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Mahatama Gandhi |
Mahatma Gandhi The Father of the Indian Nation
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Mahandas
Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in a conservative
Hindu family in Porbandar, Gujarat. At the age of 13, he was married
to Kasturba, following the tradition. He was a practical politician.
As the spokesman of his people, he brought freedom
to India. India call him the “Mahatma”.
He conceived and practiced successfully a new
method of solving disputes by means of “Non-Violence”.
Gandhi passed away on January 30, 1948. |
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Abraham Lincoln The President who abolish slavery in the USA
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Abraham
Lincoln was born on Sunday, February 12, 1829, in a log cabin
near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was the son on Thomas and Nancy Hanks
Lincoln. In 1842, Lincoln married to Mary Todd and had 4 children. He
passed away on April 15, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, US Republican Statesman, 16th President of USA 1861 – 1865. His election as President on an anti-slavery platform, antipathetic to the interests of the southern states, helped precipitate the American Civil War/ He eventually managed to unite the Union side to the anti-slavery cause, and emancipation was formally proclaimed on New Year’s Day 1864. During his lifetime, Lincoln was noted for his succinct, eloquent speeches, including the famous Gettysburg Address of 1863. |
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Sir Winston Churchill The Greatest living Englishman
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Winton
Churchill, British statesman was born on November 30, 1874 at
Blemheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, a direct descendant of John
Churchill. 1st Duke of Marlborough. He was a Prime
Minister 1940 – 1945 and 1951 – 1955. He demonstrated rare qualities
of leadership and outstanding gifts as an orator. Part of his contribution
to victory was to maintain moral at home and to forge and maintain the
Alliance, especially with the USA, which defeated the Axis Power. He
passed away on January 24, 1965.
His writings include The Second World War (1948 – 1953) and A History of the English Speaking Peoples (1956 – 1958); he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. |
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“The greatest living Englishman”, |
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