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Commemorating the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Posted by Rachael on Apr 14, 2019
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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…
Mahatma Gandhi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Oct 2, 2011
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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…