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India’s Statue of Unity Posted by Nitya on Nov 12, 2018
India’s newest claim to fame is the Statue of Unity which was unveiled and inaugurated (udghaatan karna/उद्घाटन करना) by Prime Minister (pradhaan mantri/प्रधान मंत्री) Narendra Modi on October 31, 2018. The Statue of Unity is a statue (pratima/प्रतिमा) of Vallabhbhai Patel, who hailed from India’s western state of Gujarat. Vallabhbhai Patel was a barrister (vakeel/वकील)…
Mahatma Gandhi Posted by Nitin Kumar on Oct 2, 2011
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…