Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava,also known as JP and Lok Nayak,was an Indian politician,theorist and independence activist. He is mainly remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and calling for her overthrow in a "total revolution". In 1999,Narayan was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian award,in recognition of his social service. His other awards include the Magsaysay award for public service in 1965.
The Maratha Confederacy,also referred to as the Maratha Empire,was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states often subordinate to the former. It was established in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji as the Maratha Chhatrapati and recognised by Emperor Bahadur Shah I as a tributary state in 1707 following a prolonged rebellion. Following this,the Marathas continued to recognise the Mughal emperor as their nominal suzerain,similar to other contemporary Indian entities,though in practice,imperial politics at Delhi were largely influenced by the Marathas between 1737 and 1803.
The Quit India Movement was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942,during World War II,demanding an end to British rule in India.
BegumShaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah was a Bengali Pakistani politician from Bengal,diplomat and author. She was the first Muslim woman to earn a PhD from the University of London. She was Pakistan's ambassador to Morocco from 1964 to 1967,and was also a delegate to the United Nationsdebating for a more gender inclusive language in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Khushwant SinghFKC was an Indian author,lawyer,diplomat,journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956,which became his most well-known novel.
Madhavrao Jivajirao Scindia was an Indian politician and minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
The National Federation of Indian Women is a women's organisation in India,the women's wing of the Communist Party of India. It was established in 1954 June 4 by several leaders from Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti including Aruna Asaf Ali.
Asaf Ali was an Indian independence activist and noted lawyer. He was the first Indian Ambassador to the United States. He also served as the Governor of Odisha.
Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian educator,political activist,and publisher. An active participant in the Indian independence movement,she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan,Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942. Post-independence,she remained active in politics,becoming Delhi's first Mayor.
Vappala Pangunni Menon was an Indian civil servant who served as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the States,under Sardar Patel. By appointment from Viceroy and Governor-General of India Wavell,he also served as Secretary to the Governor-General (Public) and later as Secretary to the Cabinet. He also was the Constitutional Adviser and Political Reforms Commissioner to the last three successive Viceroys during British rule in India. In May 1948,at the initiative of V. P. Menon,a meeting was held in Delhi between the Rajpramukhs of the princely unions and the States Department,at the end of which the Rajpramukhs signed new Instruments of Accession which gave the Government of India the power to pass laws in respect of all matters that fell within the seventh schedule of the Government of India Act 1935.
Honorary Magistrate,Sardar Bahadur,Sir Sobha Singh was an Indian civil contractor,prominent builder and real estate developer of the modern day Delhi.
Purnima Banerjee was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist and a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1950.
Sir Walter Sykes GeorgeC.B.E. (1881–1962) was an English architect active in India during the first half of the 20th century,most known for being part of the team of architects who designed New Delhi,the new capital of India,from 1911-1931.
Gurmukh Singh Musafir was an Indian politician and Punjabi language writer. He was the 5th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967.
Yashwant Rao Holkar (1776–1811) also known as Jaswantrao Holkar belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy was the Maharaja of the Indore. He was a gifted military leader and educated in accountancy as well as literate in Persian,Marathi and Urdu.
Governor Ujjal Singh was an Indian politician who was a participant in the First Round Table Conference,opened officially by King George V on 12 November 1930. Ujjal Singh served as the Finance Minister of Punjab,Governor of Punjab,followed by acting Governor of Tamil Nadu. Prior to this he was one of Pre-Partition Punjab's largest landowners,owning thousands of acres in Hadali,Jaranwala,Mian Channu,Lyallpur,Montgomery,Sargodha and other areas.
Guru Radha Kishan (1925-1996) was an Indian Independence activist and Communist politician.
Ranjit Sitaram Pandit was an Indian barrister,politician,author and scholar from Rajkot in the Kathiawar region of British India. He is known for his role in the Indian non-cooperation movement,and for translating the Sanskrit texts Mudrarakshasa,Ṛtusaṃhāra and Kalhana's Rajatarangini into English.
The construction ofNew Delhi refers to the development of Delhi into the capital of the British Raj,and creation of New Delhi in a mass-scale real estate development project before the Independence of India. Before the project,Delhi was known of as a large slum due to the unplanned settlements of Old Delhi or Shahjahanabad. The British proposed the project after the Delhi Durbar in 1911,although due to World War I,it was delayed by around ten years till the 1920s. The New Delhi Project continued till the 1940s.
