In February 1947, the new British official set over the Indian subcontinent, Lord Mountbatten, faced with the failure of the federal proposal, supported partition of India into two states: the current India, with a Hindu majority, under the control of the Congress Party, and Pakistan, with a Muslim majority, under the control of the Muslim League. Pakistan was further divided by being cut into two parts 900 miles apart.
The All India Muslim League (AIML) was formed in Dhaka in 1906 by Muslims who were suspicious of the Hindu-majority Indian National Congress. They complained that Muslim members did not have the same rights as Hindu members. A number of different scenarios were proposed at various times.
The Delhi Fort also Lal Qila, meaning the Red Fort,located in Delhi, India is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Red Fort, Delhi is one of the important building complexes of India which encapsulates a long period of Indian history and its arts. Its significance has transcended time and space.
What is the difference between socialism and communism?
Socialism and communism are alike in that both are systems of production for use based on public ownership of the means of production and centralized planning. Socialism grows directly out of capitalism; it is the first form of the new society. Communism is a further development or "higher stage" of socialism.
Reading one of the poem in other blog it remind me of one of my favourite poem. You all must have heard it a lot of time but had rearely heard full poem so just though to share with you all.
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qaatil mein hai
But a self-confident and arrogant Indira Gandhi was in for a surprise, when just a month before the elections, several prominent leaders from her Congress party, headed by the most senior minister in her cabinet, Jagjivan Ram, resigned and joined the Opposition. This sealed her fate. The resignations boosted the morale of the Opposition and encouraged the common people to shed fear and speak their minds.
There were several factors that decisively turned the Indian public opinion in the period ending 1976 and beginning 1977, against the Emergency regime in general, and Indira Gandhi in particular. The first of course was the growing disaffection among the working people - both rural and urban.
These oppressive measures under the Emergency were accompanied by Indira Gandhi's announcement of a `twenty-point programme' - claiming to improve the lot of the poor.
Under the Emergency rules, workers were denied the right to strike. But the industrialists were given a free hand to dismiss employees. They laid off about 500,000 workers within six months after the declaration of Emergency. Anti-working class ordinances were issued curtailing the workers' minimum bonus from 8.33 per cent of the earnings to 4 per cent. It was not surprising therefore that the Indian industrialists at home, as well as the World Bank abroad, applauded these Emergency measures of the Indira Gandhi government.
This is a classical example of how vicious politicians have played with the constitution and the law to satisfy their own selfish interests.
