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Nicknames Original Name Andhra Kesari T. Prakasam Anna CN. Annadurai Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ramji(B.R) Ambedkar Badshah Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Bapu, Mahatma Gandhi Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi Beacon of Light of Asia Subhash Chandra Bose Chacha Jawahar Lal Nehru C.R. C Rajagopalachari Deenbandhu C.F. Andrews Deshbandhu C.R. Das Enlightened One, The Mahatma Buddha Father…
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Ahichhatra: Originally Ahikshetra in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, it was once the capital of the Panchalas. Aihole: In Karnataka contains the chief sites of Chalukyan architecture-nearly 70 structural stone temples important in the development of Hindu architecture and sculpture. Ajanta Caves: 66 miles north of Aurangabad in Maharashtra State. These are rock-cut Buddhist caves,…
On Aug. 8, 1942, the Congress in its meeting at Gowaliya Tank, Bombay passed a resolution known as ‘Quit India’ resolution, whereby Gandhiji asked the British to quit India and gave a call for ‘Do or die’ (We shall either free India or die in the attempt) to his countrymen. On Aug. 9, 1942 all…
The Poona Pact, also known as the Gandhi-Ambedkar Pact, was a political agreement that was reached between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in 1932. The pact was an attempt to resolve a longstanding dispute between the Indian National Congress, the main political party of the Indian independence movement, and the Dalit (formerly known as…
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The Second Round Table Conference was a series of talks and negotiations between the British government and Indian political leaders that took place in London in 1931. The conference was the second of three such conferences that were held to discuss the future of India and the constitutional reforms that were needed to achieve greater…