Some of the causes for Indian independence. 1. Lacs of Indian soldiers were returning to India from the theaters of world war. Proved their worth in WW & British were tensed how they gonna act in India now. 2. Naval ranks’ mutiny & the support they got from people & army.
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3. INA trials- British portrayed what Azad Hind Fauz did in North east as treason. Indians strongly opposed it. Ultimately, British couldn’t hang INA soldiers. They knew now things were not in their control. 4. Gandhi’s old age- Tilak’s death was used by Gandhi to launch a
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massive movement. Gandhi’s death anytime soon after WW could give such opportunity to Congress. It could be a violent movement against British people in India. 5. Mounting pressure from USA & USSR- Both capitalism & communism strongly hates imperialism/colonialism. British
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blocked a huge chunk of world market & sea routes by making colonies. USA helped Britain in war for a promise to leave colonies free. 6. Azad Hind Fauz’s assault & will to fight against Britain. Was just a matter of time that Indian Army would have revolted against Britain.
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7. Pride of Asia-Japan humiliated British Navy in Indian Ocean & sunk all of its imp vessels. 8. Gandhi traveled whole country repeatedly & made a massive cadre of commoners who wanted independence at all costs. 9. Boiling pot of Hindu-Muslim skirmishes. Could go worst.
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10. Earlier Indian princely states were largely free from demand of Independence. The forces of Rajas could be used against revolt in provinces in emergency. But after 1940, even People from princely states demanded independence. Bloody protests were breaking in such states.
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11. Effect of 1935 GOI act. Act tried to unite princely states with provinces as some form of responsible govt. but princely states didn’t agree. British saw this as a betrayal & after this they made distance from princely states. 12. Aggressive stance of congress & ML.
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13. Britain lost huge forces & ships in world war. Wasn’t feasible to control such a large country like India with what they had. 14. Lastly, of course the actual woke commoners of India who were ready to do anything for independence. Millions of men & women who came
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forward to help the cause. Without them, nothing could be possible. They not only fought for independence but also made efforts after achieving freedom to make India shine in world. The blood of Punjabis & Bengalis during partition is the price we paid for partition. They
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also deserve the credit. World thought that we cannot govern ourselves w/o white men. We showed the world our capabilities by producing our great constitution & conducting First election with adult franchise. Not an easy task for such a poor & oppressed nation.
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We Rajasthanis sit silently and create no nuisance in peace of India. 1. Our language is not recognised by Constitution. That means 4-5 crore people are away from legal aid, govt offices and mentally feel less educated.
2. Our Northern states do not give us our water.
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3. Madhya Pradesh goes to court when we want to create a dam on Chambal river for drinking water supply of 13 districts.
4. Our resources are stolen by mining Mafia every day.
5. Our southern state Gujarat is not giving us a canal route to Arabian Sea.
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All these things affect me and my people of Rajasthan. Yet, we never stand and challenge Indian union like that stupid Amritpal.
You all in other states do not even care about our problems. Yet we say Padharo Mhare Desh. Lacs of Bihari students study here.
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Arjun got a job of night watchman at a famous school. 6 PM to 6 AM, it was an easy job. He found out that he was the only guard at a school this big. It was unusual, but perhaps cameras and busy locality is enough deterrent for thieves, he thought.
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Arjun made first round of school as night engulfed the city. Buildings like schools are clanking at day but as silent as a morgue in night. Arjun was closing the lights behind him after ensuring everything was all right. Classrooms, alleys, auditoriums, and the playground.
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Then he went to guard’s room and browsed youtube while having his dinner. Night was getting darker, he was not habitual of staying awake at nights. It was his first day after all! He dozed off. Around 2 AM, he woke up by the noise. Loud noise coming from the school.
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Do you know about Justice Radha Binod Pal or have watched miniseries Tokyo Trial on Netflix? It’s one of the less spoken works of Irrfan Khan.
What exactly was Tokyo Trial?
Let me give you some background first.
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After the World War 2 ended, Allied powers decided to legally punish Nazi officers and organisations as war criminals. They set a joint Military Tribunal and started trials called Nuremberg Trials. The verdicts and arbitrariness of the Nuremberg trials became controversial.
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So, when Japan surrendered, Allied nations again set a military tribunal to punish Japanese war criminals. There were many hidden reasons for this “Tokyo trial”.
1. To give legitimacy to controversial Nuremberg trial. 2. Act like just powers to punish crime legally.
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Allama Iqbal, arguably among the greatest poet of modern times wrote Shikwa in 1909. The poem was hated by muslims and a blasphemy case was registered on him.
But, there are parts in poems which are anti hindu in letter.
In this, he wants everyone in India to become muslim.
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In this line, there is a historical reference to destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni. It is said that he was offered money to spare the Shiva idol but he destroyed it with a hammer.
When top writer of Urdu was doing this, cannot even talk about others.
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But then, Iqbal is also the maker of the famous revolutionary song “Saare jahaan se achcha, Hindostan hamara.”
He made sure that he corrupted even that with religious overtone. Later version of Saare Jahaan se achcha, starts with these lines.
It is a common question. So, let me tell you why is the problem and ignorance towards Urdu.
1. In mid 19th century, Mughal Empire ended and all of its bureaucracy, employees started Urdu movement. In that, they wanted Urdu as official language.
2. Then Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and others turned Urdu into a religious identity of Muslims. All muslim organisations supported it.
3. Simultaneously, Hindi movement was going on. Urdu supporters called Urdu as sophisticated language and Hindi the vulgar form.
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4. Then came Muslim League in picture which again pushed for Urdu identity of Muslims.
5. In 2 nation theory, the language difference was emphasised. The use of Urdu by muslims was shown as symbol of different muslim nation. Obviously, it created a wedge in society.
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