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From lesson:India After Independence
Class:8
Answer the following:

1. Why did government set up a Planning Commission?
2. Who led the Indian delegation to the UN between 1952 and 1962?
3. What was the third feature of the new Constitution?
4. Where did meetings of Constituent Assembly were held?
5. Who is best known as a revered leader of the Dalits and the father of the Indian Constitution?
6. What was the largest slums in the world?
7. When did India celebrate sixty years of its existence?
8. What did Dr Ambedkar point out in final speech to the Constituent Assembly?
9. In Europe, initially who had the right to vote?
10. Who belonged to a Marathi-speaking Dalit family?

Answers

Answered by Tanishabharti

1.The NITI Aayog's precursor, the Planning Commission was established in March 1950 by a Government of India resolution with Prime Minister as Chairperson. The initial mandate was to establish heavy industries through public investment as a means for achieving rapid industrialization
2.Krishna Menon (age 60) in United Nations in December 1956.
3.A third feature of the constitution was that it offered special privileged for the poorest and most disadvantaged Indians. The practice of untouchability was abolished. A certain percentage of seats in legislatures as well as jobs in government was reserved for members of the lowest castes.
4.New Delhi
5.B. R. Ambedkar
6.Khayelitsha in Cape Town (South Africa): 400,000.
Kibera in Nairobi (Kenya): 700,000.
Dharavi in Mumbai (India): 1,000,000.
Neza (Mexico): 1,200,000.
Orangi Town in Karachi (Pakistan): 2,400,000.
7.Marking the 60th anniversary of
Independence Day of India, the tra-
ditional flag-hoisting ceremony was
held on August 15 at the premises of the
Indian Embassy in Kabul.
Ambassador Rakesh Sood unfurled the
national flag and read out the President’s
speech delivered on the eve of Independence
Day.
Around 250 persons, including officials of
the Indian Embassy, a number of Indians
working on various public and private sector
projects in Afghanistan enthusiastically took
part in the programme.
Later in the evening, Ambassador Sood
hosted a reception at India House. Several
dignitaries including the Chairman of the
Mesharano Jirga (Upper House) and of the
Commission for Peace and National
Reconciliation Pir Hazrat Sebghatullah
Mojadeddi; former president Prof.
Burhanudin Rabani; Commerce Minister Dr.
Mohammad Amin Farhang;
8.The contributions made by Dr BR Ambedkar to the foundational beginnings of the Indian nation certainly attest to the fact that the Father of Indian Constitution lived up to this standard.
As we commemorate Ambedkar Jayanti this year, we take a look at Dr. Ambedkar’s final speech in the Constituent Assembly, dated November 25, 1949.
9.In 1893 the self-governing colony New Zealand became the first country in the world (except for the short-lived 18th-century Corsican Republic) to grant active universal suffrage by giving women the right to vote.
10.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar belonged to a Marathi-speaking dalit family.

Answered by Anonymous

Answer:

1.The NITI Aayog's precursor, the Planning Commission was established in March 1950 by a Government of India resolution with Prime Minister as Chairperson. The initial mandate was to establish heavy industries through public investment as a means for achieving rapid industrialization

2.Krishna Menon (age 60) in United Nations in December 1956.

3.A third feature of the constitution was that it offered special privileged for the poorest and most disadvantaged Indians. The practice of untouchability was abolished. A certain percentage of seats in legislatures as well as jobs in government was reserved for members of the lowest castes.

4.New Delhi

5.B. R. Ambedkar

6.Khayelitsha in Cape Town (South Africa): 400,000.

Kibera in Nairobi (Kenya): 700,000.

Dharavi in Mumbai (India): 1,000,000.

Neza (Mexico): 1,200,000.

Orangi Town in Karachi (Pakistan): 2,400,000.

7.Marking the 60th anniversary of

Independence Day of India, the tra-

ditional flag-hoisting ceremony was

held on August 15 at the premises of the

Indian Embassy in Kabul.

Ambassador Rakesh Sood unfurled the

national flag and read out the President’s

speech delivered on the eve of Independence

Day.

Around 250 persons, including officials of

the Indian Embassy, a number of Indians

working on various public and private sector

projects in Afghanistan enthusiastically took

part in the programme.

Later in the evening, Ambassador Sood

hosted a reception at India House. Several

dignitaries including the Chairman of the

Mesharano Jirga (Upper House) and of the

Commission for Peace and National

Reconciliation Pir Hazrat Sebghatullah

Mojadeddi; former president Prof.

Burhanudin Rabani; Commerce Minister Dr.

Mohammad Amin Farhang;

8.The contributions made by Dr BR Ambedkar to the foundational beginnings of the Indian nation certainly attest to the fact that the Father of Indian Constitution lived up to this standard.

As we commemorate Ambedkar Jayanti this year, we take a look at Dr. Ambedkar’s final speech in the Constituent Assembly, dated November 25, 1949.

9.In 1893 the self-governing colony New Zealand became the first country in the world (except for the short-lived 18th-century Corsican Republic) to grant active universal suffrage by giving women the right to vote.

10.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar belonged to a Marathi-speaking dalit family.

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