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Commemorating the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Posted by on Apr 14, 2019

This past Saturday, April 13th, marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre (हत्याकांड/hatyaakaand) at Jallianwala Bagh (जलियांवाला बाग़, baag=garden) that occurred on this date in the year 1919. It was in this public garden (बाग़/baag, बग़ीचा/bageechaa) in Amritsar (in the then-province of Punjab) that General Reginald Dyer, an officer in the British Indian Army, directed…

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Mahatma Gandhi Posted by on Oct 2, 2011

Mahatma Gandhi in South America

Mahatma Gandhi is the father of our nation, India and today is his 142th birth anniversary. He was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a greatest leader and freedom fighter in Indian freedom movement. He founded many of biggest freedom movements…

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