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Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Aug 14, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Nagindas Master, India's Congress Committee Head, saluting the Congress flag - Bombay 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google
Portrait of Sarojini Naidu - Delhi 1946
Sarojini Naidu (née Chattopadhyaya) (13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949), also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh state. She was the daughter of Aghorenath Chattopadhyaya.
She was active in the Indian Independence Movement, joining Mahatma Gandhi in the Salt March to Dandi, and then leading the Dharasana Satyagraha after the arrests of Gandhi, Abbas Tyabji, and Kasturba Gandhi.
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She was active in the Indian Independence Movement, joining Mahatma Gandhi in the Salt March to Dandi, and then leading the Dharasana Satyagraha after the arrests of Gandhi, Abbas Tyabji, and Kasturba Gandhi.
More in Wikipedia
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google
Mar 7, 2016
.-There-are-elections-in-India-in-January-and-Mrs.-Gandhi-is-seeking-to-regain-her-old-post---1979.jpg "Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India, is greeted by admiers in New Delhi on her 63rd birthday (November 19). There are elections in India in January and Mrs. Gandhi is seeking to regain her old post - 1979")
Mar 6, 2016
Morarji Desai and Jagjivan Ram
Morarji Desai (Fourth from left) and Jagjivan Ram (Third from Left).
Can you identify the other two persons?
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Mar 4, 2016
Feb 28, 2016
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, President of India's Moslem League in conversation with Nawazawa Liaquad Ali Khan at a political meeting - New Delhi May 1946
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google
Sarat Chandra Bose, Leader of Indian National Congress - Delhi May 1946
Sarat Chandra Bose (September 6, 1889 - February 20, 1950) was a barrister and Indian freedom fighter. He was the elder brother of Subhash Chandra Bose.
Know more about him in Wikipedia.
Know more about him in Wikipedia.
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google
Feb 26, 2016
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (April 1, 1889 – June 21, 1940) was the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Hedgewar founded the RSS in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1925, with the intention of promoting the concept of the Hindu nation. Hedgewar drew upon influences from social and spiritual Hindu reformers such as Swami Vivekananda, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Aurobindo to develop the core philosophy of the RSS
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Know more about him in Wikipedia
Source: columbia.edu
Jan 26, 2016
Jan 22, 2016
Various Photographs of Subhas Chandra Bose - 1940's Part 1
Subhas Chandra Bose in 1940
Subhas Chandra Bose (L) greeting admirers in 1940
Subhas Chandra Bose (C) being greeted w. garland of flowers after his arrival in Victoria Station
Pro-Japanese, anti-British Indian Nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose (C) enjoying a meal at Bardoli Ashram on his way to the 51st Indian National Congress during WWII in 1940.
Subhas Chandra Bose, the new President of the 51st Indian National Congress, wearing traditional formal clothing in 1940
Source: Life Archive Hosted by Google
Jan 21, 2016
Dec 22, 2015
Portrait of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
Deshbandhu (Friend of the country) Chittaranjan Das (1870 - 1925) Was an important figure in Indian Independence Movement. He founded the Swaraj Pary and was the first Mayor of Calcutta Corporation.
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Oct 2, 2015
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari with Mahatma Gandhi during the Gandhi-Jinnah Talks - 1944
Source: Wikimedia Commons
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