes and hardships each country experienced during its development as independent entities. In 2012, Deepa Mehta, an Indo-Canadian film director with a screenplay by Salman Rushdie, a British Indian novelist, produced the film “Midnight’s Children.” Together they brought to the screen a magical yet historical tale on the partition of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The basis of the film is how the life of Saleem is inseparably linked to the…

Wangari Maathai is a very astonishing woman, who has lived both a long and full life. She has seen the world, sought knowledge, and come back to her homeland to make a difference in the plight of women and the ecosystem. For her amazing efforts she won a Nobel Peace prize. She was most recognized for founding the Green Belt movement in Africa, which was an organization designed to empower African women be planting trees. Maathai has great respect for nature, and believes it’s very important to…

Party’ (Unity Party) which represented all sections of Sind and did not allow the Muslim League to have any foothold in that Muslim majority province. Allah Baksh and his party were not part of the Indian National Congress but when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a derogatory reference to the Indian freedom struggle and ‘Quit India’ Movement in a speech in the British Parliament, Allah Baksh renounced in protest all titles conferred by the British Government. While announcing this…

provided the foundation for a parliamentary system in India, which soon become a means in which Indian nationalism arose and overthrew the occupiers through democratization and popular support. However, over the course of Indian independence in the middle to latter 20th century, many countries in the first and second world did not believe that India could achieve successes as a democracy. The formation of the Indian Independence Act 1947 and the eventual liberation from the British Raj resulted…

Critical Thinking Option 1 I have chosen a political news conference for my final project video (NDTV, 2015). This video focuses around three of the major political parties in India. The parties are the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), the Congress (Indian National Congress Party), and the AAR (Aam Aadmi Party). The interviewees include a former Chief Election Commissioner, a journalist and political commentator, and three former and current politicians. The host asks each of the guests how…

n and Biographical sketch of Jawaharlal Nehru- Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He was born on 14 November, 1889, Allahabad. He was educated from Trinity College, Cambridge (1907–1910), Harrow School, City Law School. His father was well-known lawyer named as Motilal Nehru. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi’s father, was a leader of India’s nationalist movement and became India’s first prime minister…