Gandhiji

August 9: 70 years of Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement launched By MK Gandhi and the Indian National Congress in August 1942.

The call for determined but passive resistance was issued on August 8 in Bombay when the Congress adopted the historic 'Quit India Resolution' which declared among other things that the immediate ending of the British rule in India was an urgent necessity. Gandhiji declared: "Let every Indian consider himself to be a free man ... Mere going to jail would not do."

The British were quick to act. Almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership, and not just at the national level, was imprisoned early morning next day i.e August 9. The numbers according to certain sources were around 60,000. Many of them were released only after the War ended in 1945.

The failure of the Cripps' Mission and the uncertainties about World War II that was still hanging in the balance presented Indian leaders to put pressure on the British rulers. In 1942, the Japanese forces were knocking on India's doors in Burma. Gandhiji though it was the right time to raise the 'Quit India' slogan....more

04:30 PM, Aug 09, 2012

A day in the life of Anna Hazare

by Shoaib Ahmed,CNN-IBN

Ralegaon Siddhi: Social Activist Anna Hazare is being called the country's man of the moment for making the government bend to his demands over combating corruption. CNN-IBN spent a day with him to find out more about the man. Social activist Anna Hazare wakes up at 5:30 in the morning and exercises. "That's why even at the age of 73 years, I am not suffering from any disease," said Anna...

08:39 PM, Apr 15, 2011

Nation pays homage to Mahatma on Martyrs' Day

by IANS

New Delhi: India on Sunday paid homage to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi with prayer meetings and floral tributes on his 63rd death anniversary observed as Martyrs' Day. It was on January 30, 1948 that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi. The day commenced with 2-minute's silence at 11 am, followed by prayer meetings at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Hundreds of students chanted devotional songs...

12:23 PM, Jan 30, 2011