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History Today: How Mahatma Gandhi launched his first civil disobedience act in South Africa
Fp Explainers •One of the most important events of Mahatma Gandhi's life took place on June 7, 1893 in South Africa. He was forced out of a moving train in Pietermaritzburg, on his way from Durban to Pretoria, due to racial segregation. This led him to launch the his first civil disobedience movement. On this day in 1975, the first Cricket World Cup Test match was started
History Today: How Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March influenced India's freedom struggle
Fp Explainers •March 12, 1930, was the day when Mahatma Gandhi embarked on a journey on foot from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi, a coastal village, to protest against the Salt Act imposed by the British government. The march is one of the earliest examples of nonviolence in India's freedom struggle. On this day in 1894, Coca-Cola was sold in glass bottles for the first time marking a global phenomenon
History Today: Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876
Fp Explainers •On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell changed the face of communication technology with the invention of the telephone. He transmitted the first message to his assistant Thomas Watson. On this day in 1959, the Tibetan Revolt took place where thousands of Tibetans took to the streets as a mark of protest against the Chinese invasion
History Today: When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated and there was ‘darkness everywhere’
Fp Explainers •January 30 is Martrys’ Day in India. In 1948, as Mahatma Gandhi emerged for his evening prayers at New Delhi’s Birla House, he was shot dead by Nathuram Godse. Nehru famously said in a broadcast, ‘The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere...’
From Nelson Mandela to Barack Obama: How Mahatma Gandhi inspired world leaders
Fp Explainers •It is Mahatma Gandhi’s 155th birth anniversary on Wednesday (October 2). His principles of non-violence and Satyagraha have resonated beyond India. Several world figures, including American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr and ex-South African President Nelson Mandela, have gained from Bapu’s teachings
How India celebrated its first Independence Day 77 years ago
Fp Explainers •On the eve of independence, India’s top political leaders gathered in the Constituent Assembly Hall where Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his famous ‘Tryst with destiny’ speech. Thousands assembled in Delhi to mark the occasion, with the city celebrating with the orange, white and green – the colours of the national flag
From the sepoy mutiny to Quit India, the key movements that shaped India’s freedom struggle
Sayli Dhodapkar •As India celebrates its 78th Independence Day, we take a look back at the pivotal struggles that paved the way to freedom for India. From the Sepoy Mutiny to Non-Cooperation and Quit India, each of these movements played a crucial role in dismantling the nearly two-centuries-long British colonial rule and giving India its independence
I-Day trivia in graphics | Did you know India did not have a national anthem on Aug 15, 1947?
Fp Explainers •Brush up your history as India prepares to celebrate Independence Day. Here are lesser-known facts about the Tricolour, national anthem and more
Bombay High Court grants relief to Rahul Gandhi in RSS defamation case
Fp Staff •The Bombay High Court granted Rahul Gandhi relief by quashing a magistrate court order allowing belated evidence in the RSS defamation case against him for alleged remarks implicating the organisation in Mahatma Gandhi's assassination
Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Italy vandalised by Khalistanis ahead of PM Modi's visit
Fp Staff •The Khalistani terrorists also made graffiti on the base of the statue and wrote a reference to Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India has taken up the matter with relevant Italian authorities, said Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra during a media interaction.