Winston Churchills name is taken prominently among the great leaders who became famous globally in the twentieth century. He was the Prime Minister of England from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. World War II was fought under his leadership and he was the winner of World War II. At the time when
In the elections to the Congress Presidency in 1946, out of 16 Provincial Congress Committees, 13 sent a proposal to Sardar Patel, 2 to Dr. Rajendra Prasad and 1 to make Gandhi the President, but Gandhiji decided to make Nehru the President of the Congress instead of Patel. took. This decision came
There was a phrase prevalent in the British caste that the white caste was made only to win and rule. He did not follow any kind of morality to achieve victory. That is why in the Second World War, when Japans victory chariot continued to move forward even after Germany had surrendered, America drop
In May 1945, Linlithgow was replaced by Lord Wavell as the Governor General and Viceroy of India. He started making new efforts to solve the problem of India. The problem was that the Congress wanted the whites to leave India as it is, and leave immediately. The Muslim League led by Jinnah wanted th
As Japan was gaining its upper hand in World War II, the British were repeating their assurances of independence to the Indians. The Ghori government sent the Cripps Commission to India in March 1942. If the proposal given by this commission was accepted, then the country would have been divided int
Most of the kings feared that after independence either their people would plunder their properties or the Indian government would confiscated them. The British power could not protect the Indian kings in any way after independence. Most of them began to understand that either in a very disrespectfu
As soon as the princely department came into existence on 5 July 1947, Sardar Patel appealed to the native kings to join the Union of India before 15 August 1947. The native states would have to hand over three subjects of public interest - defence, foreign affairs and communications, to the Union o
Despatch to England by relieving the corefield in this way caused frustration among the native kings who felt that the corefield would prove to be their biggest helper in the hour of crisis and would save the native states from joining India. When Corfield started going from India to England, many s
Conard Corfield, the Viceroys political advisor, inspired the native kings to stay away from the Indian Union through residents and political agents to assist Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Corfield wanted at least two or three states in which Hyderabad was the predominant one, to escape the clutches of the C
The British government ruled the princely states of India through the political department. The Governor General of India, in the capacity of Viceroy i.e. Crown Representative (representative of the King of Britain), imposed on these kings the laws made and declared and undeclared by him. When the
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan, made a plan to weaken India permanently and included Nawab Hamidullah of Bhopal, Secretary of the Political Department Conard Corfield, Nawab of Junagadh Muhammad Mahabat Khanji and some other friends. Jinnah also tried to get help from Nizam of Hyderabad
Of Indias 566 native states, 12 were located within the geographical boundary of the proposed Pakistan, while most of the remaining 554 were surrounded by Indian territories. Some of the states were located on the proposed India-Pakistan border. All the states situated on the Indo-Pakistan border we
India was divided into two parts under the rule of the British Crown. The first part was called British India in which there were 11 British provinces and 6 commissionerate provinces. This part was ruled by the highest official appointed from Britain, in the capacity of Governor General. The second
The second biggest challenge for Sardar Patel as Home Minister was, To make quick arrangements for the refugees coming from East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Michael Breecher has written about the population swap between India and Pakistan that the rumor, Due to fear and frenzy, about one crore two
When Jawaharlal Nehru took oath as the Prime Minister on 15 August 1947, Sardar Patel was made the Deputy Prime Minister and he was given the charge of the Home Ministry. The Ministry of External Affairs was kept with Jawaharlal. Thus, as soon as the country became independent, there were three big
The Indian Civil Services (ICS) was dominated by South Indians at the time of independence. The bureaucracy of the Dakshinatya officers was so dominant that in the British rule, the saying that Delhi is ruled by Madrasi and Bai Peon had become prevalent. This bureaucracy came in very handy at the ti
The princely state of Bhopal was established in AD 1723 by Dost Mohammad Khan, an Afghan officer of Aurangzebs army. At the time of Indias independence, the Nawab of Bhopal was Hamidullah Khan, who became the Nawab of Bhopal princely state in AD 1926. He was elected Chancellor of Narendra Mandal twi
When Pakistan invaded Kashmir in September 1947, Sardar Patel expressed his desire to save Kashmir by sending troops immediately, but Jawaharlal Nehru and Mountbatten opposed Patels desire by saying that as long as the king of Kashmir wanted to meet in India. Indian army should not be sent to Kashmi
Under the pressure of the Viceroy, in November 1947, the Nizam signed the Standstill Agreement with India, according to which the post office, telegraph, rail, road traffic and trade between India and Hyderabad would continue smoothly, but the Nizam, joining the Union of India. Keep putting off the
On 9 June 1947, the Nizam wrote a letter to the Viceroy Mountbatten, in which he expressed his displeasure openly - In the last few days I have seen the seventh clause (clause) of the Independence Bill as appeared in the newspapers. I regret that as has often been the case in the past months, the ma
Clara Eissner (1857 – 1933) who became Clara Zetkin was a German journalist, politician and feminist figure. She is notably at the origin of the international day of womens rights on March 8. Activist for equal rights between women and men Born on July 5, 1857, Clara Eissner is the daughter of a
Noor Inayat Khan (1914 – 1944) was a British secret agent in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Sent to France as a radio agent, she maintains contact with London and transmits important messages. A dreamy girl Daughter of Ora Ray Baker, descendant of a ruling family of a
Santomean writer and politician, Alda do Espírito Santo (1926 – 2010) distinguished herself by her struggle for the independence of Sao Tome and Principe. She is the author of the national anthem Independência total . Born in a Portuguese colony Daughter of Maria de Jesus Agostinho das Neves and
Korean independence activist Kwon Ki-ok (1901 – 1988) is also the first aviator in Korea and China. The birth of a vocation Born on January 11, 1901 in the village of Sangsugu near Pyongyang (Korea), Kwon Ki-ok is the second child of Jang Mun-myeong and Gwon Don-gak. She attended Sunghyeon Schoo