Farhan mirza biography of mahatma gandhi
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Tyabji family
Indian family
The Tyabji family, also known as Tyabji-Hydari,[1]Tyabji-Fyzee,[1] and Tyabji-Futehally[1] family, consists of Mullah Tyab Ali and his descendants.[2][1] The Tyabji family has gained prestige for its involvement in India's independence movement with individuals being prominent politicians, diplomats, academics, scientists, activists, and athletes. Other members gained prominence for their roles in India's Navy and Air Force and contribution to Indian film and fine art. Individuals within the Tyabji family belong to the Indian royal families of the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Nawab of Bengal, Raja of Wanaparthy, and the Nawab of Janjira.
Origin
[edit]The family is descended from Mullah Tyab Ali Bhai Mian, a member of the Sulaimani Bohra community, and a scion of an old Cambay emigrant Arab family. The Tyabjis adopted the -ji suffix as a result of their high social status in Gujarat and Mumbai
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On India visit, Ban stresses country’s role in security, human rights, development
“As the world’s largest democracy, India has important lessons for others,” the Secretary-General said, welcoming India’s efforts to deepen cooperation in South Asia, calling for new approaches to the dispute with Pakistan and stressing the need to support Afghan-led peace and reconciliation efforts.
“Challenges should be addressed through such initiatives as the [region-led] Istanbul Process and growing bilateral and multilateral partnership agreements,” he said referring to the latter situation.
As well as calling for regional approaches to terrorism, through implementing the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, he pointed to India’s generous peacekeeping contributions, but warned against continued growth of nuclear arsenals in the region.
“Governments are investing in weapons while cutting their health budgets,” he said. “Each addition to the arsenals raises the risks of a nuclear nightmare.”
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Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist, on 30 January 1948.
The article was first published in July 2019 and has been replugged for M K Gandhi's birth anniversary.
“Who was the first Hindu who sacrificed his life for Pakistan?” I asked a prominent businessman in Lahore when I visited Pakistan a couple of years ago. He is a proud Pakistani and also passionate about peace and friendship between our two countries estranged since birth in 1947. He did not know the answer, and was startled when I said, “It was Mahatma Gandhi.”
Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist, on 30 January 1948. The place was Birla House in New Delhi, where the Mahatma (which means “a great soul”) held all-religion prayer meetings every day.
The British had left barely six months earlier, ending their colonial rule of nearly 200 years and dividing the ancient land into two independent and sovereign nations. The reason for Partition (that “Muslims and Hindus are t