When Pakistan was born and became an independent country.
AHMED MIR GEOGRAPHY PROJECT I have chosen to speak about when Pakistan was born and became an independent country. This happened in August 1947.This was when Gandhi was alive and he was the one who separated the countries so India could become a whole Hindu country as before August 1947 India was full of Muslims as well as Hindus. But Gandhi wanted two countries one for Hindu's and one for Muslims, thus Pakistan is born. But immediately after independence, Pakistan had to deal with a massive refugee problem: while 5.3 million Hindus fled from Punjab and Sindh into India, 5.9 million Muslims fled from India into West Pakistan. 3.3 million Hindus fled East Pakistan, 1.3 million Muslims fled from India into East Pakistan. Meaning lots of people were immigrating and emigrating, this caused a huge rush on trains from Pakistan to India visa versa. The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 resulted in the greatest migration of people in history. In the fall of that year, 12 million people became refugees as Muslims in India fled to Pakistan, and Hindus in Pakistan fled to India. (See refugees packed on a train on this poster right.) Many people crossed the border illegally but it was very hard to catch them out of the millions that crossed the border that month. As in the so called new country Pakistan had many Hindus for a while but then became around 90% of the population
How does Anita Desai exploit language in "A Village by the Sea" to give us an insight into Indian tradition and culture as reflected through the life of the people in Thul?
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2nd 1869, in a town near Bombay. He was born into a family of six children and he was the youngest. His father's profession was an advisor to one of the states in Gujarat province. His mother was uneducated. Gandhi married Kasturba at the age of thirteen. The marriage affected his schooling, but soon he was able to catch up. His father died when he was in Grade 10(Indian education system). He was the first person to complete a high school education. Gandhi then attended a college, failed to succeed and dropped out after three months. A family friend advised Gandhi that, in order to be a Barrister in India, he would have to complete a B.A degree. He decided to go to England. His brother sold some of the family land and his wife sold most of her jewellery to raise funds for his ticket. After obtaining his mother's consent, Gandhi left India on September 1888, at the age of 18. In London, Gandhi was able to complete his law course. In 1891 he returned to India with the Barrister's title and tried to build his own law practice. He did not have enough money to begin his practice in Bombay. In May 1893, at the age of 23, Gandhi accepted an offer to work in South Africa as a lawyer. Gandhi experienced racial discrimination for the first time when he was removed from a railway carriage because the South African Railway did not allow
What I think of Mohandas Gandhi.
Kimberly Longshore World Civilizations 2/9:30 September 23, 2002 Gandhi Though claimed to be the world leader of patience and peace, Gandhi was nothing more than the poster child for archaic living in a modern world. In The Penguin Gandhi Reader, one might learn all about what Gandhi thought of the British in India; in this paper one can learn all about what I think of Mohandas Gandhi. I will discuss chapters one, three, five, and six. In chapter one, Critique of Modern Civilization, it is discussed how terrible the British have made India. The English government is criticized, saying it is like a sterile woman and a prostitute. Modern civilization is condemned as a whole. First, I would like to say, without the British, India would probably be stuck in the middle ages and Mohandas Gandhi would have never received his wonderful education. Modern Civilization has never been so evident in a country like India; people take pride in what they are able to do. The British brought trains, planes, automobiles, cricket, and the English language. Why should someone have to ride around on a camel all day just to get to the grocery store, when one thirty minute train ride can get them there without the hardships? No one should ever want to drag India back to the middle ages. Natural tradition is not lost or forgotten. India has not lost her identity, just fixed it up
Describe the main features of a specific place of Hindu worship
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Describe a visit to a Hindu place of pilgrimage, explaining its importance to believers.
All mankind's need purification of the body, mind and the soul. To achieve the same pilgrimage holidays have been designed. The secularism of India and the variety of religions followed by the people of the country are amazing. The faith reflected in the chanting of 'Om', 'Budham Sharanam Gachami' and 'Wahe Guru' all remind us of the Almighty and focus on the gospel of peace and love for humanity. Being a country of the religious, India is dotted with pilgrimages. Great religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism have originated on the Indian soil. The unity in diversity is the keyword for the grand country. The Hindus flock to take a dip in the holy rivers, the Sikhs walk up to a height of 4329 meters through the difficult terrain to reach the Hemkund Sahib. The cradle of Buddhism, devotees from the world over frequent the holy city of Sarnath. In Hinduism pilgrimage is called the YATRA. In Hinduism religious ceremonies are classified: Nitya Naimittika Kamya Nitya is the daily rituals, such as offering water to the sun in the morning or mostly Hindu people perform puja to the family deities at the home shrine. Naimittika ceremony is important but they only occur at certain times during the year e.g. diwali, Saraswati puja, and karma. A special thanksgiving puja occurred for the good fortune smiles on the family. Kamya is the highly desirable rituals but optional
Hinduism and Peace
Principal teachings about peace in Hinduism: guiding towards inner peace and contributing to world peace. Peace is an essential part of Hinduism. By examining the core teachings of Hinduism, it is possible to demonstrate the way Hinduism guides individuals in accomplishing inner peace, and also the way in which this religious tradition contributes to world peace through individuals, and organisations working for peace. The Bhagavad Gita is considered to be one of the most important of the Hindu sacred texts. This document contains sacred scriptures, and helps adherents to attain a peaceful and harmonious existence. It contains the core teachings, and serves to instruct a Hindu on the correct way to go about their life, taking into account the different castes. It advocates the concepts of Dharma, Karma, reincarnation, and Moksha, and the importance of these. Essentially, the Bhagavad Gita is the Hindu's key to achieving peace. A Hindu perspective on peace is firmly entrenched in the concept of Dharma or duty, which is considered to be one of the most important teachings within this faith tradition. The Upanishad states that "there is nothing greater than Dharma, righteousness, or justice." Universal Dharma calls for all adherents to "practise right conduct" (Upanishad), but there is also specific Dharma which is based on the caste system. The Ten Commitments are also an
Hinduism is one of the few religions who believe in many gods, this is called polytheism and most other religions are monotheistic.
HINDU GODS Hinduism is the oldest religion out of the 6 major world religions. They have as I have said below many gods; there festivals are colourful and joyful. Hinduism is one of the few religions who believe in many gods, this is called polytheism and most other religions are monotheistic. Polytheism is the belief in multiple gods (deities); one religion that follows this belief is Hinduism. They have many gods but they believe that Lord Brahman is just one way of seeing all of the Hindu gods. All these Gods are just Lord Brahman in one from of his avatars. Not many religions believe in this as many believe in one God. Hinduism is the oldest religion and is the one of the only few who believes in many Gods. In this case Hindu’s believe there are millions of gods, one for each aspect of life, however there are about 20-25 main gods they worship. There is some thing called the Trimurti. ‘Murti’ is the word to describe the gods or images of them and ‘tri’ meaning three. The Trimurti is a triangle of gods who considered to be the 3 main powerful deities. They are: . Lord Shiva who may seem too many people to be dangerous and frightening because he is the destroyer god. However, destruction is needed to allow things to happen and for us to understand about life and how it works. Nevertheless, he still should be worshipped liked any other god. 2. Lord Brahman
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi. Also known as Mahatma the great soul, was the "father of modern India". He originally came from Western India, a city called Porbandar. He was born on 2nd October 1869. Gandhi was on of the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand Gandhi, who was a Prime Minister successively in Porbandar, Rajkot and Vankaner States. Gandhi's mother was Putlibai, Karamchand Gandhi's fourth wife. In 1876 he attended a primary school in Rajkot until the twelfth year. Later on he was engaged to Kasturbai. In 1881 Gandhi want on to do further education in a high school (in Rajkot). Two years later in 1883 he marries Kasturbai. In 1887 Gandhi joins Samaldas College at Bhavnagar (Kathiawar), but gives up studies at close of first term. After that he went to England to study Law. Which got him a job later on his life in South Africa. The life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, who used non-violent resistance to persuade his people (in India) to seek freedom from British rule in the 1940s. Mahatma Gandhi did the salt march. Gandhi also tried as much as he could to keep Hindu's and Muslims to together. Gandhi allowed the lowest caste, the untouchables to join the ashram; wealthy Hindu's protested and stopped giving financial aid. Basically Gandhi tried to win equal rights for all Indians. After the Amritsar Gandhi became the leader of
My Autobiography.
My Autobiography My family originated in the northern region of India Gujarat, with my great grand father. I don't know much about him but all I do know is he was very rich for the time 1847. On the other hand my living grandfather is a middle class citizen of India married with three daughters and two sons. Furthermore the elder son of the two was my father. My father became a pioneer by the help of my mother. He was the first in our family to migrate from India and live in England, permanently. Wow, what an exploration! My father is an employee of Morrison in Greater Manchester, Bolton our hometown. He earns a substantial fourteen thousand rupees but converted in to pounds a diminutive wage of two hundred pounds a week. Existence from the time when I was consumed to my current age is an extensive chronicle; consequently, I will only mention the chief events in my time. Initially I would like to share the story, which my granddad told me of the situations in the parts of Gujarat. He told me about the poverty and the state of living conditions but this wasn't what struck me. It was the ludicrous dispute of society combating for the territory, political views and race. I didn't understand the quarrels my granddad was explaining to me due to my immatureness, age and lack of knowledge however at present the point is reasonably apparent. To elaborate and show my feelings for