Jawaharlal Nehru

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    Chapter 23 Margin Notes- Independence and Development in the Global South 1) What was distinctive about the end of Europe’s African and Asian empires compared to other cases of imperial disintegration? Europe’s African and Aisian empires were distinctive compared to other cases of imperial disintegration, because no other empire had been so centralized on the ideology of mobilization of masses. None of the other empires had been an excess of nation-states, each claiming an equal place in the…

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    2.0 Overview of the Indenture System in Fiji Fiji was ceded to Great Britain in 1874 and the first Indian indentured labourers were brought to Fiji in 1879 (Lal, 2004). This new colony of Fiji was in a dire need of economic development so that it could sustain itself in the long run. Fiji’s first governor general, Sir Arthur Gordon, protected the Fijian labourers from commercial employment and believed that Fijians should continue to live in their own traditional surroundings, protected from the…

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    In the beginning of 20th century India was imbued with the spirit of patriotism. The people were coming out of their houses; even the women were also taking active part in struggle for freedom under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a man of action. He practiced what he preached. When he asked the people to speak the truth, he himself became the embodiment of truth. He spoke the truth, whatever the cost. The acknowledged his weakness by writing “My Experiments with Truth”. He believed in…

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    It’s obvious that Nehru wanted the Muslims to join Hinduism, however, they opposed because they were afraid that the Hindus were trying to take over their freedom and way of life. India then split into India for the Hindus and Pakistan for the Muslims. The Muslim League leader…

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    It has been once famously said that planning is to bring the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. The discipline of planning and architecture is a very important discipline given the context of our present capital of J&K State, Srinagar. The city is rapidly urbanizing, people are leaving their villages and migrating to cities in large numbers. When they migrate to cities, one of the common problems they face is of housing. Urban housing, especially for the urban…

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    Rao for being the ‘principal architect of India's economic reforms.’ The Congress party, although, has assiduously given credit for the 1991 reforms to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Rao’s finance minister and to Rajiv Gandhi, a former prime minister from the Nehru-Gandhi family. The author provides ‘behind-the-scenes details of how Rao neutralised criticism to the radical economic reforms both from sections of the opposition and from within his own party.’ 21 June to 24 July 1991 witnessed a revolution…

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    “Men is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determine notwithstanding, he believes, he has free will” by George Christoph Lichtenberg. This quote shows how you decide your own destiny and that you are the only person who chooses what you want to do. I believe free will is something a person should be able to enjoy because you are the one who is able to make your own decision of what you desire of and also what you want your life to be like.…

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    States as the upper house and People’s Assembly as the lower house. The Congress Party, Bharatiya Janata Party , and the United Front that makes up the main political parties found in India. India’s foreign policy was conducted under the influence Jawaharlal Nehru and he was the first prime minister of the independent India. The outline of the policy was mostly impacted by international development after World War II. During this time period, the goal was to push democracy forward and weakened…

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    Jawaharlal Nehru, being the liberal bureaucrat that he was, was undoubtedly attracted towards socialism and few other Western philosophies, one of them being Secularism. Nehru was also never a religious person, he considered religious activities as naive since there is no science behind. But Gandhi, on the other hand, was a religious person, and one of the few who could link religion with politics. Until the Church was separated from the state, both religion and politics/state existed…

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    Mother Teresa was born on August 27, 1910 in Skopje Macedonia. Her first name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Mother Teresa parents, Nikola and Drana Bojaxhiu .Were of Albanian descent. Her father was an entrepreneur who worked as a construction contractor and a trader of medicines and other goods. Her mother was attached to the church and Christian missionary of charity. At the age of 5 years, Mother Teresa helped her mother in the church for religious activities. During this time she sang…

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