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Memories of Panditji
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
... last twenty years, Canada. Much before I was born in 1950, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was my father’s political hero. Once when, as a child, I referred to him as Nehru, Dad corrected me, and said ... Monday, 16 June 2014 -
My Discovery of India -2
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
T.S. Nagarajan (b.1932) is a noted photojournalist whose works have been exhibited and published widely in India and abroad. After a stint with the Government of India as Director of the Photo Division ... Saturday, 26 May 2012 -
Shimla Conference 1945 to discuss India's Independence
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
Shimla Conference 1945 between Viceroy and various Indian leaders to discuss India's Independence Another report Another report on Shimla Conference 1945 A newspaper ... Tuesday, 21 February 2012 -
Acceptance of India's Partition by Indian leaders - June 3 1947
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
Editor's note: The Viceroy met with several Indian leaders on June 3, 1947. The minutes of that meeting are attached below. Source:http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indiapakistan/partition6/index.html ... Saturday, 18 February 2012 -
Acceptance of India's Partition by Indian leaders - June 2 1947
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
In the photograph, at the table, from left to right: Abdul Rab Nishtar, Sardar Baldev Singh, Acharya Kriplani, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, and Liaqat Ali Khan. ... Saturday, 18 February 2012 -
A meeting with Prime Minister Nehru
Category: Stories/The Unforgettable
... and have his food laid on the dining table." It was the month of Ramzan and Shah Nawaz was a strict practising Muslim. And Jawaharlal Nehru, who made no secret of his agnosticism, sent his daughter, ... Wednesday, 11 January 2012 -
Youthful days in India
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
John was born in East Yorkshire, England on 21 August 1937. After studying in India, he became a Cadet Officer in a well-known shipping company, the British India Steam Navigation Company. He migrated ... Thursday, 24 February 2011 -
There Were A Million Revellers That Night – First Independence Day
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
Dr. Kadri, a surgeon, lives in New Zealand. He was a third-year medical student in August 1947. Editor's note: This article originally appeared on http://posterous.com/site/profile/munirsmemories ... Thursday, 10 February 2011 -
Independence Day 1947, Delhi
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
... set that night, and missed listening to Jawaharlal Nehru's famous ‘Tryst with Destiny' speech and to the proceedings in the Constituent Assembly, heralding the advent of freedom at midnight. The first ... Thursday, 19 February 2009 -
Nehru's Tryst with Destiny
Category: Videos/Audio / Video
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Tryst with Destiny speech at the midnight of August 14, 1947 to India's Constituent Assembly (precursor to Parliament). Click here for the full text. ... Sunday, 21 December 2008 -
Tryst with Destiny by Jawaharal Nehru
Category: Stories/Major Events Pre-1950
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Tryst with Destiny speech at the midnight of August 14, 1947 to India's Constituent Assembly (precursor to Parliament). Long years ago we made a tryst ... Sunday, 21 October 2007