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Arjuna ( Sanskrit: अर्जुन, IAST: Arjuna) was an ancient prince of the Kuru Kingdom, located in the present-day India. He is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He was the third of five Pandava brothers, from the lineage of the Kuru. In the Mahabharata War, Arjuna was a key warrior from the Pandava side in ...
A Passage to India. A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the Modern Library [ 2] and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for ...
The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, composed by Veda Vyasa. The main story concerns Karna and his five brothers, i.e., Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva and their wife Draupadi; and the hundred Kaurava brothers were led by the elder brother Duryodhana. Krishna, Karna, Yudhisthira, Draupadi ...
and an abbreviated version of the Rāmāyaṇa, often considered as works in their own right. Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th–19th-century painting. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahābhārata is attributed to Vyāsa. There have been many attempts to unravel its historical growth and compositional layers.
The official state emblem with the motto Satyameva Jayate was adopted later on 30 December 1947. [ 4] The national anthem and song were adopted two days before the Constitution of India was adopted on 26 January 1950. [ 5] After India became a republic following the enactment of the constitution, the national symbols officially came to ...
Karna. Karna ( Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa ), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, [ 2] is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. [ 3][ 4] He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the Pandavas ), and thus a demigod of royal birth. Kunti was granted the boon to bear a child with ...
With an estimated 1,428,627,663 residents in 2023, India is the world's most populous country. [ 14] 1,210,193,422 residents were reported in the 2011 provisional census report. [ 363] Its population grew by 17.64% from 2001 to 2011, [ 364] compared to 21.54% growth in the previous decade (1991–2001). [ 364]
Summary. Setting: Lahore. Time: 1943 - 1948. This novel is generally referred to as a story about the Partition of India – hence the title – but its original title was "Ice-Candy-Man," which allows for a broader interpretation of the story. The plot involves Lenny, a 4-year-old Parsee girl who recounts her childhood memories after she is ...