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1. Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889 1975) was a British historian, Research Professor

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and Author.

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2. Arnold Joseph Toynbee is best known for his 12-volume A Study of History.

3. Arnold Toynbee gave a lecture on the human values and ethics of the Indian people

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during independence struggle.

4. In that lecture Arnold appreciated Indian attitude towards life.

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5. According to Toynbee, Human Values and Ethics adopted during the Indian

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independence struggle were: Non-violence, Civil disobedience and Non-

cooperation.

6. After getting the freedom Indians never brood over the past or nurse their

grievances.
7. Toynbee quoted that we are all living in an age in which technology can destroy
entire world.

8. Though all are physically neighbors, but psychologically strangers to one another.

Mutual destruction depends on

9. In 1945 the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

10. Variety in unity is a great Indian achievement. There must be amity among all

sections of people. PRINCE

11. One Indian virtue that greatly impressed Toynbee was the Indian peoples freedom

from rancor.

12. Indians never hate their adversaries.

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above the level of mere politics.

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13. Indians were inspired by Gandhiji to keep the freedom struggle on a spiritual plane

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14. Non-violent revolution is a characteristic Indian accomplishment.

15. According to Toynbee, the new field of action in Indias domestic life that non-

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violent revolution has found is that Bhoodaan movement.

16. Arnold alleged that Ashoka substituted religious propaganda for military

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aggression.

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17. Gandhis vision for the country and his dreams for the community as a whole still

hold good for India.

18. The main cause of worry today is intolerance and hatred leading to violence.

19. Gandhiji is relevant not yesterday or today but forever.

20. Gandhiji saved both Britain and India from one of the commonest tragedies of

history.
21. William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer.

22. Greenwich Village is an old town where people enthralled by paintings and arts.

23. At the topmost floor of a squeaky three-story building lived Sue and Johnsy.

24. Johnsys full name was Joanna and Sudie fondly called Sue.

25. Johnsy and sue met at a restaurant.

26. Sue hails from Maine, Johnsy belongs to California.

27. Johnsy and sue set up a joint studio.

28. Johnsy was sick with pneumonia.

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29. The doctor informs Sue that Johnsy has only one chance in ten .

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30. Medicine can cure only half the disease and the other half depends on the will

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power of the patient.

31. Johnsy said that if the last leaf on the Ivy vine fell, she would pass away.

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32. Sue called Behrman who protected them like their watch dog.

33. Behrman was an old painter staying in Greenwich Village, hoping to pain his

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masterpiece one day.

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34. Behrman had a long beard like that of Moses.

35. Behrman was earning a little money by serving as a model to young artists.

36. He ridiculed Johnsy for her idiomatic imaginations.

37. In spite of his old age, he braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall.

38. The last leaf ignited Johnsy's life again.

39. Johnsy found a new life and asked for some broth and milk.

40. The doctor reveled that the old man downstairs is now stricken with pneumonia.

41. Old Behrman died of pneumonia during the night.

42. The rain and the snow caused in him pneumonia resulting in his death.

43. The last leaf is a symbol of sacrifice like the cross on which Jesus was crucified in

order to save the sinners.

44. Sachin Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer.

45. Sachin was given his first cricket bat at the age 11.

46. Tendulkar was just 16 when he became India's youngest Test cricketer.

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47. Sachin is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries.

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48. Don Bradman told his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself.

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49. Sachin Tendulkar was born April 24, 1973 in Bombay, India, to a middle-class

family.

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50. Sachin father was a professor while his mother worked for a life insurance

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51. Sachin was named after his family's favorite music director, Sachin Dev Burman.

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52. At the age of 14 he scored 329 out of a world record stand of 664 in a school match.

53. After high school Tendulkar enrolled at Kirti College, where his father also taught.

54. Tendulkar made his debut in international competition at 16 with a match against

Pakistan in Karachi.

55. In Sachins first match, he was hit on the mouth by Waqar Yunis but continued to

bat, in a blood-soaked shirt establishing his greatness.

56. Sachins batting is based on the purest principles.

57. His century as a 19 year old on a lightning-fast pitch at the WACA is considered

one of the best innings ever to have been played in Australia.

58. Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with
18,426 runs and with a current aggregate of 15,470 Test runs.

59. Sachin also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test 51 and ODI

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60. In 1995, Sachin married Anjali, a doctor and the daughter of Gujarati industrialist

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Anand Mehta.

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61. Sachin and Anjali have two children, Sara and Arjun.

62. Tendulkar now sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through a

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Mumbai-based NGO.

63. Narayana Murthy is an Indian IT industrialist and the co-founder of Infosys.

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64. He was born on August 20, 1946 in Karnataka, India.

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65. In Narayana Murthys convocation address, he hailed the giant strides made by the

country on various fronts.

66. N.R.Narayana Murthy emphasizes that the dreams of the founders of the nation can
be realized only by maintaining the idealism, confidence, hope, energy and

enthusiasm of every Indian.

67. He hopes that thirty years from now the situation will be different. The people will
have faith in the country.
68. We can wipe off the tears of the poorest child as Mahatma Gandhi desired.

69. By driving away the darkness around us, we can make India a better country for all

people.
70. The world has realized that India has something to contribute to the global

community.

71. Indian economy is growing at 7 percent which is the highest rate since 1947.

72. India has also become the software center of the world.

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73. Now Indias foreign exchange reserves are about 300 billion dollars.

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74. Bollywood dancing has become popular among the western youth.

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75. According to Forbes magazine, India has the highest number of billionaires in Asia.

76. India is dogged by deep poverty, literacy, ill-health, malnutrition and corruption.

situation.

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77. The Indian political system and environment must be blamed for this pathetic

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78. More than 200 million Indians do not have safe drinking water.

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79. About 750 million Indians do not have sanitation facilities.

80. In the Human Development Index, India is ranked low, but we rank high in
corruption.

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