Charles Freer Andrews, a British missionary and a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, was titled ‘Dinabandhu,’ meaning “Friend of the Poor.” He earned this name through his tireless work for the rights of Indian indentured laborers and ...
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah is titled ‘Quaid-e-Azam,’ which means “Great Leader” in Urdu. The title was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi and the supporters of the Muslim League during the struggle for Pakistan. Jinnah was the pivotal figure in the creation of ...
Jawaharlal Nehru delivered these iconic words as part of his “Tryst with Destiny” speech on the eve of India’s independence, August 14, 1947. Addressing the Constituent Assembly, he marked the end of British colonial rule and the birth of a ...
By 1947, the “Direct Action Day” and subsequent violence had pushed India toward a civil war. Congress leaders like Nehru and Patel realized that a unified India with a weak center and hostile communal pockets was unsustainable. They accepted partition ...
The second split in the Indian National Congress occurred at a special session held in Mumbai in August 1918. This split happened over the differences regarding the Montagu-Chelmsford reform proposals. Moderate leaders like Surendranath Banerjee supported the reforms, while the ...