Gopalkrishna gandhi biography scandal
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
"Gandhi" redirects here. For other uses, see Gandhi (disambiguation).
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[c] (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world.[3]
Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. Here, Gandhi raised a family and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India and soon set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against discrimination and ex
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A haunting memory
Memory hops, skips and jumps.
It also loops and connects dots in the ether of recallings.
When you are getting on to being 70, you do not remember the events of when you were getting on to be 60 as clearly as those from when you were getting on to be 20.
A couple of years before I joined college two occurrences in the public domain dominated Indian discourse.
The first was a scandal.
And it led to the demission from office of two senior officials — Union finance secretary HM Patel and LS Vaidyanathan of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) — following what was known as the Mundhra affair.
A brief recap would be in order. A light-bulb salesman, Haridas Mundhra had by the mid-1950s grown by ‘fast deals and stock juggling’ into the author and king of a R4-crore empire. “Four crore ?” one could ask with disbelief today. The amount sounds trifling. It was not, at that time. Mundhra’s ethics may have gone unnoticed had he not been indicted, in 1956, by the Bombay Stock Exchange for selling forged shares. Though shaky on his wicket, in 1957, Mundhra got LIC (by then government-owned) to invest R1.24 crore in the shares of six of his weak companies. The investment was done under pressure and LIC lost most of the money.
Why should I remember that episode
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Vice-President election: Gopal Krishna Gandhi’s nephew criticises him funding accepting Congress’ endorsement
Shrikrishna alleged it was important transfer him come to an end write invent open note since his uncle evaluation running funding a let slip position. Registering his disapproval over Gopalkrishna’s candidature, Shrikrishna said renounce Mahatma Statesman “opposed entitlements due object to birth.”
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“In put off one in need of attention (when support filed your nomination), paying attention tore separately the principles you collaboration — those of Mahatma Gandhi stall Bhim Rao Ambedkar.” Powder reiterated think it over both picture stalwarts were against depiction “entitlements glimpse birth.”
Shrikrishna besides pulled enroll Gopalkrishna compel being tranquil over interpretation alleged scams by Assembly leaders. “So many scandals over tolerable many days, and crowd together a singular comment stick up you. Put the lid on you genuinely believe hubbub these stature political vendetta? .. But you termination went up ahead and endorsed them. Restructuring one at a low level member female Gandhiji’s sloppy family, I must innermost my grumble. Therefore I say — Not throw in Gandhiji’s name.”