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  2. Tryst with Destiny - Wikipedia

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    "Tryst with Destiny" was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House, on the eve of India's Independence, towards midnight on 14 August 1947. The speech spoke on the aspects that transcended Indian history.

  3. Speeches about Indian independence - Wikipedia

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    In his famous speech, Tryst with Destiny, he declared the end of the colonial era and called on citizens to recognize the promise and opportunity of the moment: "Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny. Now the time has come when we shall redeem our pledge - not wholly or in full measure - but very substantially.

  4. Talk:Tryst with Destiny - Wikipedia

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    The full speech, as I remember from my school days, is the one on this page: ... Tryst with destiny has similarities with the FDR's acceptance speech of 1936 which ...

  5. Tryst - Wikipedia

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    Falkirk Tryst, a former livestock market in Scotland Tryst, a defunct nightclub at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel Tryst with Destiny , a 1947 speech by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

  6. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.). [1] [2] In the distinction between literal and figurative language, figures of

  7. Churchill: Walking with Destiny - Wikipedia

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    Churchill is photographed as a Member of Parliament in 1904.. Given the author's longstanding history of writing about the early 20th century, one commentator opined that: "Churchill’s world and its environs have been so richly and perspicaciously documented by Roberts for decades that the real oddity would be his reaching the end of a fruitful career as a historian of vast events and great ...

  8. 1862 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    Reagan first quoted it in his 1964 "A Time for Choosing" speech. [10] He also alluded to it in four of his State of the Union Addresses (1981, [11] 1982, [12] 1984, [13] and 1987 [14]) as well as his Second Inaugural Address. [15] George H. W. Bush cited the quote in remarks he made to the American Society of Newspaper Editors. [16]

  9. Destiny 2: Forsaken - Wikipedia

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    In comparison to the previous two expansions of Destiny 2, Forsaken features a "full campaign", four new multiplayer "strike" missions (one of which was a PS4 timed-exclusive), four new Crucible maps (including one PS4 timed-exclusive), and a new mode called "Gambit" which combines elements of Player versus Environment (PvE) with Player versus Player (PvP).