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India dislodges Pakistan from No.1 spot in ICC Test Rankings

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India dislodged arch-rival Pakistan to claim the numero uno spot in the ICC Test rankings following its series-clinching comprehensive 178-run win over New Zealand in the second cricket Test in Kolkata. India pulled off a brilliant all-round performance to trounce New Zealand in the second Test to clinch the three-Test series with an unassailable 2-0 lead which also propelled the team to the top of the ICC rankings. Virat Kohli's men wrapped up the series-deciding victory on the fourth day of the match after setting the Black Caps a mammoth target of 376 runs to chase. India's win over New Zealand in Kolkata has meant that it will be ranked No. 1 on the ICC Test chart when it is updated at the conclusion of the ongoing series. India's top spot is guaranteed irrespective of how the third and final Test in Indore, which will be played from 8-12 October, pans out. Kohli's side had entered the series against New Zealand trailing Pakistan by one point and needed...

Facts about Lal Bahadur Shastri

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#About Lal Bahadur Shastri * Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on October 2, 1904. He served during the Freedom Struggle since 1920 and also became the second Prime Minister of the country after independence. *He is the man behind the revolution of the agricultural sector in India. * He is known to uphold the ideas of self respect and ethics of every living man. * His famous slogan ‘Jai Jawaan Jai Kissan’ (Hail the soldier, hail the farmer) is popular even today. * He took the seat of the Prime Minister when India was in critical condition after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru. * Amul Milk Cooperative’s White Revolution, whose main aim was to promote and supply milk in the country, took place under the aegis of Lal Bahadur Shastri. * When there was a food shortage in the country Shastri urged the people to give up one meal a day so that the food saved could be distributed to those utterly deprived in the country. * Shastri was also a part of the Salt Revolution which was he...

Mahatma Gandhi: Priest of Non-Violence

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* The full name of the Mahatma Gandhi is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who was born on 2nd of October in the year 1869. * He is commonly known as the father of the nation or Bapu. He died on 30th of January in the year 1948. * He lived his life full of struggle as a political and spiritual leader of the India. * His key role in the independence of India is unforgettable by the people of India that’s why his birthday anniversary is still remembered by the people through many way of celebration. * Bapu had developed his own techniques of non-violent protest for the independence of India. He named his non violent (ahimsa) protest as Satyagraha means the moral domination. * Those days he became famous for his non-violent social disobedience throughout the India and South Africa. * He had started his non-cooperation movement of 1922 as well as the Salt Satyagraha or Salt (Dandi) March at 12th of March in the year 1930. * Because of struggled efforts of Bapu and other freedom f...