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Narendra Modi - Biography with Embedded Videos

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10 May 2014 - Latest Biography sketch of Narendra Modi on a TV Channel - Newsxlive

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Date of Birth  17 September 1950

Narendra Modi - Brief Biography

Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on September 17, 1950, at Vadnagar, Northern Mehsana District Gujarat. Narendra Modi completed his schooling in Vadnagar.

Modi started as a Tea-Seller on Ahmedabad Bus Station.

He joined Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) and by working sincerely to achieve the objectives of the organization as a full time member, termed as pracharak, he became a secretary in Bharatiya Janata Party. From there, he joined the Government of Gujarat as Chief Minister.  He won three elections in Gujarat as Chief Minister and today, he is the Prime Minister Candidate of BJP in the forthcoming elections for Lok Sabha. Despite his poor economic background and social status as a member of other backward caste, he achieved something many Indians at his social level could not. In the process he also brought respect to his organization RSS. RSS was accused of upper caste bias. The elevation of Modi due to his personal achievement first demolishes that accusation. Modi was supported by RSS in his efforts. Due to Modi's success, many more RSS pracharaks can now come into more active social and political life and can dream of something big.

Narendra Modi is now the PM Candidate for Bharatiya Janata Party for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

A Bollywood biopic may come on Modi - 22 August 2013
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-22/news-interviews/41436641_1_narendra-modi-boxer-mary-kom-general-elections

Narendra Modi - Life and Times - Details

Modi's father ran a teashop at the Vadnagar railway station and Modi used to help his father in the mornings at the railway station, and when the bell rang at the school, he used to cross the railway track to reach the class. Modi started selling tea in helping his father when he was six years old.  Thel tea was sold to passengers whenever an odd train came into the small Vadnagar station.


On Diwali day in 1958, Narendra Modi presented himself as a bal swayamsevak (child member of RSS) to Vakil Saheb, a state level functionary in RSS in Vadnagar Shakha.

Modi attended Bhagavatacharya Narayanacharya High School, a co-ed Gujarati-medium institution situated at the entrance to the old city of Vadnagar.

At age of 18, Modi decided to set off and wander in the Himalayas. The only source of information for Modi’s travels during this time is Modi himself:  His family had no idea of his whereabouts.After two years, he returned and moved to  Ahmedabad and work at his uncle Babubhai’s canteen at the city bus stand.

Thus, Modi started his career as a Tea-Seller on Ahmedabad Bus Station. He began work in the staff canteen of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). subsequent to this, he set up his own teacart on a cycle near Geeta Mandir. Some pracharaks used to have tea at his cart after they returned from their morning shakha

Soon he wound up his teacart and moved to the RSS State Headquarters Hedgewar Bhawan as an assistant.  His daily routine, according to Modi himself was  making tea and breakfast for the pracharaks in the morning, cleaning up the entire building, consisting of eight or nine rooms and washing the clothes of  Vakil Saheb (State Prachark).

He stayed there till he became a full–time pracharak of the RSS. Modi became a pracharak in the RSS in 1971.


As a prachark, he was given charge of Sangh's student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), in Gujarat.  Modi was appointed as the RSS pracharak in-charge for Gujarat of the Sangh’s student front, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a position he held through the Emergency. Modi organised agitations and covert distribution of Sangh's pamphlets during the Emergency.

During emergency, Modi graduated in political science from Delhi University  After emergency, he completed M.A. in political science as an external student from Gujarat University.

Modi worked as a ''pracharak'' in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh where people remember him as a docile and humble man.

Narendra Modi's abilities and leadership qualities were seen in the early days of his student life when he became the student leader of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad.  He played a prominent role in the anticorruption movement in 1974 in Gujarat.

During the anti emergency movement, Modi successfully stayed underground and organized number of activities. His abilities were recognized by many during this period.

In 1978, one year after the end of the Emergency, Modi was appointed as the RSS pracharak in-charge for six districts in central Gujarat. Three years later, at the young age of 31, he was promoted  to become the liaison between the Sangh and all its frontal organisations across the whole of Gujarat.

Modi worked as a ''pracharak'' in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh where people remember him as a docile and humble man.

in 1987, when he was appointed as the organisation secretary for Gujarat. Thus, he entered politics in 1987 by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.  He was responsible for the success of BJP in Ahmedabad Municipal Elections.

Within a year, he was elevated to the level of General Secretary of the Gujarat unit of the party. BJP organised a series of roadshows, beginning with two statewide campaigns in which Modi played a key behind-the-scenes role: the Nyay Yatra in 1987 and the Lok Shakti Rath Yatra in 1989. In 1990, when the BJP president LK Advani began his Ayodhya Rath Yatra from the Somnath Temple in Gujarat, Modi facilitated the first stretch of the campaign.  Modi received his first national assignment, as the organiser of the Ekta (Unity) Yatra undertaken by the BJP’s President Murli Manohar Joshi from  the southern tip of Tamil Nadu to Srinagar.

In 1995 he was made the National Secretary of the party in-charge of five major states in India – a rare distinction. He traveled extensively through out the world, which helped him to develop a global perspective.

During his tenure in New Delhi as the BJP''s national spokesman in the late 1990s, he went to the US for a three-month course on public relations and image management. He is a good learner and his course on public relations now helps him to get the publicity he desires.

In 1998, a few days after Atal Bihari Vajpayee took office as prime minister, Modi was promoted to the post of the national party’s organisation secretary: the bridge between the BJP and the RSS for all of India.

In 2001, BJP  entrusted him with the responsibility of taking over as the CM of Gujarat.  On 7 October 2001, Modi was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat.  "For the RSS, Modi’s installation was a significant accomplishment: for the first time in its history, a fulltime pracharak had become a chief minister," wrote a magazine. He won elections in Gujarat as chief minister in 2002, 2007 and 2012 and He is the Chief Minister of Gujarat now.

On 13 September, 2013, the Parliamentary Board of BJP declared him to be the PM Candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections


Under Modi, there was high growty in agriculture in Gujarat. In their book, High Growth Trajectory and Structural Changes in Gujarat Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) professors Ravindra Dholakia and Samar Datta explained Gujarat’s agricultural success thus: “It is fully endogenous, systematically led by long-term vision and comprehensive strategy requiring solid commitment and dedication to the cause, political will to pursue market-oriented reforms of policies and institutions, interdepartmental and inter-ministerial coordination and cooperation, and a responsive and entrepreneurial farming community.”

Narendra Modi's Activities during Emergency

Due to Janta Morcha govt headed by Babubhai Patel in Gujarat,  people did not face the tremendous excesses of Emergency in Gujarat. Many activists had come and stayed in Gujarat and worked for restoring democracy in the country.
Like other RSS pracharaks, Narendra Modi  was also assigned the responsibility of making arrangements for the movement, gatherings, meetings, distribution of literature etc. Narendra Modi worked actively with Nathbhai Zagda and Vasant Gajendragadkar.
Congress govt banned RSS and jailed its leaders. Senior RSS leader Keshvrao Deshmukh was arrested in Gujarat.  The moment Modi realized that Keshavrao was arrested, he escorted another senior RSS man Nathalal Zagda to safe place riding him on a scooter.
Also during emergency Mrs. Indira Gandhi had decided to censor the independent press. Several journalists were arrested under MISA and DIR.  It appeared as if there was total blackout of true and correct information. Besides this several prominent political opponents were imprisoned. It appeared that dissemination of information would be impossible. But it was during this time that Narendrabhai and several RSS pracharaks took responsibility of fulfilling this herculean task. Narendra Modi  used innovative ways to spread information and distribute literature.

Since RSS was banned,   RSS leaders asked swayamsevaks become members Jan Sangharsh Samitis and carry on activities. It was at this time Narendrabhai felt the need to support the families of those swayamsevaks who had decided to contribute fully for the movement. Narendra Modi bhai took the initiative of identifying people who would support the families of swayamsevaks. Modi  conducted the anti emergency movement successfully remaining underground. Many confidential meetings were organized in Maninagar and Narendra Modi did this task wonderfully.

Members of  Jan Sangharsh Samiti used to do public reading of Constitution, law and other literature to inform people. Like many other RSS pracharaks, Narendra Modi  also provided support to Jan Sangharsh Samiti.

Narendra Modi was also involved in supplying information to leaders who were imprisoned by the govt. He was master of disguise and despite there was risk of his arrest he used to disguise and went to prison and supplied crucial information to leaders in jail. Not even once could the police recognize Narendrabhai.  In those days a magazine named ‘Sadhna’ decided to show courage against emergency and censorship. Narendra Modi promoted the circulation of Sadhna.

In days of emergency pracharaks of RSS including Narendrbhai were instrumental in many movements against the excesses of the Indira govt. In those days RSS supported Sangharsh Samiti organized ‘MuktiJyoti’ yatra. It was bicycle yatra in which many pracharaks participated and took out this yatra on cycle and went from one place to another spreading message of democracy.

It was in emergency only that  people became aware of brilliant skills of Narendra Modi. While he worked as selfless pracharak,  he also ensured that organization and other pracharaks didn’t face financial problem. Modi also ensured that true and correct information about excesses of emergence also reach to Indians living in other countries. Today we all have experienced the benefits of good governance of Narendrabhai but it is also important to acknowledge his contribution as a selfless karyakarta in emergency.

Source: http://www.narendramodi.in/emergency-gujarat-and-narendra-modi/

Narendra Modi - Election Campaigns

Ahmedabad Municipal Election Campaign

In 1987, Ahmedabad Municipal elections, Modi showed his skills in election campaigning.

1995 Gujarat Assembly Election

Working together, Modi, Vaghela and Patel mobilised more than 150,000 workers from the RSS, VHP and ABVP for a training programme just before the elections in February 1995, and the effort paid off handsomely. The BJP won 121 seats.

2012 Gujarat Assembly Election

On 17 September 2011, his birthday, Narendra Modi  began a three-day fast in Ahmedabad under the banner of Sadbhavana (goodwill)   On the first day of the fast, full-page advertisements appeared in major newspapers all across the country. That morning, his smiling picture greeted voters in every state, accompanied by a message of goodwill in their mother tongue: there were ads in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Assamese, and Oriya.

At the Ahmedabad fast, Modi announced that he would fast for a single day in each of the state’s 26 districts. He used the Sadbhavana roadshows as a campaign for the assembly elections.

Why Modi Became Darling of BJP and RSS Cadres?

In the past decade, as Modi triumphed in two consecutive elections and the national party suffered two defeats, he became the standard for success in the BJP

Narendra Modi's Campaign Details as Prime Minister Candidate of BJP 

May 2014

8 May 2014
Narendra Modi was denied permission to campaign in a rally in Varanasi city. The district magistrate did not give permission and also delayed permission for other programmes. BJP in protest cancelled all its programmes went ahead with a Dharna in Varanasi and Delhi. Narendra Modi only visited BJP office in Varanasi on that day.  Earlier to his visit to Varanasi, he addressed a rally in Azamgarh and Rohiniya, a part of Varanasi constituency.

5 May 2014
Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Amethi from where Rahul Gandhi is seeking reelection and Smt. Smirti Irani is contesting on BJP ticket.

December 2013

27 December
Narendra Modi was again declared not guilty in 2002 Gujarat riots. Modi wrote a blog post the next day.
This is the first time I am sharing the harrowing ordeal I had gone through in those days at a personal level.
http://www.narendramodi.in/satyameva-jayate-truth-alone-triumphs/

October 2013

6 October 2013  - Completion of 12 years as CM of Gujarat.
Gujarat chief minister Mr. Narendra Modi, who took over the office of chief minister on October 7, 2001, will complete 12 years at the helm of the state’s governance.

September 2013
The Rise of Narendra Modi - IBN Live - 14 September 2013
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13 September
Narendra was declared the PM candidate for the coming Lok Sabha Elections by BJP

Narendra Modi was searched one billion times on Google
http://www.organiser.org/Encyc/2013/9/21/Nation-wants-Modi-PM.aspx?NB=&lang=4&m1=&m2=&p1=&p2=&p3=&p4=&PageType=N

Rally at Chattisgarh
Rally at Rewari, Haryana, addressed Ex Servicemen
Addressed NRIs through video conferencing
25 Sep
Participation in Karyakarta Mahakumbah, Bhopal
26 Sep
Participation in rally at Trichy, Tamil Nadu
27 Sep - Participation in Maa Amritanandamayi Centenary Celebrations
30 Sep 2013  Modi visited Mumbai and he was given a grand reception at Mumbai airport by 25,000 persons.
Modi addressed International Advertising association India Global Marketing Summit.

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The speech was well appreciated by advertising specialists. Sam Balsara said, Modi is a true marketing genius and terrific communicator. He said, if his impromptu views on building brand india could be so well thought then I guess his views on economy, education, rural poor and so on would change the face of India. I think we need to give him a chance.

Subash Kamath of BBH said. He spoke from a branding, advertising and marketing point of view, far more insightfully than many ad gurus.

According Piyush Pandey, without being a marketing person, he wounderfully captured the soul of communication.


July 2013

12 July 2013
Interview with Reuters Correspondents
http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2013/07/12/interview-with-bjp-leader-narendra-modi/
Interesting question
How will you persuade minorities including Muslims to vote for you?
All the citizens, all the voters, are my countrymen. So my basic philosophy is, I don’t address this issue like this. And that is a danger to democracy also. Religion should not be an instrument in your democratic process.


June 2013

9 June 2013

Narendra Modi address after being the responsibility of National Poll Panel Chief
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/full-text-of-narendra-modi-speech/1/279291.html

Rajnath Singh announced that Narendra Modi will be the national poll panel chief for BJP for 2014 lok sabha elections
http://www.narendramodi.in/shri-narendra-modi-appointed-chairman-of-bjp%E2%80%99s-2014-lok-sabha-election-campaign-committee/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-bets-on-modi-for-2014/article4797144.ece
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-09/news/39849895_1_rajnath-singh-bjp-workers-bjp-cadres

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/narendra-modis-future-is-bright-but-it-wont-be-without-obstacles-855681.html


2012

December 2012

26 December 2012
Modi won the Gujarat Elections for the third time and took oath as Chief Minister for the fourth time.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/narendra-modi-gujarat-chief-minister-swear-in-ceremony/1/8491.html


2001
Gujarat chief minister Mr. Narendra Modi, who took over the office of chief minister on October 7, 2001, will complete 12 years at the helm of the state’s governance.


Modi writes poems in Gujarati

Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India  

Narendra Modi As Prime Minister of India - 2014

Narendra Modi As Prime Minister of India - 2015

Budget 2015-16

The budget has innovative features. Supporting and promoting 58 million micro unit entrepreneurs providing employment to 128 million people even though many of them are farmers is a very good idea. Already all of them must have acquired Aadhar cars and also Jan Dhan accounts. Once they are identified as entrepreneurs and the employment they are providing is known,  just encouraging them provide one more job would mean another 50 million jobs. The digital information system will make implementing new schemes more easy as feedback can be obtained faster and instructions can be given faster. It is very nice that Modi proved his ability to influence the entire country very quickly through his jan dhan scheme.  

After Mahatma Gandhi, Modi is the person to influence the mass of the country that way into a positive action when he is not in power and also when he came into power.

Narendra Modi As Prime Minister of India - 2015

PM Narendra Modi at mid-term is good enough for re-election in 2019: Swaminathan Aiyar

By Swaminathan A Aiyar, | Jul 20, 2016,
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/pm-narendra-modi-at-mid-term-is-good-enough-for-re-election-in-2019-swaminathan-aiyar/articleshow/53294995.cms



2024

Ram Temple in Ayodhya was started.

Narendra Modi started as favourite for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Many opinion polls give him 350+ seats fir BJP alone.

BUt things are not that simple. The opposition parties allege EVM manipulation. There are number of issues on which he is being criticized.

Corruption is one such issue.

The Iceberg of Corruption in India - Is It an Issue under Analysis by Public, Social Activists, Politicians and Academicians?

https://guide-india.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-iceberg-of-corruption-in-india-is.html

Narendra Modi - Biography in Hindi - Narendra Modi - Biography in Telugu  - Narendra Modi Biography in Gujarati

Narendra Modi - English Speeches  -  Narendra Modi English Interviews -

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Modi's (BJP's) Social Media and Mobile Campaign

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Foreign Media on Narendra Modi

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323846504579075263628439416.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/indian-vote-off-to-a-violent-start.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/13/india-prime-minister-modi/2810249/
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-13/world/42036802_1_narendra-modi-visa-prime-ministerial-candidate


July 2013
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Baba Ramdeo - Biography

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waist 29 inches.

12 Easy Yoga Poses For Obesity & Weight Loss | Swami Ramdev

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https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Swami_Ramdev_A_Complete_Biography.html?id=-CO_EAAAQBAJ 

V.D. Savarkar - Biography, Thoughts and Contribution

1925

Hindu Rashtra Darshan

Veer Savarkar

Prabhat Prakashan

A Hindu, to sum up the conclusions arrived at, is he who looks upon the land that extends from Sindhu to Sindhu, from the Indus to the seas, as the land of his forefathers, his pitrabhu, who inherited the blood of that race whose first discernible source is traced to the Vedic Saptasindhus, which, on its onward march, assimilated much that was incorporated and ennobling. The Hindus, who inherited and claimed as their own the culture of that race, as expressed chiefly in their common classic language, Sanskrit, and represented by a common history, a common literature, art and architecture, law and jurisprudence, rites and rituals, ceremonies and sacraments, fairs and festivals, and who, above all, address this land, this Sindhustan, as their punyabhu, as the holy land, the land of their saints and seers, of godmen and gurus, the land of piety and pilgrimage. These are the essentials of Hindutva – a common rashtra, a common jaati, and a common sanskriti. All these essentials could best be summed up by stating in brief that they are Hindu to whom Sindhustan is not only a pitrabhu but also a punyabhu.

—Excerpts from this book 

1950

Biography by Dhananjay Keer

Swatantrya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born on Monday, the 28th May 1883, at 10 p.m. at Bhagur, a village near Nasik.

While a junior high-school student, his article on ‘ The Glory of Hindusthan’ appeared in two parts as an editorial in the local paper, Nasik Vaihhav.

After many varied discussions Vinayak won Paranjpe’s followers over to his side, administered to themthe vow, and formed a Patriots’ Group of three members. This Group, established in 1899, soon assumed the shape of a Friends’ Union called ‘ Mitra Mela ’ at the beginning of 1900. Chosen youths of merit and mettle were secretly initiated into this fold.  The Mitra Mela sprouted into the world-famous Abhinava Bharat in 1904, its network was spread over Western and Central India and subsequently its branches in the form of the Ghadr Party resounded in England, France, Germany, America, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Burma with their heroic deeds and risings like the Komagata Maru episode. The aimand ideal of the Mitra Mela was absolute political Independence of India, and it emphatically asserted that such an independence could be won, if need be, by an armed revolt. Its watchward was instruction and insurrection.

At Ferguson College,  a Savarkar group was formed. This band of purposeful youths captured almost all departments of the college institutions from the Dining Club to the Library. It was a patriots’ group, studious, thoughtful, sober, aspiring and yet greatly obliging. The group started a hand-written weekly named the Aryan Weekly, in which Savarkar often wrote illuminating articles on patriotism, literature, history and science with ease and elegance. Some of the thought-provoking articles from this weekly found their way even into local weeklies and newspapers of Poona. One of those brilliant articles of Savarkar was “ Saptapadi ” in which he had dealt with the seven stages of evolution that have to be gone through by a subject nation.

While at college he had convened in 1904 a meeting of some two hundred selected members of the Mitra Mela. In an atmosphere fueled with grandeur and religiosity, the name of the Revolutionary Party was changed from the Mitra Mela to the Abhinava Bharat. Now the party  girded up its loins to extend its political and revolutionary activities and influence, spread its net all over India, and assume the responsibility of a revolution on an all-Bharat scale.

About this time news came to India that Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varnia, then resident of London, offered scholarships for Indian students desiring to study in Europe. Giving a brief sketch of his career Savarkar proceeds in his application : “ Independence and Liberty I look upon as the very pulse and breath of nation. From my boyhood, dear sir, upto this moment of my youth, the loss of Independence of my country- and the possibility of regaining it form the only theme of which I dreamt by night and on which I mused by day.”

Pandit Shyamji Krishna Verma signed  an agreement before Tilak and awared Savarkar  a sum of Rs. 400 through him as the first instalment of the Shivaji Scholarship. His comrades and devotees gave him in Bombay a hearty sendoff on June 9, 1906, and the steamer Persia, left Bombay on her great voyage with the prince of Indian Revolutionaries on her deck for the consummation of his great vision, great aim and great deeds.

Savarkar reached London in the first week of July 1906, and took his lodgings at the India House founded by Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma. In due course Savarkar was admitted to Gray’s Inn, one of the four Iims of Court in London, Pandit Shyamji, had established a Home Rule Society and the India House during the first quarter of 1905. 

In 1907 he entrusted the management of the India House entirely to Savarkar and left for Paris.

In Port Blair jail, Savarkar persuaded the prisoners to write their letters in the provincial languages or conveniently in Hindi and to write their complaints, answers, or applications in Hindi so that the necessity and urgency of Nagari-knowing Munshis should be felt increasingly. The effect was tremendous. Formerly ninety per cent of the letters from and to the Andamans were in Urdu, a few years after the arrival of Savarkar the tables were turned and the ratio was in the reverse order. Some distinguished prisoners from the Punjab, who had composed their poetry in Urdu, got themselves accustomed to the Nagari Hindi and re-wrote their poems in Hindi

https://archive.org/stream/dli.bengal.10689.13532/10689.13532_djvu.txt

Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924

Vikram Sampath

Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 16-Aug-2019 - Literary Collections - 624 pages

As the intellectual fountainhead of the ideology of Hindutva, which is in political ascendancy in India today, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is undoubtedly one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. Accounts of his eventful and stormy life have oscillated from eulogizing hagiographies to disparaging demonization. The truth, as always, lies somewhere in between and has unfortunately never been brought to light. Savarkar and his ideology stood as one of the strongest and most virulent opponents of Gandhi, his pacifist philosophy and the Indian National Congress.

An alleged atheist and a staunch rationalist who opposed orthodox Hindu beliefs, encouraged inter-caste marriage and dining, and dismissed cow worship as mere superstition, Savarkar was, arguably, the most vocal political voice for the Hindu community through the entire course of India's freedom struggle. From the heady days of revolution and generating international support for the cause of India's freedom as a law student in London, Savarkar found himself arrested, unfairly tried for sedition, transported and incarcerated at the Cellular Jail, in the Andamans, for over a decade, where he underwent unimaginable torture.

From being an optimistic advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in his treatise on the 1857 War of Independence, what was it that transformed him in the Cellular Jail to a proponent of 'Hindutva', which viewed Muslims with suspicion?

Drawing from a vast range of original archival documents across India and abroad, this biography in two parts-the first focusing on the years leading up to his incarceration and eventual release from the Kalapani-puts Savarkar, his life and philosophy in a new perspective and looks at the man with all his achievements and failings.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=E46nDwAAQBAJ

Savarkar (Part 2): A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966

Vikram Sampath

Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 26-Jul-2021 - Biography & Autobiography - 600 pages

Was Savarkar really a co-conspirator in the Gandhi murder? Was there a pogrom against a particular community after Gandhi's assassination? Decades after his death, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar continues to uniquely influence India's political scenario. An optimistic advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity in his treatise on the 1857 War of Independence, what was it that transformed him into a proponent of 'Hindutva'? A former president of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha, Savarkar was a severe critic of the Congress's appeasement politics. After Gandhi's murder, Savarkar was charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination. While he was acquitted by the court, Savarkar is still alleged to have played a role in Gandhi's assassination, a topic that is often discussed and debated. In this concluding volume of the Savarkar series, exploring a vast range of original archival documents from across India and outside it, in English and several Indian languages, historian Vikram Sampath brings to light the life and works of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=s4E0EAAAQBAJ

Veer Savarkar Father of Hindu Nationalism

Jaywant Joglekar

Lulu.com, 01-Oct-2006 - History - 200 pages

Great leaders of the past century dominated Indian political scene for a decade or two. But Savarkar's name shines brightly from 1900 to 1966. Ganghiji said, 'No independence without Hindu-Muslim unity.' But Pakistan was created. When the late Prime Minister Nehru chided the Hindu nationalists for advocating Hindu Raj, Savarkar said, 'The choice, therefore, is not between two sets of personalities but between two ideologies, not Indian Raj or Hindu Raj but Muslim Raj or Hindu Raj, Akhand Hindustan or Akhand Pakistan.' He knew Savarkar personally and wrote his biography in Marathi. The English version 'Veer Savarkar, Father of Hindu Nationalism' has been done now. Savarkar's biography enables the reader to understand the politics of the last century.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1J3uk3x_k6sC

The Life and Times of Veer Savarkar

A.K. Gandhi

Prabhat Prakashan, 15-Sep-2020 - Biography & Autobiography - 144 pages

Vinayak Damodar Sarvarkar popularly known as Veer Sarvarkar has a unique place in the annals of history. Controversy surrounds his name. Some consider him to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the freedom struggle of India while others think of him to be a communalist. However; there is no doubt that he was a freedom fighter; who not only fought for his country but also evoked feelings of patriotism in fellow citizens through his writings.

His biography is an eye-opener for it depicts the trials and tribulations of a person; who was sentenced to 50 years of hard imprisonment in the Cellular Jail of Andaman and Nicobar Islands; also called the ‘Kala Pani’. From his prison cell; he sent his poems to the mainland; memorized by the prisoners who were released.

An inspiring biography of a true nationalist.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ULeaDAAAQBAJ

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: The Much-maligned and Misunderstood Revolutionary and Freedom Fighter

Y. G. Bhave

Northern Book Centre, 2009 - Nationalists - 106 pages

Some men are born great. Some are made great. Some are denied greatness in their life time.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the doyen of Indian Revolutionaries and a front-rank freedom fighter belongs to the third category.Whether as a social revolutionary, or political revolutionary or politician Savarkar was always firm by his convictions. Despite suffering ignominy at the hands of his own undeserving brethren Savarkar kept the flame of true nationalism burning. The book not only gives us details about the various achievements of Savarkar in various fields of social, revolutionary and political life but also in the field of poetry and literature. This book fully dispels all doubts, apprehensions, misconceptions and misunderstanding about this Great Son of Mother India who sacrificed his present to mould the future of his country. Power politics makes mischevous attempts to malign this peerless patriot. But truth has already started dawning and all the clouds eclipsing the multi-dimentional personality of Veer Savarkar have started dispersing and the bright sun of his name and fame will soon illuminate the political sky of India that is Bharat.Read this book to appreciate Savarkar's real worth.

Veer Savarkar: Thought and Action of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Jyoti Trehan

Deep and Deep Publications, 1991 - Nationalism - 148 pages

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JD1ZMJZZNr4C

Biography of Veer Savarkar: Inspirational Biographies for Children: Inspirational Biographies for Children

Kavita Garg

Prabhat Prakashan, 01-Feb-2021 - Biography & Autobiography

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a brave and staunch patriot. He was born on 28th of May, 1883, in a village called Bhagoor near Nasik in Maharashtra. His parents were from a middle-class background. His mother, Radhabai was a religious lady. She was extremely kind and honest. His father, Pt. Damodar Pant was known far and wide for his knowledge.ÊAs a child, Savarkar used to be called ÔTatyaÕ by the family members. Mother Radhabai used to call her son ÔVinayakÕ with great affection. Vinayak, the little boy, was brought up with great love and care. Due to the religious environment at home, the child used to get a lot of opportunities to regularly listen to the chapters from the Ramayana and the Gita. This had a deep impact on his life.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=lBAVEAAAQBAJ

VEER SAVARKAR: THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE PREVENTED PARTITION

by Chirayu Pandit, Uday Mahurkar

CATEGORY Biographies & Memoirs

FORMAT Hardcover

IMPRINT Rupa

PRICE 595

2021

https://rupapublications.co.in/books/veer-savarkar-the-man-who-could-have-prevented-partition/

Motivating Thoughts of Veer Savarkar

Taniya Sachdeva

Prabhat Prakashan, 01-Jan-2020 - Self-Help

Though the writings of Savarkar and the commentaries on these writings exist in bulk; it was important to produce a book that introduces and offers the important ideas of Savarkar to this generation of readers and scholars in a concise and categorised form. This book is an attempt in this direction of educating the readers about the ideas and philosophies of a great twentieth century thinker which would also pave the way for developing a better understanding of the varying strands of contemporary political thoughts and also in terms of understanding the critical relationship that is shared between identity and collective political struggles.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=cf3fDAAAQBAJ

15 NOV 2019  by PIB Delhi

Veer Savarkar was a multidimensional personality - a freedom fighter, social reformer, writer, political thinker – Vice president

https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1591803

Veer Savarkar’s crusade against caste discrimination remains under-appreciated

There are several aspects of this great revolutionary, reformer and visionary which demand greater attention. Being an ideologue of Hindu philosophy is just one aspect of his life.

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/vinayak-damodar-savarkar-the-reformer-5753369/

Uday Mahurkar on Savarkar

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/savarkar-a-follower-of-shivaji-cant-be-understood-by-gandhian-tools-says-author-uday-mahurkar/articleshow/87505585.cms

Written by Vinay Nalwa |

Updated: May 29, 2019 

Savarkar wanted to smash caste system, cooked prawns and didn’t worship the cow

Vikram Sampath  10 December, 2018

https://theprint.in/opinion/savarkar-wanted-to-smash-caste-system-cooked-prawns-and-didnt-worship-the-cow/161016/

http://savarkar.org/en/encyc/2017/5/22/Eradication-of-untouchability.html

https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/10jRCglrp6H3ZHp0PiXIwL/Savarkar-unplugged-From-film-and-science-to-caste-and-Hindu.html

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M. Mangapati Pallam Raju

2024

Contesting from Kakinada Parliament Constituency


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Constituency   : Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh )
Party Name     : Indian National Congress(INC)
Email Address : mmpraju@yahoo.com

Father's Name Dr. M.S. Sanjeevi Rao
Mother's Name Late Smt. Rama Rajeshwari
Date of Birth 31 Aug 1962
Place of Birth Pithapuram, Distt. East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh)

Spouse's Name Smt. Mamatha


Educational Qualifications B.E., M.B.A.,
Educated at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
Profession
Engineer
Social Worker

Permanent Address
13-2-41, Latchi Raju Variveedhi,
Kakinada - 533 001
Andhra Pradesh
Tel. (0884) 2361891
Fax. (0884) 2362123

Present Address
AB - 3, Pandara Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
Tels. (011) 23782698, 23782387 (O)
Telefax. (011) 23385054 (R), 9868180180 (M)
Fax. (011) 23382365 (O)

Positions Held
1989-91 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
1990 Member, Committee on Science and Technology
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
1995-2000 General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (A.P.C.C.)
1997-2000 Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
2000 Chairman, Science and Technology Cell, APCC
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
Chairman, Committee on Information Technology
Jan. 2006 to May 2009 Union Minister of State, Defence
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
2009 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Defence
28 Oct. 2012 onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development


Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Conferred with the title of `Fellow` by the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering in 2006; Conferred ` Honorary Doctorate` by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University(JNTU) in 2008
Social And Cultural Activities
Member, Rotary Club,Kakinada; Honarary President, Pantam Padmanabhan Memorial Cultural & Charitable Trust


Special Interests
Developments in international affairs, scientific developments, sports, computers and telecommunications


Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Music, photography and travelling


Sports and Clubs
Atheletics, football, swimming & horseriding; Member, (i)Secunderabad Club,(ii) India International Centre; Life Member, Equestrian Federation of India

Other Information
Chairman,Department of Policy Planing;Member (i) Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers, New Delhi, 1987-88; (ii) Indian Parliamentary Group, New Delhi , and Research Assistant, Temple University, U.S.A., 1985-86; Research Associate, Federal Group Incorporated , South Natick, MA, U.S.A. (Management Consulting Firm), 1986-87; Sales Coordinator, International Operations, Norsk Data A.S., Oslo, Norway (Computer Company); Board Director, Air India & Indian Airlines 1994-97; Managing Director, TTM (India) Private Limited (ASIC Design Services) Secunderabad since 1999;
As minister for the 2nd consecutive term in the same Ministry, he led the Indian Delegation to Paris Air Show in France in June 2009;as Minister, visited the Indian Regiment serving in Lebanon in September 2008, as part of the UNIFIL( United Nations interim force in Lebanon) forces as per the UN mandate; as Minister headed the delegation from the Ministry and spoke at the important SHANGRI LA DIALOGUE(Annual Conference of Defence Ministers from the world) in Singapore in May 2008

2014 Lok Sabha Elections
Pallam Raju polled only 19754 votes in the election as INC candidate. This is due to the anger of Andhra Area citizens due to the way in which State of Telangana was brought into being by Congress party.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/andhrapradesh/kakinada.htm

Source
15 Lok Sabha Members Biographies
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=3375



31 October 2012 - Took charge as HRD Minister
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=88738

2 April 2013
Address to Central Advisory Board on Education
http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2013/04/need-expansion-equity-and-excellence-in-education-pallam-raju/

Interview in Telugu by Pallam Raju
http://www.hybiz.tv/Pallam-Raju---Union-Minister/174538

Ud. 7.5.2024

PUb. 31.8.2014

Rahul Gandhi - Congress Candidate - Wayanad - Kerala - 2024 Lok Sabha

Think and Vote

In Democracy, thinking of every body counts. It develops into consensus opinion. Express yourself freely with your neighbours. Use social media judiciously to share your opinion with others. Try to influence the outcome with your best effort. Do go and vote.

Think and Vote - Third Term for BJP Modi Government or Welcome to a New Party or Group - What is the Right Choice?

https://guide-india.blogspot.com/2024/03/think-and-vote-third-term-for-bjp-modi.html

A Request/Suggestion to All Lok Sabha Candidates.

            2024 Lok Sabha - Parliament Election - Congress Party Manifesto

           India - The cornerstone of the Nav Sankalp Economic Policy of Congress will be JOBS.

           Employment to 2 Crore Persons per Annum in Micro enterprises possible. 

           Innovate micro enterprise promotion and finance scheme. - Prof. Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

           Economic Policy - Congress Party 2024 Lok Sabha Election Manifesto.

           https://guide-india.blogspot.com/2024/04/economic-policy-congress-party-2024-lok.html

Your party manifesto will be there for the country.

What is your plan and promise to your constituency

What is the planned GDP in your constituency for the next five years/

What is the plan for capital investment by Central Government in your constituency?

What is the plan for capital investment by State  Government in your constituency?

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Rahul Gandhi on 8 December 2013 - We will transform based on your voting pattern and the message it contained.
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Ud. 25.3.2024

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N. Chandrababu Naidu - Biography

Naidu was born in Naravari Palle, Chittoor district on April 20, 1950. Naidu attended primary school in Seshapuram until class five and the Chandragiri Government High School until class nine. He went to Tirupati and studied  there from class 10 until he received his master's degree. Naidu completed his BA degree in 1972. Got an  MA in economics in 1974. In 1974, he began work towards a PhD on the topic of  the economic ideas of N. G. Ranga. Naidu did not complete his PhD, as he got involved in politics.

Naidu entered politics as a youth leader from Chandragiri. During the Emergency he was appointed Pulicherla Youth Congress president. He received a Congress ticket in 1978 elections h from the Chandragiri constituency and he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly. He became Minister of Technical Education and Cinematography in T. Anjaiah's cabinet. at age 28 and became  the state's youngest assembly member and minister.

Telugu film hero, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) proposed marriage to Naidu with  his daughter Bhuvaneswari and a large wedding was held in Madras.


In  1982,  NTR  created the Telugu Desam Party. Naidu remained in the Congress Party, standing again in the Chandragiri constituency against TDP candidate Venkatarama Naidu. The TDP swept the election. The Indian National Congress suffered its first defeat in the state since independence. Naidu joined the TDP after his defeat. Naidu became NTR's trusted lieutenant. When Nadendla Bhaskara Rao staged a coup against NTR in August 1984, Naidu helped his father-in-law regain power by rallying the MLAs before the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan and NTR appointed Naidu general secretary of the party. He began playing an important role in the TDP after Rao's coup attempt.

NTR opted for mid-term elections after regaining the chief ministry.  Naidu slowly gained power in the TDP.
In the 1989 Assembly elections, Naidu stood in his native constituency of Kuppam and won by a slender margin of about 5,000 votes.The Congress Party regained power in the 1989 state elections.  Naidu was a member of the opposition.


In 1994 the TDP regained power.  Naidu became Finance and Revenue Minister in NTR's cabinet. On 23 August 1995, Naidu engineered an internal party coup against NTR in the name of saving  the party. He became Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 1 September 1995, and was chosen Telugu Desam Party president. NTR's sons, actors Nandamuri Harikrishna and Nandamuri Balakrishna, and son-in-law Daggubati Venkateswara Rao supported Naidu in the coup.

As chief minister, Naidu advocated short-term sacrifice to turn Andhra Pradesh into an Asian tiger over the next 20 years. He slashed food subsidies (among other things), and raised power tariffs.

CNN and Time gave Naidu widespread coverage; CNN said "In just five years, he has turned an impoverished, rural backwater place into India's new information-technology hub", and Time magazine named him South Asian of the Year. Naidu was the West's favourite Indian; Tony Blair and Bill Clinton visited him in Hyderabad, the state capital, and the Governor of Illinois proclaimed Naidu Day in his honour.

Naidu produced a vision statement, "Vision 2020", with US consultants McKinsey & Company which proposed:

Universal, low-cost education and healthcare
Rural employment
Replacement of small investors with large corporations



In 1999 election, The Telugu Desam Party, led by Naidu, won a majority in the state legislature: 185 of 294 seats in the Assembly and 29 of 42 in the 1999 general election, making it the second-largest party in the BJP-led NDA coalition government.

Hyderabad was developed during Naidu's rule. Naidu said, "If you want to develop a state, you have to make its main cities a showpiece." Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh.  Coining the slogan "Bye-bye Banglore, hello Hyderabad", Microsoft Corporation has established a software-development centre in Hyderabad, the second such centre outside Seattle. Naidu encouraged other global IT companies (IBM, Dell, Deloitte, Computer Associates and Oracle) to move to Hyderabad, making presentations to global CEOs convincing them to invest in his state.

On 1 October 2003 Naidu survived a land-mine blast, escaping with a fractured left collarbone and hairline fractures of two right ribs. The blast occurred about 16:00 IST when Naidu was travelling in a convoy to the Lord Venkateswara temple in the Tirumala hills for the annual Brahmotsavam festival.

In 2004 elections, the Telugu Desam Party (led by Naidu) failed to retain power. It won only  47 of 294 seats in the state assembly and five of 42 in the Lok Sabha.

According to Naidu, the 2004 election loss was primarily due to a severe drought and anti-incumbency sentiment. However, he was seen to have ignored the large rural population with his policies, failing to reach poorer voters. Years of drought and increasing debt have increased the suicide rate.

2014
For the assembly and lok sabha election taking place in Andhra Pradesh in two to be separated states - Seemandhra and Telangana, Naidu's TDP is contesting in alliance with BJP.

12 May 2014 Municipal election results were announced in Andhra Pradesh, and the Telugu Desam Party won large number of municipalities and corporations. Does it mean a big victory in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections also. Prakash Javadekar thinks so.


Sorting out the problems in alliance - 18 April 2014
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Achievements
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for eight years, eight months and 13 days (1995–2004)
At 28, the state's youngest assembly member and minister
Voted IT Indian of the Millennium in a poll by India Today and 20:20 Media
Longest-serving opposition leader of opposition in the Andhra Pradesh assembly


2014 Assembly Elections

Telugu Desam Party under the leadership Chandrababu Naidu won the assembly elections in the Andhra Pradesh State and Naidu became the chief minister. The residuary state if formed with a big deficit to start with. Centre has promised to make good the deficit. Naidu has taken up the leadership of the state at a challenging time. He is promising all round development of the state in various cities and towns of A.P. this time instead of concentrating on only one urban area. The Hyderabad experience is a big lesson to all states.

2019 Assembly Elections

Y. Jaganmohan Reddy, YSR Congress Party won the election. Naidu spent five years as opposition leader. He was even jailed for some time.

2024 Assembly Elections

Naidu has entered into alliance with BJP and Jana Sena for this election.

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Ud. 18.3.2024

Pub. 31.8.2014

Bharat Ratna Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman - Biography and Contribution

C. V. Raman was born on 7 November 1888 in his maternal grandfather's house, in a small village of Thiruvanaikaval near Tiruchirapalli (Trichonopoly in 1888), on the bank's of Kaveri in Tamil Nadu. Raman's maternal grandfather Saptarshi Sastri was a great Sanskrit scholar.

Raman's father was  R. Chandrasekhara Iyer.  He became a lecturer in mathematics and physics in Mrs. A.V. Narasimha Rao College, Vishakapatnam (then Vizagapatnam) in Andhra Pradesh. Raman passed his matriculation examination at the age of 11 and he passed his F.A. examination (equivalent to today's Intermediate) with a scholarship at 13. In 1903 Raman joined the Presidency College in Chennai (then Madras) from where he passed the B.A. (1904) and M.A. (1907) examinations. He stood first both in B.A. and M.A. examinations and won all the prizes available. Raman himself wrote : " I finished my school and college career and my university examination at the age of eighteen."

While Raman was a student, he independently undertook original investigations in acoustics and optics. Raman was the first student of the Madras Presidency College to get a research paper published, that too in a prestigious international journal. His first paper on 'unsymmetrical diffraction bands due to a rectangular aperture' was published in the Philosophical Magazine (London) in November 1906. This was the result of Raman's measuring the angles of a prism using an ordinary spectrometer in his college. This was followed by a note in the same journal on a new experimental method of measuring surface tension. Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919) took note of the papers published by Raman as a student. Rayleigh was an outstanding mathematical physicist and a good experimenter, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of argon. Raman and Rayleigh exchanged some correspondence.

Despite his brilliance in scientific investigations, at the instance of his father Raman took the Financial Civil Service (FCS) examination. He stood first in the examination and in the middle of 1907 Raman proceeded to Kolkata (then Calcutta) to join the Indian Finance Department as Assistant Accountant General. He was then 18½ years old. His starting salary was Rs. 400 per month, a fabulous sum in those days. One day while going to office Raman saw a signboard with the words "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science" written on it. The address was 210, Bowbazar Street. On his way back he came to the Association where he first met an individual named Ashutosh Dey (Ashu Babu) who was to be Raman's assistant for 25 years. Ashu Babu took Raman to the Honorary Secretary of the Association, Amrit Lal Sircar, who was overjoyed when he came to know about Raman's intention -- to do research at the Association's laboratory. Raman started working in the laboratory of the association.

There was an interruption to Raman's work at the Association. He was transferred to Rangoon (1909) and Nagpur (1910). However, Raman's research work was not completely stopped. At both places he converted his home into a laboratory and continued his work. He came back to Calcutta in 1911.

Till 1917 Raman continued his research at the Association in his spare time. Doing research in his spare time and that too with very limited facilities Raman could publish his research findings in leading international journals like Nature, The Philosophical Magazine and Physics Review. During this period he published 30 original research papers. His research carried during this period mainly centred on areas of vibrations and acoustics. He studied a number of musical instruments viz., ectara, violin, tambura, veena, mridangam, tabla etc. He published a monograph on his extensive studies on the violin. The monograph was titled 'On the Mechanical Theory of Vibrations of Musical Instruments of the Violin Family with Experimental Verifications of the Results Part- I'. Ashu Babu was his collaborator at the association laboratory and he was a joint author in many papers that Raman published. Ashu Babu was also the sole author of a paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 

In 1917 Raman was invited by Asutosh Mookerjee (1864-1924), to be a professor in the newly established Science College.   Raman was offered the Palit Professorship in Physics. The salary for the professorship was about half the amount that Raman was getting in the Finance Department. However, Raman happily accepted the offer. He joined the Calcutta University as Palit Professor in July 1917. In 1919 Raman took research students for the first time.

Even after joining the Calcutta University,  Raman continued his work at the Association's Laboratories. In fact the Association became the research arm of the University. Following the death of Amrit Lal Sircar in 1919 Raman was elected as Honorary Secretary of the Association, the post he held till 1933, when he left Kolkata.

Raman discovered Raman Effect in 1928. The first paper was published in the Indian Journal of Physics on 31 March 1928. He discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength and amplitude. This phenomenon of scattering of light was named after him – Raman effect. He was given the Nobel Prize for Raman Effect in 1930. In his, Nobel prize address Raman described various experiments carried out by him and his colleagues in Calcutta University in the area of light and colours. He got the inspiration for this area of research by looking at the blue Mediterranean sea on his voyage to England.

Raman's Nobel Lecture
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-lecture.pdf

A Paper on Raman Effect
http://plaza.ufl.edu/dwhahn/Raman%20Scattering%20Theory.pdf

Basic experiment of Raman was explained in:
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/ramaneffect.html


Bharat Ratna C.V. Raman - The Scientist Who Brought Great Glory to India
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In 1933,  Raman was voted out of the Honorary Secretaryship of the Association in a move supported by Meghnad Saha. So Raman decided to move to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, to become its Director. He was the first Indian to become its Director. Raman succeeded Sir Martin Forster, FRS. He served IISc both as  Director during 1933-1937  and aS head of the Physics Department during 1933-1948.

When Raman joined IISc its academic accomplishments were not very high. But its funding position was much better than Calcutta University where Raman worked. Raman brought out the following changes:

A new physics department came into existence
Some of the existing departments were reorganised
Steps were initiated to establish a central workshop for fabricating precision instruments.
The surroundings were improved by planting beautiful flowering gardens.

For achieving academic excellence he himself gathered a team of talented students and faculty and started high quality research in many fields of physics like quantum mechanics, crystal chemistry and vitamins and enzyme chemistry by recruiting outstanding faculty. But his activities were not to the liking of some faculty members who complained and a committee was appointed to investigate the affairs. The committee gave the opinion criticising Raman. Raman resigned from the Director's position and remained a professor and head till 1948.

After retirement from the Institute he concentrated his attention on  building the Raman Research Institute (RRI).  Raman had to gather money for building the Institute as Raman had lost most of his life's savings including his Nobel Prize money in an investment. The Institute was built on a ten acre plot of land gifted by the Maharajah of Mysore way back in 1934  to the Indian Academy of Sciences, and for its related activities.  The Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore, which now publishes some of the best science journals in the country, was established by Raman. The Academy was formed on April 27, 1934. It was registered in Bangalore under the Societies Registration Act. Besides Raman, there were 160 Foundation Fellows. The inaugural meeting of the Academy was held in the campus of Indian Institute of Science in August 1934.

Raman traveled extensively for raising donation for constructing the building for housing the institute. To earn money for the institute he started a few chemical industries (in association with one of his former students). The dividends from these industries were sufficient to support the institute to start with. He gifted away most of his personal properties to the Academy for the benefit of the institute, as also the Lenin Peace Prize money. A museum was built to house Raman's collection of crystals, gems, minerals, rock specimens, shells, stuffed birds, butterflies and so on.

Raman was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1954.

Raman died on November 21, 1970. As per his desire he was cremated in the gardens of his institute.

Condensed from
http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/cvraman/raman1.htm

Documentary on C.V. Raman
http://guide-india.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-quatum-indians-satyendra-nasath.html

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-bio.html

About Nobel Prize to Prof C.V. Raman
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/~currsci/nov10/articles33.htm

India - National Science Day 28 February 2014
http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200902/physicshistory.cfm

Books on Raman Scattering

N.B. Colthup, L.H. Daly, S.E. Wiberley. Introduction to Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy.
(Third Edition) Academic Press, 1990.
Derek A. Long. The Raman Effect. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2002.
A. Weber (Editor). Raman Spectroscopy of Gases and Liquids. Topics in Current Physics. John
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1979.


Updated on 7 November 2019, 7 November 2014

Jawaharal Nehru - Biography

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Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 - 27 May 1964

2014 - 125th Birth Anniversary


Sonia Gandhi's Speech on the occasion
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Rahul Gandhi's Speech on the occasion
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India was born at Allahabad on 14 November 1889. He parents were Motilal Nehru and Swarup Rani. From the age of 15 to 23 Jawaharlal studied in England at Harrow, Cambridge and the Inner Temple. He  returned to India in 1912.


After returning to India in August 1912, Nehru enrolled himself as an advocate of the Allahabad High Court. But he did not relish the practice of law.  His involvement in nationalist politics gradually replaced his legal practice over a period.


Nehru had developed an interest in Indian politics during his time in Britain. He had attended the  annual session of the Indian National Congress in Patna.  He came forward in support of the Indian civil rights movement in South Africa. He collected funds for the civil rights campaigners led by Mohandas Gandhi in 1913. Later, he further campaigned against the indentured labour and other such discriminations faced by Indians in various British colonies.

During  the First World War, Nehru confessed that he viewed the war with mixed feelings. Nehru had some  sympathy for France, whose culture he greatly admired. During the war, Nehru volunteered for the St John Ambulance and worked as one of the provincial secretaries of the organisation in Allahabad. Nehru spoke out against the censorship acts passed by the British government in India.
Nehru emerged from the war years as a leader whose political views were considered radical.  Nehru had spoken "openly of the politics of non-cooperation, of the need of resigning from honorary positions under the government and of not continuing the futile politics of representation. Nehru, however, was not satisfied with the pace of the national movement. He became involved with aggressive nationalists leaders who were demanding Home Rule for Indians.

In 1915. anti-moderate leaders such as Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak took the opportunity to call for a national movement for Home Rule. But, in 1915, the proposal was rejected. Annie Besant nevertheless formed a league for advocating Home Rule in 1916; and Tilak, on his release from a prison term, had in April 1916 formed his own league. Nehru joined both leagues but worked especially for the former. He remarked later that Besant had a very powerful influence on me in my childhood and that continued during his early days in politics. Hindu-Muslim unity was taken up as an important issue with the Lucknow pact at the annual meeting of the Congress in December 1916.  Nehru welcomed the unity initiative  between the two Indian communities.

Home rule league under the leadership of Annie Besant voiced a demand for self-government, the status of a Dominion within the British Empire as enjoyed by Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland at the time. Nehru actively participated in the movement and rose to become secretary of Besant's All India Home Rule League. In June 1917 Besant was arrested and interned by the British government. The Congress and various other Indian organisation threatened to launch protests if she were not set free. The British government was subsequently forced to release Besant and make significant concessions after a period of intense protests.

The first big national involvement of Nehru came at the onset of the non-co-operation movement in 1920. He led the movement in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh). Nehru was arrested  in 1921, and was released a few months later. In the rift that formed within the Congress following the sudden closure of the non-co-operation movement after the Chauri Chaura incident, Nehru did not join the Swaraj Party formed by his father Motilal Nehru and CR Das.

Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister of Independent India

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India for 17 long years right from independence and can rightly be called the architect of modern India as he worked as the chairman of planning commission and came out with number of five year plans.  He encouraged Panjayati Raj institutions.

With the foresight of a statesman he created institutions like Planning Commission, National Science Laboratories and laid the foundation of a vast public sector for developing infrastructure for industrial growth. He also wanted the  the private sector to grow. He emphasized the need of planned development. Nehru gave a clear direction to India’s role in the comity of nations with the policy of non alignment and the principle of Panchsheel, the five principles of peaceful coexistence at a time when the rivalries of cold-war were driving the humanity to its doom. His vision was that of extensive application of science and technology and industrialisation for better living and liberation from the clutches of poverty, superstition and ignorance. Education to him was very important for internal freedom and fearlessness.  He was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1955. He never forgot India's great cultural heritage and liked to combine tradition with modernity.

Jawaharlal was a prolific writer in English and wrote a number of books like ‘The Discovery of India’, ‘Glimpses of World History’, his autobiography, ‘towards Freedom' (1936) ran nine editions in the first year alone. Emotional sensitivity and intellectual passion infused his writings, giving them unusual appeal & topicality.

Pandit Nehru loved children and they call him affectionately as Chacha Nehru. His birthday is observed as Children's Day. He believed that children are the future of the nation. Nehru passed away in 1964.

Jawaharlal Nehru Biography Hindi

Nehru - A Brief Biography
http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fnov2000/f241120002.html

Economic Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru

Anil Kumar Thakur, Debes Mukhopadhayay
Deep and Deep Publications, 01-Jan-2010 - 262 pages
Papers presented at the 91st Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association, held at Udaipur during 27-29 December 2008.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=qH4FFyi4-i4C


Jawaharlal Nehru
Frank Moraes
Jaico Publishing House, 01-Jan-2007 - 540 pages
Jawaharlal Nehru has won the admiration of the people of India and the world as a national leader, as a writer, as a humanist etc. Anyone who wishes to understand the controversial aspects of his personality would do well to peruse this biography. This work also traces the history of the freedom movement in India.Nehru was the most remarkable statesman, a man who enthralled everyone with his magical personality; a leader who was literally hero-worshipped during his time and an orator of the order, who, once he climbed the rostrum and took the microphone in his hand, became one with the audience and held them spellbound.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=0us3TambWogC

Nehru: The Invention of India

Shashi Tharoor
Arcade Publishing, 2003 - 282 pages

From Shashi Tharoor, eminent United Nations diplomat and Minister in Government of India. It is an incisive new biography of the great secularist, Jawaharlal Nehru, who - alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi - led the movement for India's independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world.
Google Book Preview - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=3axLmUHCJ4cC

Jawaharlal Nehru, a Biography

Sankar Ghose
Allied Publishers, 1993 - 353 pages
Google Book Preview - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=MUeyUhVGIDMC

Jawaharlal Nehru on Productivity in Agriculture in India

See the references below.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=zE7VJZoHbzYC&pg=PA176#v=onepage&q&f=false
Jawaharlal Nehru: A Study in Ideology and Social Change
Rajendra Prasad Dube
Mittal Publications, 1988 - India - 288 pages
Political and social views of Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, Indian statesman; includes account of Indian politics and government, chiefly of 1919-1947.


Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography Volume 3 1956-1964
By Sarvepalli Gopal
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=8pd-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT317#v=onepage&q&f=false


Economic Policy of Jawaharlal Nehru
By Neerja Maheshwari
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=okUSbReaevUC&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false


Economic Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru
edited by Anil Kumar Thakur, Debes Mukhopadhayay
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=qH4FFyi4-i4C&pg=PA158#v=onepage&q&f=false


Updated 12 March 2017, 5 December 2014

Lok Manya Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Marathi Biography

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Voice of Lok Manya Tilak
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http://www.globalmarathi.com/20100731/5589092053027839583.htm

Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu - M.P. - Biography

Dr. Kambhampati  Hari Babu
Member of Parliament
Constituency   : Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh )


Mar, 2014 onwards:  President, B.J.P., Andhra Pradesh
May, 2014                 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
14 Aug. 2014                 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Commerce
                                        Member, National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)
                                        Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
15 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)






Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
Email Address : k[DOT]haribabu[AT]gmail[DOT]com
                                k[DOT]haribabu [AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in


29 May 2016
Face to Face with AP BJP Chief Kambhampati Haribabu
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BJP MP Kambhampati Hari Babu Attacking Speech on Congress Party in Parliament
17 March 2015
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Father's Name Late Shri Venkateswarulu
Mother's Name Smt. Seethamma
Date of Birth         15 Jun 1953
Place of Birth Chirala, Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Smt. Khambhampati Jayasree
No.of Daughters 2
Educational
Qualifications B.E., M.E. (Electrical & Control Systems), Ph.D. (Engineering)
Educated at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
Profession Professor
Social Worker
Permanent Address
Flat No. C-2, Aspen Heights
Dasapalla Hills, Visakhapatnam - 530003,
Andhra Pradesh
Tels : (0891) 2731783 (R) 2553394 (O)
09440901300 (M)
Present Address
Room No. 1424, Ashoka Hotel,
Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi-110021



Positions Held
1977 Executive Member, Janata Party, A.P. State
1978 Vice-President, Janata Yuva Morcha, A.P. State
1988 General Secretary, Andhra University Teachers Association
1991 - 1993 Andhra Pradesh State Executive Committee Member, B.J.P.
1993 - 2003 General Secretary, A.P. State, B.J.P.
1998 - 2005 Member, The Marine Products Export Development Authority
1999 - 2004 Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2003 - 2004 Member, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India
2003 Floor Leader, Bharatiya Janata Legislature Party, Andhra Pradesh
2005 National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Member of National Disciplinary Committee, B.J.P.
Mar, 2014 onwards President, B.J.P., Andhra Pradesh
May, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
14 Aug. 2014 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Commerce
Member, National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
15 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)








Countries Visited
Malaysia

Other Information
1972 : Participated in the Jai Andhra Movement in support for the creation of Andhra State as student leader with Tenneti Viswanadham, Sardar Gouthu Latchanna and Sri Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu.
1972-1973 : Secretary, Students Union, Andhra University Engineering College.
1974-1975 : Actively participated in the Lok Sangharsh Samithi Agitation under Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan and was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the Emergency and was imprisoned for 6 months in Visakhapatnam Central Jail and Mushirabad Jail, Secunderabad
Nominated Member, National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR), NCTC and the Court of University of Hyderabad
Worked as Associate Professor for 24 years in the College of Engineering, Andhra University


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