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Bina Agarwal in A Field of One's Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia (1994), quoting Adrian C. Mayer, Caste and kinship in Central India (1960) Raksha Bandhan is a popular and traditionally Hindu annual rite or ceremony that is central to a festival of the same name celebrated in South Asia. It is also celebrated in other parts of the world significantly influenced by Hindu culture. On ...
Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and is one of the three national holidays in India. The United Nations celebrates the day as International Day of Non-Violence. Called the "Father of The Nation" by Subhas Chandra Bose, Gandhi espoused one of the most ...
One tune) or " Mile Sur Mera Tumhara " (transl. "As our tune (s) merge together") as it is better known, is an Indian song and accompanying video promoting national integration and unity in diversity. The concept for Mile Sur was developed in 1988 by Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad and promoted by Doordarshan (then India's sole TV broadcaster) and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 September 2024. Public holiday celebrated on 15 August "15 August 1947" and "August 15, 1947" redirect here. For other uses, see August 1947 § August 15, 1947 (Friday). The flag of India hoisted at the Red Fort in Delhi ; hoisted flags are a common sight on Independence Day. Observed by India Type ...
Indian independence movement. Spouse. Nishatunnisa Mohani. Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan (1 January 1875 – 13 May 1951), known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian activist, freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement and a noted poet of the Urdu language. [1] He coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad (translation of "Long live the ...
World Hindi Day (10 January) Hindi Day (Hindi: हिन्दी दिवस, romanized: hindī divas) is celebrated in India to commemorate the date 14 September 1949 on which a compromise was reached—during the drafting of the Constitution of India —on the languages that were to have official status in the Republic of India. [1][2] The ...
Vande Mātaram (Devanagari: वंदे मातरम् Bengali: বন্দে মাতরম্ Bônde Mātôrôm; transl. I praise you, Motherland) is a poem written in Sanskritised Bengali [1][2] by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the 1870s. [3][4] The first two verses of the poem were adopted as the National Song of India in October ...
Netaji Jayanti or Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti, officially known as Parakram Diwas[2] or Parakram Divas (lit. 'Day of Valour'), is a national event celebrated in India to mark the birthday of the prominent Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. [3][4] It is celebrated annually on 23 January. [5][6] He played a pivotal role in ...