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BIOGRAPHY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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R abindranath Tagore was born in calcutta, india into a wealthy Brahmin family. after a brief stay in England (1878) to attempt to study law , he returned to India, and instead pursued a career as a writer, playewright, songwriter, poet , philosopher and educator. During the first 51 years of hs life he achieved some success in the Calcutta area of India where he was born and raised with his many stories, songs, and plays . His short stories were published monthly in friend's magazine and he even played the lead role in a few of the public performance of his plays.  This all suddenly changed in 1912. he then returned to England for the first time since is failed attempt at law school as a teenager. Now a man of 51, he was accompanied by his son . On the way over to England he began translating , for the first time , his latest selection of poems , Gitanjali , into English. Almost all of his work prior to that time had been written in his native tongue of Bengali. He decided...

SHORT HISTORY OF INDIPENDENCE DAY

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I ndia became an independent nation following the famous non-violence resistance and civil disobedience movement initiated by the Indian National Congress and carried out nation wide. With the Hindu and Muslim community always at odds and violence and riots breaking out, the British leaders finally decided to relieve India from their clasps in June 1948. However, the viceroy after having decided to withdraw and bring an end to the British Raj in India decided to move up the proceeding after seeing the state and the uncontrollable chaos, riots and upheaval in India and the continuous demands for a separate Muslim state. Struggle for Independence in IndiaIn June 1947, Muslim  League and the Congress Party decided to partition India along religious lines. Thus, on the 14th of August, Punjab  was divided and a new separate nation, Pakistan was born. On 15th August, 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru read out his famous speech “Tryst with Destiny” at midnight announcing India...