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6 SYNERGY: Not just the Poonawalla brothers, several other Parsis have participated in the development and distribution of the Covid vaccine. PTI
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Former Administrator, Diplomat and Governor
Leaving politicians and cricketers aside, Adar Poonawalla is easily among the most prominent and popular names in India today.
Why, even perhaps in the world.
Given the pandemic, it is only natural that someone who has led an inter-continental initiative for getting a vaccine onto the world’s health map should become famous.
But not everyone who has now become familiar with the name will immediately connect it with the Parsi community. This minuscule Gujarati-speaking population of Persian descent which claims no more than about 61,000 souls in India (out of a world total of just 1.2 lakh) has led India in fields of national magnitude and moment atomic science, industry, law, education, banking, medicine, music, literature, sport, architecture and over-
Posted on February 1st, 2021
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando
At the very
inception, the ‘Ceylonese’ race descended from an Aryan stock towards the 5th
century BC. Historians believe that the
natives in ‘Ceylon,’ before the invasion by Aryans were race called Yaksa Clan
and the whole Island was governed according to a caste system that prevailed at
the time. Mahavamsa revels that Prince Vijaya, from Western India, with his
entourage, imposed themselves on the native population of Ceylon, with the help
of Kuveni, and settled down in various parts of the Island.
Paddy
cultivation was the leading agricultural farming in India during the 5th
Updated Feb 04, 2021 | 15:40 IST
Independent India is witnessing what the British rule must have been like during the freedom struggle, says Congress leader after UP govt denies permission for farmers mahapanchayat tomorrow in Shamli. File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing farmers protest against the Central government s new agri laws, Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao on Thursday launched a scathing attack on BJP s top leadership calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the modern-day Viceroy Chelmsford and Union Home Minister Amit Shah General Dyer .
While sharing a news article which says that the Yogi Adityanath government has not granted permission for farmers mahapanchayat tomorrow in UP s Shamli, the Congress leader said independent India is witnessing what the British rule must have been like during the freedom struggle.
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January 26, 2021 | Reported By : Ashok Bhan
The Indian self-rule movement was a mass-based movement that
encompassed various sections of society. It also underwent a process of
constant ideological evolution. Although the underlying ideology of the
campaign was anti-colonial, it was supported by a vision of independent
economic development coupled with a secular, democratic, republican, and
civil-libertarian political structure. After the 1930s, the movement took on a
strong socialist orientation. The work of these various movements ultimately
led to the Indian Independence Act 1947, which ended the suzerainty in India,
and the creation of Pakistan. India remained a Dominion of the Crown until 26