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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. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears - Wikipedia

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    "Friends, Romans": Orson Welles' Broadway production of Caesar (1937), a modern-dress production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.

  8. A Time for Choosing - Wikipedia

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    "A Time For Choosing" has been considered one of the most effective speeches ever made by an eventual presidential candidate. Following "A Time For Choosing" in 1964, Washington Post reporter David S. Broder called the speech "the most successful national political debut since William Jennings Bryan electrified the 1896 Democratic Convention with his 'Cross of Gold' speech."

  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).