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Gandhi's call to arms. This call to arms was perhaps the most remarkable call to war that has ever been made." On 12 March 1930, Gandhi and 80 satyagrahis, many of whom were from scheduled castes, set out on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, over from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. The Salt March was also called the White Flowing River because all the people were joining the procession wearing white khadi. According to "The Statesman", the official government newspaper which usually played down the size of crowds at Gandhi's functions, 100,000 people crowded the road
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Dandi, Navsari Dandi is a village in the Jalalpore taluka, Navsari District, Gujarat, India. It is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea near the city of Navsari. It shot into worldwide prominence in 1930 when Mahatma Gandhi selected it to be the destination for the Salt March. He marched from Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) to Dandi with some of his followers to protest against the imposition of a tax on salt. Thousands of people participated, travelling on foot for 24 days from Ahmedabad to Dandi. The Government of India initiated plans to develop the Sabarmati-Dandi stretch as a tourist hub.
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The government also proposed building a memorial to commemorate the Salt March of the Indian Independence Movement. Dandi, Navsari Dandi is a village in the Jalalpore taluka, Navsari District, Gujarat, India. It is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea near the city of Navsari. It shot into worldwide prominence in 1930 when Mahatma Gandhi selected it to be the destination for the Salt March. He marched from Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) to Dandi with some of his followers to protest against the imposition of a tax on salt. Thousands of people participated, travelling on foot for 24 days from Ahmedabad
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Mithuben Petit Mithuben Hormusji Petit (11 April 1892 – 16 July 1973) was one of the women pioneer Indian independence activists who also participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March. Born on 11 April 1892 into an affluent Parsi family in Bombay (now Mumbai), her father was Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit who was a well known industrialist and a Baronet. The young Petit was influenced by her maternal aunt who was a follower of Gandhi, and was the Secretary of the Rashtriya Stree Sabha. Petit along with Kasturba Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu played a major part in the Salt March, with
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Kasturba Gandhi beginning the march at Sabarmati, Sarojini Naidu lifting the salt for the first time at Dandi on 6 April 1930 and Petit standing behind Mahatma Gandhi when he repeated the violation at Bhimrad on 9 April 1930. The march was one of the most important event in the Indian independence movement. In the time when women took a back seat (due to the patriarchal culture at that time in India) Petit was one of the three women who played a pivotal role in the march and the civil disobedience against tax on salt. Petit participated in the Bardoli
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5, Date of Issue: 5 April 2005. Salt March The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi (now in Gujarat), as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production, deemed their sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of
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Salt March The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi (now in Gujarat), as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production, deemed their sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it. The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the
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mentally ill patients. She died on 16 July 1973. Petit received the Padma Shri in 1961 for her social work. Mithuben Petit Mithuben Hormusji Petit (11 April 1892 – 16 July 1973) was one of the women pioneer Indian independence activists who also participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March. Born on 11 April 1892 into an affluent Parsi family in Bombay (now Mumbai), her father was Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit who was a well known industrialist and a Baronet. The young Petit was influenced by her maternal aunt who was a follower of Gandhi, and was the Secretary of the
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reference was made to the infamous and oppressive salt law and resolved that a way should be found to oppose it. In the first week of March 1930, Gandhi wrote to Lord Irwin apprising him of the prevailing social, economic and political conditions in the country. On 12 March 1930, Mahatma Gandhi embarked on a sathyagraha with 79 followers from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi on the Arabian Sea coast. This march, known as the "Dandi March", was sensationalized by the international press; film clippings and pictures of Mahatma Gandhi were relayed to distant corners of the world. Gandhi reached Dandi
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Poornima Arvind Pakvasa Poornima Arvind Pakvasa (5 October 1913 – 25 April 2016), known as the Didi of Dangs, was an Indian independence activist and social worker from Gujarat. Pakvasa was born in Ranpur near Limbdi State, Saurashtra (now in Gujarat). She was also Manipuri dancer and classical vocal singer. Pakvasa first met Mahatma Gandhi at Ranpur when she was eight. She participated in the independence movement in Limbdi. At the age of 18, she participated in the Dandi March during which she was arrested. Her inmate in jail was Kasturba Gandhi. Pakvasa taught her how to read and write
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Dandi, Gandhi continued southward along the coast, making salt and addressing meetings on the way. The Congress Party planned to stage a satyagraha at the Dharasana Salt Works, 25 miles south of Dandi. However, Gandhi was arrested on the midnight of 4–5 May 1930, just days before the planned action at Dharasana. The Dandi March and the ensuing Dharasana Satyagraha drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage. The satyagraha against the salt tax continued for almost a year, ending with Gandhi's release from jail and negotiations with Viceroy Lord Irwin at the Second
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in 1923, he participated in the flag satyagraha, defying a ban on flying the national flag in Nagpur, and was detained by British forces. This earned him national admiration. He wanted Gandhi to move to Wardha and make it the center of his activities. After the Dandi March in April 1930, Gandhi moved to Sevagram, a small village near Wardha, since he wanted to live close to the rural populace. Gandhi vowed not to return to Sabarmati Ashram until freedom was achieved. Jamanalal was named the president of Gandhi Seva Sangha, a group of workers who dedicated their time to
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to immigrate to Europe and North America. Today Canada and the Persian Gulf have one of the largest number of residents from Chijgam. Dandi is the place where Gandhi concluded his salt march in 1930. Chijgam is located 7–8 miles from Dandi and share the area of salt manufacturing farms with Dandi. Gandhi also visited Mutwaad, Abrama, Panaar while he stayed for one month before his arrest. From the 1920s through the 1940s, several Chijgami residents flourished in the Toddy also known as Palm wine, (a semi-alcoholic drink made from the sap of Palm trees) producing and selling business. Toddy
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rally. The internet block was lifted in Ahmedabad and Surat on 1 September. PAAS announced that they will organise a march on the reverse route, from Dandi to Ahmedabad, of Mahatma Gandhi's historic Salt March in 1930. The heads of 33 village nearby Dandi opposed the march. The collector for Navsari district denied permission for the march. The march was rescheduled to 13 September but the government denied permission, and PAAS called the march off. On 9 September Patel announced a new organisation, Patel Navnirman Sena (PNS), for nationwide extension of the agitation. Patel met former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel
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tax on salt in March 1930. This was highlighted by the famous Salt March to Dandi from 12 March to 6 April, where he marched from Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat to make salt himself. Thousands of Indians joined him on this march to the sea. This campaign was one of his most successful at upsetting British hold on India; Britain responded by imprisoning over 60,000 people. According to Sarma, Gandhi recruited women to participate in the salt tax campaigns and the boycott of foreign products, which gave many women a new self-confidence and dignity in the mainstream of Indian public
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Dandi seashore is an important location from the point of view of India's Independence Movement. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started the "Dandi March" from Sabarmati Ashram up to the Dandi seashore to protest against a tax on salt by the colonial government. Ajmalgadh Though it is surrounded by high hills, this is a historical place. Zoroastrians/Parsis roamed in the forest and cave of Ajmalgadh to save and protect their sacred fire-cauldron for nearly 250–350 years. Recently, local administration constructed a pillar on the hill of Ajmalgadh describing the story. They also closed the cave which was used to protect the
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monument is the statue of Gandhi holding the saline mud. Dandi Beach Dandi Beach is one of the prominent beaches located in Dandi village, Gujarat. Dandi beach is one of the cleanest beaches in the Arabian Sea. Dandi Beach is historically prominent as Mahatma Gandhi led the salt sathyagraha from Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmedabad) to Dandi. This is the beach where Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt tax law of the British. Two monuments of Mahatma Gandhiji are placed in Dandi Beach to express the importance of Dandi Beach in the history of India. One monument is like the India gate commemorating
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Dandi Beach Dandi Beach is one of the prominent beaches located in Dandi village, Gujarat. Dandi beach is one of the cleanest beaches in the Arabian Sea. Dandi Beach is historically prominent as Mahatma Gandhi led the salt sathyagraha from Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmedabad) to Dandi. This is the beach where Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt tax law of the British. Two monuments of Mahatma Gandhiji are placed in Dandi Beach to express the importance of Dandi Beach in the history of India. One monument is like the India gate commemorating the success of Gandhi breaking the salt law. The next
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Pyarelal Nayyar Pyarelal Nayyar (1899–1982) was the personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi in his later years. His sister Dr. Sushila Nayyar was the personal physician to Mahatma Gandhi. He received his B. A. from University of Punjab and quit his M.A. studies during the Non-cooperation movement of 1920. Pyarelal was active in the freedom struggle, in the footsteps of Gandhi. He participated in the Salt March to Dandi in 1930. Pyarelal was portrayed by Pankaj Kapur in the Richard Attenborough film "Gandhi" (1982). Then personal secretary to Pyarelal, Dewan Vasdev Khanna (1923–2010), played a key role with Richard Attenborough in
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seashore, "wherever it is convenient" and to instruct villagers in making illegal, but necessary, salt. 79 Marchers accompanied Gandhi on his march. Most of them were between the ages of 20 and 30. These men hailed from almost all parts of the country. The march gathered more people as it gained momentum, but the following list of names were the first 79 marchers who were with Gandhi from the beginning of the Dandi March until the end. Most of them simply dispersed after the march was over. A memorial has been created inside the campus of IIT Bombay honouring these
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satyagraha. The Salt March to Dandi, and the beating by British police of hundreds of nonviolent protesters in Dharasana, which received worldwide news coverage, demonstrated the effective use of civil disobedience as a technique for fighting social and political injustice. The satyagraha teachings of Gandhi and the March to Dandi had a significant influence on American activists Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, and others during the Civil Rights Movement for civil rights for African Americans and other minority groups in the 1960s. At midnight on 31 December 1929, the Indian National Congress raised the tricolour flag of India on
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This made the British soldiers dumb struck. This exemplary courage earned him the title “Andhra Kesari”. After this incident, he was known respectfully as ""Andhra Kesari"" (the Lion of Andhra). In 1930, when the Congress party wanted all the legislators to resign, he did so but was not convinced about its alternative programme and hence contested and won the by-election. He joined the Congress Party led by Madan Mohan Malaviya but resigned from it as well and persuaded others to do so after Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Party broke the salt tax law with the Dandi March. Prakasam also
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1869 because road transportation facilities between these two towns were limited. During India's independence struggle, Gandhi launched the Dandi March along India's west coast to protest against the sales tax levied on salt extraction. His close associate C. Rajagopalachari, who would later become independent India's first Governor-General, carried out a salt march in parallel, on the east coast starting from Trichonopoly (modern day Tiruchirappalli) in Vedaranyam. His group, having people like Sardar Vedaratnam, started from Tiruchirappalli, in Madras Presidency (now part of Tamil Nadu), to the coast of the town. After making illegal salt there on 30 April 1930, the
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and working conditions. In 1930, Gandhi initiated the Salt Satyagraha from Ahmedabad by embarking from his ashram on the Dandi Salt March. The city's administration and economic institutions were rendered inoperative in the early 1930s by the large numbers of people who took to the streets in peaceful protests, and again in 1942 during the Quit India Movement. Following independence and the partition of India in 1947, the city was scarred by the intense communal violence that broke out between Hindus and Muslims in 1947, Ahmedabad was the focus for settlement by Hindu migrants from Pakistan, who expanded the city's
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In his book "Let’s Kill Gandhi", Tushar blames Brahmins for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. Critics have claimed that the book defames all Brahmins. Tushar has stressed that his claims relate only to "a certain group of Brahmins from Pune [who] were continuously attempting on the life of my great grandfather" rather than to Brahmins in general. Tushar Gandhi Tushar Arun Gandhi (born 17 January 1960) is the son of journalist Arun Manilal Gandhi, grandson of Manilal Gandhi and great-grandson of M.K. Gandhi. In March 2005, he led the 75th anniversary re-enactment of the Dandi March. From 2007 to 2012, he was
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Vedaranyam Vedaranyam (also spelt as Vedaraniam and Vedaranniyam) is a town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is named after the presiding deity of the Vedaranyeswarar Temple. The recorded history of Vedaranyam is known from medieval Chola period of the 9th century and has been ruled, at different times, by the Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire and the British. During India's independence struggle, C. Rajagopalachari, who would later become independent India's first Governor-General, launched a salt march in Vedaranyam parallel to the Dandi March launched by Gandhi in 1930 to protest
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in South Gujarat with Tithal Beach of Valsad. Dandi is also famous for Dandi salt march led by Mahatma Gandhi. The other famous spot for tourist attraction in this district is Sayaji Vaibhav Public Library in Navsari City, Navsari , reason behind calling Bokkish or educational city of Gujarat and book reading culture of Navsari and Gujarat. There are also other famous library like Mehrajirana library and other like NAU central library and Nila spore Library. The other tourist spots are famous temple like Andheshwar temple in Amalsad, Gangeshvar Temple in kachholi , Kameshwar Mahadev near Gadat , Mallikarjun Mahadev
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Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience Movement led by Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi in 1930-31. Dharasana Dharasana is a town in Valsad, Gujarat, India, adjacent to Dandi. It shot to worldwide fame in May, 1930 as the site of the Dharasana Satyagraha, an immediate follow up to the Dandi salt march. Here, British Indian police brutally attacked a group of about 2500 non-violent protestors as they marched to the Dharasana Salt Works, as part of the Salt Satyagraha. The attack received global news coverage and helped turn public opinion against the British rule in India and in favor of Indian freedom fighters.
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heart of village and also there is a restaurant named Sigdi on main Surat-Navsari road in Kapletha. Mahatma gandhi, during his Dandi march journey, visited this village and crossed the river Mindhora. During that period there was no bridge over the river, so the villagers made a bridge with Bullock cart and Mahatma Gandhi crossed the river and continued his journey towards Dandi. In this village, most people have Patel as their last name, also there are Pandor, Chichwadiya, Degia, Harpati, Dhimmar, Raja,Sacha,Ukadia etc. https://www.facebook.com/groups/197032790749/ Kapletha Kapletha is a village in Surat district in Gujarat, India. Situated approximately south of
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Titusji Titusji was one of the 78 marchers selected by Mahatma Gandhi to take part in the 1930 Dandi March, to break the salt law. He served as governing secretary for Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram milk project near Ahmedabad. Gulzarilal Nanda, who later became Prime Minister of India, was the secretary of another unit. Both of them were trusted friends of Gandhi. His given name was Titus Theverthundiyil, while "Titusji" was the honorific given to him by Mahatma Gandhi. On 15 March 1925, Mahatma Gandhi visited Titusji’s house in Maramon (Theverthundiyil) on his way to the famous Hindu temple in Aranmula
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was the first municipal council to hoist the indian national flag on the Municipal Council building in 1930. Taking the spirit of Dandi March from Mahatma Gandhi, the freedom fighters of Solapur hoisted the National Flag on 6 April 1930 on the Municipal Council building. This was the first and the unique incidence of such kind throughout the country. During the Indian independence movement, the people of Solapur enjoyed full freedom on 9–11 May 1930. However, this resulted in the executions of Mallappa Dhanshetti, Abdul Rasool Qurban Hussein, Jagannath Bhagwan Shinde and Shrikisan Laxminarayan Sarada, who were hanged on 12
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march. A Government record pointed out that he was very much concerned about modeling the march on the lines of Gandhi's Dandi March. He estimated that a minimum sum of was needed to organise the rally. He successfully managed to collect the funds with the help of Sourashtras of Madurai and South Indians in Bombay and Ahmedabad. Rajaji had formulated an advance guard that consisted of T. S. S. Rajan, G. Ramachandran and Thiruvannamalai N. Annamalai Pillai. Even before the march took off, the guard traveled along the proposed route and met the villagers to ensure support from them. Rajan
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Gandhi's call to arms. This call to arms was perhaps the most remarkable call to war that has ever been made." On 12 March 1930, Gandhi and 80 satyagrahis, many of whom were from scheduled castes, set out on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, over from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. The Salt March was also called the White Flowing River because all the people were joining the procession wearing white khadi. According to "The Statesman", the official government newspaper which usually played down the size of crowds at Gandhi's functions, 100,000 people crowded the road
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British salt monopoly. It gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement. Mahatma Gandhi started this march with 78 of his trusted volunteers. Walking ten miles a day for 24 days, the march spanned over 240 miles. The march was the most significant organised challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22, and directly followed the Purna Swaraj declaration of sovereignty and self-rule by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930. Gandhi led the Dandi March from his base, Sabarmati Ashram, 240 miles (384 km) to the
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the Bardoli protests. On 5 February, newspapers reported that Gandhi would begin civil disobedience by defying the salt laws. The salt satyagraha would begin on 12 March and end in Dandi with Gandhi breaking the Salt Act on 6 April. Gandhi chose 6 April to launch the mass breaking of the salt laws for a symbolic reason—it was the first day of "National Week", begun in 1919 when Gandhi conceived of the national hartal (strike) against the Rowlatt Act. Gandhi prepared the worldwide media for the march by issuing regular statements from Sabarmati, at his regular prayer meetings and through
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daily, as part of the Ashram schedule. It was from his base here that Gandhi led the Dandi march also known as the Salt Satyagraha on 12 March 1930. In recognition of the significant influence that this march had on the Indian independence movement the Indian government has established the ashram as a national monument. Gandhiji's India ashram was originally established at the Kocharab Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai, a barrister and friend of Gandhi, on 25 May 1915. At that time the ashram was called the Satyagraha Ashram. But Gandhi wanted to carry out various activities such as farming and
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January and Jhanda Mela in March, a fair for the Hindu community, that attracts Hindus from all over India and abroad. The first indoor ice rink in India that meets the size requirements for ice hockey, figure skating, short track and rink bandy was built in Dehradun. Uttarakhand Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Uttarakhand state of India and the Uttarakhand cricket team. The city has an international cricket stadium called Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium & a Mega Sports Complex in the Raipur area. It is the first international level stadium in the
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all the prisoners. Kamaraj was released on eight days later. The march played a significant role in the political career of Pillai. In 1931, he was conferred with the title of "Sardar" at the Tamil Nadu Agriculturists and Labourers Conference held at Tirunelveli for his active role in the march. Vedaranyam March The Vedaranyam March (also called the Vedaranyam Satyagraha) was a framework of the nonviolent civil disobedience movement in British India. Modeled on the lines of Dandi March, which was led by Mahatma Gandhi on the western coast of India the month before, it was organised to protest the
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Tushar Gandhi Tushar Arun Gandhi (born 17 January 1960) is the son of journalist Arun Manilal Gandhi, grandson of Manilal Gandhi and great-grandson of M.K. Gandhi. In March 2005, he led the 75th anniversary re-enactment of the Dandi March. From 2007 to 2012, he was the Goodwill Ambassador of the CISRI-ISP Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition. Born on a train between Mumbai and Kolkata, he was raised in the Mumbai suburb of Santacruz. He studied at Adarsh Vinay Mandir, a local Gujarati-medium school. He holds a degree in printing from Mithibai College. Gandhi lives in
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participated in 'Dandi Memorial March' in 2005 commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Dandi March as the representative of Kerala State. As a prominent politician of Kerala, he has always being invited to take part in prime time news talks and political debates, known as powerhouse of Congress and one of the prominent youth leaders. He was first elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Chengannur assembly constituency in 2006 kerala assembly elections by defeating Mr.Saji Cherian of CPI(M) by a margin of 5321 votes.He was re-elected for the second time in 2011 defeating Adv.C. S. Sujatha of CPI(M) by a
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locations along the route and walked part of the way. The participants halted at Dandi on the night of 5 April, with the commemoration ending on 7 April. At the finale in Dandi, the prime minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, greeted the marchers and promised to build an appropriate monument at Dandi to commemorate the marchers and the historical event. The route from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi has now been christened as the Dandi Path and has been declared a historical heritage route. A series of commemorative stamps were issued on the 75th anniversary of the Dandi March—denomination INR
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had affected Jambusar also. On 12 March 1930 when Gandhiji started the Dandi March with some of his supporters, the route of Dandi Kuch in Bharuch district was from Devaataa City of Borsad taluka via Jambusar Amod on the other side of the river Mahi via Bharuch and Ankleshwar on the other side of the river Narmada and reaching Dandi via Surat. The Dandi Kuch arrived in Kareli City on 20 and 22 March 1930 became a memorial day in Jambusar which is a proof of the history of freedom struggle. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi a Gujarati Bhargav Brahmin of Bharuch
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in academic journals. This will facilitate a more comprehensive access to the contemporary scholarship around these issues. This section provides selections, slivers of information arranged for easy reference. All the selections are made from the “Chronologies” that are given as a separate section and other Fundamental Works. Information about tours, marches, Satyagrahas, imprisonments, fasts and assaults are arranged in tabular form. For instance the Dandi March is presented through four subsections: “Background to the Salt Satyagraha”, “The Marchers”, “The March” and “Events post March”. A virtual tour mapping the walk to Dandi is also provided. The information is also linked
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Dandi Wind: Fan Death: Szam Findlay Szam Findlay is a Canadian electronic music producer who has been active since 1998. While still a teenager he was signed to Rough Trade Publishing . Subsequently while still in high school his debut album Die Hautfabrik was released by Resonant Recordings/Todtenschlaf in 2001 to acclaim from BBC Allmusic and Incursion. This release marked the beginning of a longtime collaboration with performance artist Dandilion Wind Opaine who provided the artwork for the booklet. In 2003 the two embarked on a decade long collaboration that encompassed the projects Dandi Wind and Fan Death. Dandi Wind
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joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the agitations against the Rowlatt Act, joining the Non-Cooperation movement, the Vaikom Satyagraha, and the Civil Disobedience movement. In 1930, Rajagopalachari risked imprisonment when he led the Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha in response to the Dandi March. In 1937, Rajagopalachari was elected Premier of the Madras Presidency and served until 1940, when he resigned due to Britain's declaration of war on Germany. He later advocated co-operation over Britain's war effort and opposed the Quit India Movement. He favoured talks with both Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League and proposed what later came
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the unique feature of the Ashram is its endeavor to spread the light of Sanskrit language to young children, free of cost. Ashram conducts Sanskrit debates across the years. Pujyapaad was called 'Swamiji'or 'Maharaaj' by the devotees. No one knows from where he came, or his name; nor did he disclose this to anyone. However, he was a Parivrajakachrya Dandi Swami,who stayed on in Datia for a longer period. He was and still is a spiritual icon for many who visit the Peeth or have been associated with him directly or indirectly. He did and led many anushthans and sadhanas
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Dandi Biyo Dandi Biyo (Nepali: डन्डी बियो ) is a game usually played in rural Nepal and was considered the national game unofficially till May 23, 2017, when officially Volleyball was declared as the national sports. Dandi Biyo is played with a stick (Dandi) about two feet long and a wooden pin (Biyo) about six inches long. The pin is a small wooden stick with pointed ends. It is similar to the Indian game Gilli Danda. However, the popularity of Dandi Biyo is decreasing day by day and government has not implemented any policies under the preservation of Dandi Biyo
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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 29 States in India, and is situated at Dehradun, the interim state capital of Uttarakhand, with 71 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Following the Bharatiya Janta Party's historic win in 2017 election, the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House is Trivendra Singh Rawat. The Speaker of the Assembly is Premchand Aggarwal. Baby Rani Maurya is the current Governor of Uttarakhand. From 27 March 2016 to 12 May 2016,
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that helped in the creation and growth of India foundation, a think tank meant to discuss and debate important national and cultural issues. In 2015, Shaurya attended the Eisenhower Fellowship Program, where he focused his fellowship on exploring public policy development in the United States. In 2017, Shaurya has indicated his entry into active politics from Uttarakhand, his native place. Shaurya participated as a member in Uttarakhand BJP’s working member committee in the December 16-17, 2017 meeting. Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt (politician) said, “I had invited him (Shaurya Doval) to the meeting as a ‘special invitee to the executive
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games, Dandi Biyo is very close to Cricket. The player can be compared to the "batsman" and the other players to the "fielders". Tip-Cat is a similar British game.It is mostly played on Nepal 🇳🇵.Nepal has won 53 golds 73 silver and 24 bronze. Altogether there are 242 matches.It was started on 1929 a.d Dandi Biyo Dandi Biyo (Nepali: डन्डी बियो ) is a game usually played in rural Nepal and was considered the national game unofficially till May 23, 2017, when officially Volleyball was declared as the national sports. Dandi Biyo is played with a stick (Dandi) about two
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as an inspirational figure in cultivating and popularizing the sounds and rhythms of Uttarakhand. 2. Mohan Upreti: A famous folk-singer from Kumaon, Mohan Upreti is known for his Nanda Devi Jagar & Rajula Malushahi Ballad. His iconic Kumaoni song "Bedu Pako Baro Masa" is fondly referred to as the cultural anthem of Uttarakhand . It is said that this song was also a favourite of former Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru who heard it in a band march as this song is also the official regiment song of the Kumaon Regiment of Indian Army. This iconic song has
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Vijay Bahuguna Vijay Bahuguna (born 28 February 1947), is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, an independence activist and eminent politician, and also a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vijay Bahuguna was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bahuguna was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 13 March 2012. Bahuguna resigned from his CM post on 31 January 2014.
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Uttarakhand Super League The Uttarakhand Super League (USL) is a semi-professional football league, sanctioned by both the All India Football Federation and the Uttarakhand State Football Association, that represents the sport in the state of Uttarakhand. Founded in 2016, the league is organized by the Uttarakhand Adventure Sports Pvt Limited with the goal of promoting football throughout the state. The league began in July 2016 with fourteen teams and is based on the Indian Super League, the franchise based football league for India nationally. In early March 2016 it was announced that Uttarakhand Adventure Sports Pvt Limited, with permission from
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measures to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and other legislative and administrative measures necessary to improve transparency would be taken. A month later, Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas was forced to resign on charges of corruption by the Supreme Court. A worldwide 50-city Dandi March II, organised by People for Lok Sabha, took place in March 2011 as did the "Drive around Delhi" protest. Anna Hazare wanted a joint committee to be formed, comprising members of the government and of civil society, to draft tougher anti-corruption legislation. Manmohan Singh, then Prime Minister of India, rejected Hazare's demand and
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pin twice in the air, the score will be twice the number of stick lengths the pin traveled. The game was mostly played by Nepali youths and was very popular between 1980's and 1990's when modern toys and games were not available. Sonam Ukyab from Purano Baneswore is unofficially considered the best Dandi Biyo player of all time. And Bikki was the official champion of Interdistrict Dandi Biyo Competition held in Tudikhel. Dandi Biyo is one of many such games that were locally developed in the rural areas reflecting use of local tools and techniques. In the context of modern
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Uttarakhand at a place called Bhabher. Varun Badola Varun Badola (born 7 January 1974) is an Indian actor, known largely for his roles on television. Varun Badola's father is a known artist, "Vishwa Mohan Badola". He has two elder sisters — Alka, who is married and has appeared in the TV serial "Kumkum" and "Qubool Hai", and Kalindi, who is a radio jockey. His family hails from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Badola spent the early part of his childhood in Allahabad after which he lived in New Delhi. He did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi. After completing college,
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with EVM in four assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand. Result were declared on 11 March 2017. Complete list of winners with the margin of winning votes. 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the fourth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until the 9th March 2017 due to the death of BSP Candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. In the previous election
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and in some versions, promised to leave the town if Shiva would restore Dandi Adigal's eyesight. Jains stopped the work by removing the posts and snatching the digging tools. Dandi Adigal pleaded to Shiva to help. In some versions, Shiva appeared in Dandi Adigal's dream to assure him and then appeared in the Chola King's dream directing him to resolve the affair. In all versions, a miracle happens and Dandi Adigal's eyesight is restored and the Jains become blind in presence of the King. Jains release Tiruvarur after the incident, due to the King's orders or as per their promise
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Szam Findlay Szam Findlay is a Canadian electronic music producer who has been active since 1998. While still a teenager he was signed to Rough Trade Publishing . Subsequently while still in high school his debut album Die Hautfabrik was released by Resonant Recordings/Todtenschlaf in 2001 to acclaim from BBC Allmusic and Incursion. This release marked the beginning of a longtime collaboration with performance artist Dandilion Wind Opaine who provided the artwork for the booklet. In 2003 the two embarked on a decade long collaboration that encompassed the projects Dandi Wind and Fan Death. Dandi Wind released 2 full length
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is crushed by the steering column. Back at their hideout, a small disused caravan near a beach, they are discovered by the police. Cold, Lebanese and Dandi run away, but are captured. Grand, who is mortally wounded, dies in the caravan. Roll opening credits. Some years later, in the 1970s, Ice is released from prison and joins up with Lebanese, who tells him he has come up with a plan to kidnap and hold to ransom Baron Rossellini, a wealthy aristocrat for whom Lebanese's parents worked. He has formed a gang with Dandi - they are Black, Bright Eye, Ricotta,
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the freedom fighters, Tribhuvandas Purushottamdas Luhaar ( Sundaram ) of Matar village, non-co-operation movement in 1920, Desaibhai Bakorbhai Patel of Kahanava village, historical Dandi Kuch, Nathuram Kashiram Bhatt of Raima village, Yashvantray Rajaram Joshi of Malanpore village of Hansot district, Shanabhai Jhaverbhai Patel of Uber village, Vitthalbhai Ranchhodabhai Patel of Sarbhan village, Raysangh Dabhai Parmar and Vishnu Dattatrey Bhoder of Bajodara village had participated in all the freedom movements in the district along with Chhotubhai Purani. Surajben Hardev Banarasi of Aasta village of Hansot Taluka, who was born in 1905 and widowed at a young age, got renowned as the
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or due to the fear of more divine wrath. The renovation of the temple tank was completed by the King. Since it is believed that Dandi Adigal Nayanar was born on "sadayam" star (Shatabhishak) of the Tamil month "Panguni", the specific day is celebrated as "Guru Pooja" day in all Shiva temples. Dandi Adigal Nayanar Dandi Adigal Nayanar or Dandiyadigal Nayanar is the 31st Nayanar saint. Traditional hagiographies like "Periya Puranam" (13th century CE) and "Thiruthondar Thogai" (10th century CE) describe him as a great devotee of the Hindu god Shiva. Dandi Adigal, a blind devotee of Shiva, used to
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Dandi Adigal Nayanar Dandi Adigal Nayanar or Dandiyadigal Nayanar is the 31st Nayanar saint. Traditional hagiographies like "Periya Puranam" (13th century CE) and "Thiruthondar Thogai" (10th century CE) describe him as a great devotee of the Hindu god Shiva. Dandi Adigal, a blind devotee of Shiva, used to often circumambulate the Shiva temple of Tiruvarur, his birthplace in the Chola Kingdom, and was found chanting Shiva Panchakshara mantra while worshipping. Many Jain structures "encroached" upon the premises of the Shiva temple of Tiruvarur, then a prominent Jain settlement. Dandi Adigal decided to rebuild the sacred temple tank, whose western bank
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as a legitimate ruler by the sons of Shivakara III, who probably set up parallel governments. At least five rulers claimed the Bhauma-Kara throne during 894-923, which suggests that the kingdom had become unstable. Tribhuvana-Mahadevi II was succeeded by two of her nephews Shantikara III and Shubhakara V. Subsequently, Gauri-Mahadevi, the queen of Shubhakara V, controlled the kingdom, probably as a regent for their young daughter Dandi-Mahadevi. After Dandi (c. 916 or 923), her step-mother Vakula-Mahadevi (another queen of Shubhakara V) ascended the throne. Vakula's paternal family may have helped her dethrone Dandi. Her rule was followed by Dharma-Mahadevi, a
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Uttarakhand Council of Ministers The Uttarakhand Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Uttarakhand and headed by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Uttarakhand Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief Secretary to the state government. The current Chief Secretary is Utpal Kumar Singh who took charge from outgoing S. Ramaswamy on
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administration of each minister. This is the current Cabinet of Uttarakhand headed by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat: Uttarakhand Council of Ministers The Uttarakhand Council of Ministers is the executive wing of Government of Uttarakhand and headed by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who is the head of government and leader of the state cabinet. The term of every executive wing is for 5 years. The council of ministers are assisted by department secretaries attached to each ministry who are from IAS Uttarakhand Cadre. The chief executive officer responsible for issuing orders on behalf of government is Chief
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Dharasana Dharasana is a town in Valsad, Gujarat, India, adjacent to Dandi. It shot to worldwide fame in May, 1930 as the site of the Dharasana Satyagraha, an immediate follow up to the Dandi salt march. Here, British Indian police brutally attacked a group of about 2500 non-violent protestors as they marched to the Dharasana Salt Works, as part of the Salt Satyagraha. The attack received global news coverage and helped turn public opinion against the British rule in India and in favor of Indian freedom fighters. This proved to be one of the most important milestones of the Salt
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and cultural lineage and style under the 'Rahi Gharana' Chander Singh 'Rahi' Chander Singh 'Rahi' (28 March 1942 – 10 January 2016) was a prominent folk singer, balladeer, musician, poet, story-teller, and cultural conservator from Uttarakhand. In recognition of his deep devotion to the music and culture of Uttarakhand, he has been fondly described as the ""Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music"". Rahi was born as Chander Singh Negi to Dilbar Singh and Sundara Negi in Giwali village in Maudadsyun. He belonged to a modest "Ghadiyal" family from the Nayar valley of Pauri in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Rahi and his brother
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Chander Singh 'Rahi' Chander Singh 'Rahi' (28 March 1942 – 10 January 2016) was a prominent folk singer, balladeer, musician, poet, story-teller, and cultural conservator from Uttarakhand. In recognition of his deep devotion to the music and culture of Uttarakhand, he has been fondly described as the ""Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music"". Rahi was born as Chander Singh Negi to Dilbar Singh and Sundara Negi in Giwali village in Maudadsyun. He belonged to a modest "Ghadiyal" family from the Nayar valley of Pauri in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Rahi and his brother Dev Raj Rangeela received the tradition of "Pahadi" (originating
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Educational Trust in Garhwal and was initiated by his grandfather in 1917. He is also associated to the following organizations in different capacities, e.g., He was also the chairperson of the Uttaranchal Pradesh Sangarsh Samiti and has valuable contribution in the formation of new state of Uttarakhand. On 6 March 2012, BJP lost the majority in Uttarakhand winning 31 seats out of 70. Khanduri too lost his election from Kotdwara constituency. Khanduri tendered his resignation to the governor of Uttarakhand on 7 March 2012. B. C. Khanduri Major General (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri, AVSM, (born 1 October 1934) is an
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Court of Uttarakhand in 2008. He has also been appointed as the judge In-charge of education, Uttarakhand judicial and legal academy. Sudhanshu Dhulia Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia (born: 10th August, 1960) is a sitting judge of the Uttarakhand High Court. Dhulia was born in Lansdowne in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. His family hails from Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. He is the second son of K.C. Dhulia who was a judge of the Allahabad High Court and grandson of Pundit Bhairav Dutt Dhulia who was a freedom fighter and editor of Karambhumi newspaper in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Dhulia is an alumnus of Sainik
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2.5 billion to build a foothold in the criminal underworld of Rome, starting with drug dealing. However, the drugs racket is owned by the dealer Terrible, and so the gang wipe his gang out apart from Gemito, who Lebanese bribes to help them. After his home is raided and his body guards killed, Terrible wakes to find Ice, Lebanese and Dandi in his bedroom. Cornered, he reluctantly agrees to let give control of the racket to the gang. The gang grows in influence and ambition. Rome falls under their rule, and the rule of Lebanese. Dandi meets and becomes enamoured
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Mailara Mahadevappa Mailara Mahadevappa was a prominent Indian freedom fighter from Haveri district of Karnataka state, India. Milara Mahadevappa, had accompanied Gandhiji in his famous Dandi March. He organized a group of youths and commenced a sort of guerrilla warfare against the government. His band of patriots roamed the country, raiding government offices and burning records, capturing government mails and seizing government money in transit. Finding the local police ineffective in dealing with them, the government brought a posse of policemen from Maharashtra to Haveri taluk and announced a reward of Rs.300 to anyone who would capture or help in
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national games of Nepal. But now people love cricket, basketball and football as well in Nepal. For more information, read Sports in Nepal Dandi Biyo is the National Game of Nepal. It consists two piece of stick one is called Dandi and another is Biyo. Dandi hits biyo and hitman measures the distance between Dandi and Biyo. Nepal has been a member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) since 2000 and is FIBA Asia's youngest member. Yet, its national team has already established itself as a regional presence as it won two bronze medals at the SABA Championship. Culture
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2016, thereby once again reviving the President's Rule. In later developments regarding this matter, the Supreme Court ordered a floor test to be held on 10 May with the rebels being barred from voting. On 11 May at the opening of sealed result of the floor test, under the supervision of Supreme Court, the Harish Rawat government was revived following the victory in floor test held in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Following the 2017 Legislative Assembly election, on 18 March 2017 Trivendra Singh Rawat sworn as the 8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for the 4th Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly (2017–22). There are
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to, her Mentor, a giant and ancient dolphin that lives in an underwater cell. Dandi is an expert in the musicolumns, insubstantial remains of the psyches of people that react musically when intelligent life is near. Dandi returns to her home, the crumbling remains of a human settlement, where she encounters a bear, one of few creatures than retain human-like aggressive behaviour. Her Mentor wishes her to kill the bear, but Dandi refuses and the bear escapes. Now rejected by her Mentor, Dandi wishes to die, and returns to the wilderness. She dissolves into the form of a musicolumn. She
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Uttarakhand Solidarity Network The Uttarakhand Solidarity Network (USN), is at once an electronic network of individuals, a working committee, and a group of web sites dedicated to political, economic, environmental, cultural and social justice issues in the Uttarakhand state of India. The USN traces its foundation to an address on 26 March 1995 by Indian actor Victor Bannerjee to the Public Forum on Minority Rights in Toronto, Canada. His speech, entitled, "Uttarakhand: A People Denied" led the People's Front/East Indian Defence Committee to pass a resolution in support of the demand for a separate Uttarakhand state within India. A pamphlet
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He is a close aide of Ramdev. Balkrishna lives in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and is unmarried. Balkrishna Acharya Balkrishna (born Balkrishna Subedi; 4 August 1972) is an Indian billionaire who owns and serves as the chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved. He was reported by "Forbes" to have a net worth of US$6.1 billion as of March 2018. Acharya Balkrishna was born on 4 August 1972 in Haridwar, Uttarakhand (then Uttar Pradesh) to Nepalese immigrants, Sumitra Devi and Jay Vallabh Subedi from Syangja, Nepal. In 1995, Balkrishna and Ramdev founded Divya Yoga Pharmacy, and in 2006, they founded Patanjali
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mammoth rally in the historic Begum Hazrat Mahal Park was preceded by a 4 km silent march. The 1995 Shraddhanjali Padyatra from Gopeshwar (Garhwal) to Muzzaffarnagar (U.P.) commemorated the martyrs who lost their lives while demonstrating peacefully for a separate state of Uttarakhand. This region has specific problems which the state of Uttar Pradesh seemed unable to address. Maharaj Ji actively supported the Uttarakhand Movement, and felt that the ultimate way to honour the dead would be to secure this separate state. When he was Minister of State for Railways in the Devegowda Government, he got the chance to convince
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as well. "The Silence of Murder" won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery of 2012. "Larger-Than-Life Lara" was a finalist for the William Allen White Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, and the Delaware Diamond. Ms. Mackall won the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Missouri and the Helen Keating Ott Award for Distinguished Contribution to Children's Literature. Her novel, "My Boyfriends' Dogs", was turned into a Hallmark movie and became the most-watched original Hallmark movie of 2014. The Secrets of Tree Taylor With Love, Wherever You Are, a Novel Maggie Love Rules Dandi Daley Mackall Dandi Daley Mackall
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who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings taking place around in the world. The film traces the life of this character up to his seventy third year and comments upon many things that may have social and political relevance. Dany as he is known, was born on the day of the Dandi Salt March (12 March 1930). His mother died on the day Guruvayur Satyagraha was conducted. His father died on the day of the first widow remarriage in Namboothiri caste. His wife leaves him on the day the first Communist Government of Kerala loses power.
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Gajender Singh Bisht Gajender Singh Bisht (1972 – 28 November 2008) was an NSG commando and Havildar (Sergeant) who died during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. His act of bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra award by the President of India on 26 January 2009, India's Republic Day. Hailing from Ganeshpur in Uttarakhand, young Gajender Singh studied at the Janata Inter College in Naya Gaon. He was remembered by his teachers as a disciplined student who participated in every event organised in the school, be it sports or cultural activities. He had a particular interest in boxing. Gajender Singh was
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2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the fourth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Voting in the Karnaprayag constituency was postponed until the 9th March 2017 due to the death of BSP Candidate Kuldeep Kanwasi in a road accident. In the previous election in 2012, none of the parties won a majority but the Indian National Congress formed the government with the help of PDF in the leadership
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Legislative Assemblies This is 4th Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of the state. The last state elections were held on February 2017, when the Bharatiya Janata Party won an overwhelming majority of 57 seats in the 70-seat electoral legislature. The Indian National Congress has secured only 11 seats in 4th assembly. The Independents have bagged 2 seats. Current party position in the Assembly as of 18 March 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 29 States in India, and is
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Dal, who was elected for Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha three times (1985–1989, 1989–1991, 1993–1996) and was elected for first Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha and since has remained president of UKD. with Kashi Singh Airy and Dr. Narayan Singh Jantwal as honorary presidents, vice president are A. P. Juyal, Bhuwan Chandra Joshi and Beena Bahuguna, senior "Rajya Andolankari" and prominent faces of "Uttarakhand Rajya Nirman Andolan" who fought from the forefront in the creation of Uttarakhand state. Beena Bahuguna is now elected as Block Pramukh of Raipur, Dehradun. Jaswant Singh Bisht was the first elected MLA of the party from Ranikhet constituency.
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Sudhanshu Dhulia Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia (born: 10th August, 1960) is a sitting judge of the Uttarakhand High Court. Dhulia was born in Lansdowne in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. His family hails from Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. He is the second son of K.C. Dhulia who was a judge of the Allahabad High Court and grandson of Pundit Bhairav Dutt Dhulia who was a freedom fighter and editor of Karambhumi newspaper in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Dhulia is an alumnus of Sainik School, Lucknow and Allahabad University. One of his brothers is the noted Indian film director Tigmanshu Dhulia. Dhulia started his practice
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150 miles towards the east before culminating at Vedaranyam, a small coastal town in the then Tanjore District. By collecting salt directly from the sea the marchers broke the salt law. As a part of the march, Rajagopalachari created awareness among the people by highlighting the importance of "khādī" as well as social issues like caste discrimination. The campaign came to an end on 28 April 1930 when the participants were arrested by the police. Its leader Rajagopalachari was imprisoned for six months. The march along with the ones at Dandi and Dharasana drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence
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of Health and Family Welfare to give its assent to Chaturvedi's deputation to the Delhi Government. In October 2015, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, also gave consent and also Government of Uttarakhand, parent cadre, after which courts directed that Prime Minister led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) to take a decision by 1 May 2016. However, in a very strange development, Government of Uttarakhand suddenly withdrew its consent in January 2016, allegedly under pressure from Central Government. This consent was restored again in February–March 2016 by Government of Uttarakhand and after which the courts again directed the ACC to
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in state Uttarakhand. He got the bachelor's degree in Arts (B.A) and then he did the bachelor's degree in Law as LLB. After getting the education he got married with Smt. Roshni Devi. At Present He is resident at R-09, Yamuna Colony In Dehradun District of Uttarakhand. Naithani's achievements and work during the political life are as the following; Mantri Prasad Naithani Mantri Prasad Naithani is an Educational and Minister of Water Resources in Uttarakhand, India. He was former Cabinet Minister in the cabinet of N. D. Tiwari (Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand) in the year 2002. Again he was
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attests that this Acilius Rufus held the traditional republican magistracies of quaestor of Sicilia, plebeian tribune, praetor, and prefect of the "frumenti dandi ex senatus consultum". However, Ronald Syme objects to this identification. He argues that the first suffect consul of a year was a very prestigious post, and that having been quaestor of Sicilia and prefect of the "frumenti dandi", Acilius Rufus lacked sufficient esteem for him to achieve that prestigious rank of suffect consuls. As a result, he notes the existence of one Marcus Acilius Rufus of Saguntum who was an imperial procurator, and proposes that a hypothetical
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the USN itself would be officially relaunched in 2004 to support ongoing social movements in the region including struggles over land, water, and forest rights and outstanding demands of the separate state movement such as relocation of the capital to Gairsen. Uttarakhand Solidarity Network The Uttarakhand Solidarity Network (USN), is at once an electronic network of individuals, a working committee, and a group of web sites dedicated to political, economic, environmental, cultural and social justice issues in the Uttarakhand state of India. The USN traces its foundation to an address on 26 March 1995 by Indian actor Victor Bannerjee to
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The incumbent Chief Justice of Uttarakhand is Justice Ramesh Ranganathan. Politics in Uttarakhand is dominated by the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Since the formation of the state these two parties have ruled the state in turns. Following the hung mandate in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2012, the Indian National Congress, having the maximum number of seats, formed a coalition government headed by Harish Rawat that collapsed on 27 March 2016, following the political turmoil as about nine MLAs of INC rebelled against the party and supported the opposition party BJP, causing Harish Rawat government to
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Dandamis Dandamis was a Brahmin was a philosopher, and a gymnosophist, whom Alexander encountered in the woods near Taxila, when he invaded the subcontinent in 4th century B.C. Dandamis was the name mentioned by the Greeks but his real name was Dandi or Dandi-Swami. He is also referred to as Mandanes. Dandamis was a philosopher, Brahmin Swami and a gymnosophist (literally a "naked philosopher"), whom Alexander encountered in the woods near Taxila, when he invaded the subcontinent in 4th century B.C. Dandamis was the name mentioned by the Greeks but his real name was 'DandayanDandi or Dandi-Swami. He is also
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Dandi Daley Mackall Dandi Daley Mackall is an American author with around 500 of her works published for adults and children. Some of her works are the "Winnie the Horse Gentler" series and the "Flipside Stories", "The Silence of Murder", and "With Love, Wherever You Are", a novel based on the stories and letters of her parents, Army doctor and Army nurse in World War II, as well as many others. She collaborated with Sigmund Brouwer and Melody Carlson to take part in creating the "Degrees of Guilt" series and then with Jeff Nesbit and Melody Carlson in the "Degrees
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was accompanied by Jain houses. As Dandi Adigal was blind, he erected a post were the earth needed to be dug and tied a rope to it. The other end of the rope was also tied to another post erected on the bank. He started digging using spade and collected mud in a basket and walked back to the bank by touching the rope and emptied the basket by throwing the mud away. The Jains were irked by the digging, which they felt would harm the earthy micro organisms and insects, a sin in Jainism. They mocked Dandi Adigal's blindness
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of Vijay Bahuguna. The voter turnout for the 69 seats of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly that held on 15 February was 65.64% which is less than the last election's voter turnout of 67.62%. The schedule for the Uttarakhand Assembly Election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 January 2017 and elections took place on 15 February 2017. 69 out of 70 ACs went on to polls on the same day but polls were postponed for Karnaprayag Assembly constituency to 9 March. The results were announced on 11 March 2017. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used along
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Muslims and 19 Hindus) from militancy affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir to provide them education at least up to Higher Secondary level. They also took care of victims of the Kargil War of 1999. In 2006 RSS participated in relief efforts to provide basic necessities such as food, milk, and potable water to the people of Surat, Gujarat, who were affected by floods in the region. The RSS volunteers carried out relief and rehabilitation work after the floods affected North Karnataka and some districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. In 2013, following the Uttarakhand floods, RSS volunteers were
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also lost 70 kg in the weeks after the incident. Shaktiman died on 20 April 2016, after being sedated for a minor surgery. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, was among those who visited its enclosure after its death. Shaktiman (horse) Shaktiman was a Kathiwaari mare who served the Uttarakhand Police Force who died from wounds received on duty in 2016. Shaktiman was attacked with a stick by BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, later arrested, during a protest organized by BJP against the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. In the melee, another man grabbed the horse by its bridle, unbalancing the horse, who
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Sneh Rana (cricketer) Sneh Rana (born 18 February 1994 in village Sinola of Dehradun, Uttarakhand) is an Indian cricketer. She started playing cricket at the age of 7. At 9 she took admission in a cricket club in Dehradun. The club Little Maters Cricket Academy once participated in a local tournament in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. It was a softball cricket tournament. It was her first tournament and luckily she performed well and was awarded with the - Women of the series award. As Uttarakhand was not affiliated with BCCI, she moved to Punjab to play under an affiliated association. In
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Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician) Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is the current President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC). He is a four term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. During the Congress government (2002-2007 & 2012-2017) in Uttarakhand he had served as a Cabinet Minister for Home, Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation in Government of Uttarakhand.He was also elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993. Singh represents Chakrata (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency). He is a member of the Indian National Congress. Singh was born in Virnad
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and one son. Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician) Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is the current President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC). He is a four term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. During the Congress government (2002-2007 & 2012-2017) in Uttarakhand he had served as a Cabinet Minister for Home, Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation in Government of Uttarakhand.He was also elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993. Singh represents Chakrata (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency). He is a member of the Indian National Congress. Singh was
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