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On Rakesh Sharma's Birthday, Clip Of "Sare Jahan Se Accha" Floods Twitter
Rakesh Sharma turned 72 today. The astronaut made history by becoming the first Indian to travel to space. On the astronaut's birthday, a video clip of the famous conversation with former prime minister Indira Gandhi is being widely shared on Twitter.
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BJP Leaders' Messages On Twitter Marking 45 Years Of Emergency
Emergency in India, 1975: Several BJP leaders today put out posts on social media to mark 45 years of the Emergency declared by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
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Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman Second Woman To Present Union Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today became only the second women in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget.
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Blog: Why Modi 2019 Is Not Indira 1971
There's no parallel between Indira Gandhi's wave election in 1971 and the coming Lok Sabha polls. Indira was riding on economic populism, Modi is trying to capitalise on anti-Pakistan nationalist fervour. Will war clouds on the western front help him tide over the bad news coming daily on the economic front? If he manages to pull it off, he would h...
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Political Leaders Pay Tribute To Indira Gandhi On 101st Birth Anniversary
India's former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was born today, on November 19 in the year 1917 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad.
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As Idukki Reservoir Swells, Gates Are Opened For 3rd Time In Its History
More gates of the Idukki reservoir in Kerala were opened today because of incessant rain, which has taken 26 lives. The shutters of the Cheruthoni dam - which is one of the dams in the reservoir - were opened for the first time in 26 years yesterday, with the water levels in the reservoir dangerously close to full capacity.
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Emergency Darkest Phase In India's Democratic History: Goa Chief Minister
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar described the imposition of Emergency in 1975 as the "darkest phase in the democratic history" of India.
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34 Years On, A Brief History About Operation Bluestar, And Why It Was Carried Out
In the first week of June, 1984, the Indian military carried out an operation within the premises of the Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple. The operation, which was carried out under the orders of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, was done so to save the sanctity of the holy site by flushing out the Sikh extremist religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhi...
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Congress Frowns As BJP Plans To Hold Quiz On Deendayal Upadhyay In UP
The Congress has accused the BJP of attempting to "distort" the glorious history of the country in the garb of a quiz on RSS icon Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
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Drop 'Defamatory References' To Indira, Rajiv Gandhi In Textbook: Congress
The Maharashtra Legislative Council witnessed an uproar on Monday with the Congress demanding removal of certain sections on former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from the state board's history textbook for class IX.
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Indu Sarkar Preview: All Systems Go For Madhur Bhandarkar's Emergency-Themed Drama
Indu Sarkar is a fictionalised portrayal of the controversial period from the pages of Indian political history and is narrated by the character played by actress Kirti Kulhari
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Why India, Pakistan Stake Claim To Rataul Mango's Luscious Legacy
It's called Anwar Rataul in Pakistan and Rataul in India, both named after a town in Uttar Pradesh, but this variety of mango had people in the two countries fighting for ownership of its legacy. And the dramatis personae in this little bite of history were none other than Pakistan president Zia ul Haq and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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'Indira Rule Worse Than British': Bihar Website Edited As Congress Fumes
The history of Bihar as told by a state government website has hastily been edited after it was highlighted that it made an unflattering assessment of Indira Gandhi's rule at the Centre in the 1970s.
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Angry Congress Attacks PM Narendra Modi, Says Indira Gandhi Ignored
Congress today attacked the Narendra Modi government for the way it marked the death anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi while the ruling BJP wondered if that party prefers to see history through the "perspective" of Nehru-Gandhi family.
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In Tribute to Sardar Patel, PM Narendra Modi Says 'Don't Divide History and Legacy on Ideologies'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a "Run for Unity" and then briskly walked down Rajpath in the heart of Delhi on Friday morning with thousands of participants in a tribute to independent India's first home minister and his hero Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 139th birth anniversary, being celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unit...
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On Rakesh Sharma's Birthday, Clip Of "Sare Jahan Se Accha" Floods Twitter
Rakesh Sharma turned 72 today. The astronaut made history by becoming the first Indian to travel to space. On the astronaut's birthday, a video clip of the famous conversation with former prime minister Indira Gandhi is being widely shared on Twitter.
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BJP Leaders' Messages On Twitter Marking 45 Years Of Emergency
Emergency in India, 1975: Several BJP leaders today put out posts on social media to mark 45 years of the Emergency declared by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
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Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman Second Woman To Present Union Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today became only the second women in the history of independent India to present the Union Budget. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the first and only women till now to have presented the Union Budget.
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Blog: Why Modi 2019 Is Not Indira 1971
There's no parallel between Indira Gandhi's wave election in 1971 and the coming Lok Sabha polls. Indira was riding on economic populism, Modi is trying to capitalise on anti-Pakistan nationalist fervour. Will war clouds on the western front help him tide over the bad news coming daily on the economic front? If he manages to pull it off, he would h...
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Political Leaders Pay Tribute To Indira Gandhi On 101st Birth Anniversary
India's former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was born today, on November 19 in the year 1917 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad.
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As Idukki Reservoir Swells, Gates Are Opened For 3rd Time In Its History
More gates of the Idukki reservoir in Kerala were opened today because of incessant rain, which has taken 26 lives. The shutters of the Cheruthoni dam - which is one of the dams in the reservoir - were opened for the first time in 26 years yesterday, with the water levels in the reservoir dangerously close to full capacity.
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Emergency Darkest Phase In India's Democratic History: Goa Chief Minister
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar described the imposition of Emergency in 1975 as the "darkest phase in the democratic history" of India.
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34 Years On, A Brief History About Operation Bluestar, And Why It Was Carried Out
In the first week of June, 1984, the Indian military carried out an operation within the premises of the Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple. The operation, which was carried out under the orders of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, was done so to save the sanctity of the holy site by flushing out the Sikh extremist religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhi...
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Congress Frowns As BJP Plans To Hold Quiz On Deendayal Upadhyay In UP
The Congress has accused the BJP of attempting to "distort" the glorious history of the country in the garb of a quiz on RSS icon Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
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Drop 'Defamatory References' To Indira, Rajiv Gandhi In Textbook: Congress
The Maharashtra Legislative Council witnessed an uproar on Monday with the Congress demanding removal of certain sections on former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from the state board's history textbook for class IX.
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Indu Sarkar Preview: All Systems Go For Madhur Bhandarkar's Emergency-Themed Drama
Indu Sarkar is a fictionalised portrayal of the controversial period from the pages of Indian political history and is narrated by the character played by actress Kirti Kulhari
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Why India, Pakistan Stake Claim To Rataul Mango's Luscious Legacy
It's called Anwar Rataul in Pakistan and Rataul in India, both named after a town in Uttar Pradesh, but this variety of mango had people in the two countries fighting for ownership of its legacy. And the dramatis personae in this little bite of history were none other than Pakistan president Zia ul Haq and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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'Indira Rule Worse Than British': Bihar Website Edited As Congress Fumes
The history of Bihar as told by a state government website has hastily been edited after it was highlighted that it made an unflattering assessment of Indira Gandhi's rule at the Centre in the 1970s.
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Angry Congress Attacks PM Narendra Modi, Says Indira Gandhi Ignored
Congress today attacked the Narendra Modi government for the way it marked the death anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi while the ruling BJP wondered if that party prefers to see history through the "perspective" of Nehru-Gandhi family.
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In Tribute to Sardar Patel, PM Narendra Modi Says 'Don't Divide History and Legacy on Ideologies'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a "Run for Unity" and then briskly walked down Rajpath in the heart of Delhi on Friday morning with thousands of participants in a tribute to independent India's first home minister and his hero Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 139th birth anniversary, being celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unit...
