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Whose Birthday is celebrated as Vesaka ?

March 5th, 2011 | Comment

The birth of Buddha is celebrated as Vesaka in some countries. In India it is Buddha Purnima. Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, a little principality of Kapilvastu in modern day Nepal. His childhood name was Siddhartha. He was son of Shuddodhana a leader of the shakya clan.

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Who were the first and second Individual Satyagrahis?

December 29th, 2010 | Comment

Mahatma Gandhi had selected Vonoba Bhave in October 1940 as first Satyagrahi. Jawahar Lal Nehru was the second individual Satyagrahi who was arrested on October 31, 1940 and then released in 1941.

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What was Gandhi Irwin Pact?

September 3rd, 2010 | Comment

This pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931. Salient features of this act were as following:
1. The Congress would participate in the Round Table Conference.
2. The Congress would discontinue the Civil Disobedience Movement.
3. The Government would withdraw all ordinances issued to curb the Congress.
4. The Government would withdraw all prosecutions relating to offenses other than violent one.The Government would release all persons undergoing sentences of imprisonment for their activities in the civil disobedience movement.

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