• Akbar was a great Mughal emperor. He was a champion of Hindu-Muslim unity. He founded a new religion called Din-I Elahi. Later it was failed.
• He is popularly known as Shahid –e- Azam. He was hanged on March 23, 1931 by the British Government. Bhagat Singh -We remembers it always.
• He was a fairy youth leader and one time president of the Indian national congress. He founded the Indian national Army (Azad Hindu Fauj). Suboss Chandra Bose was direct fighter.
• She was a gifted Indian poet. She was president of the Indian national congress in 1925. She was also the first woman governor of an Indian state. Sorojini Naidu was a brave lady.
• She was daughter Motilal Nehru and sister of Jawaharlal Nehru. She was the first woman president of the United States nations General assemble. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was very bold woman.
• He was a well –known social reformer of Bengal. He founded Braham Samaj and favored English system of educating in India- Raja ram Mohan Roy.
• He was a great scientist. He was the first who proved that plants have life. He developed crescograph to measure growth of plants. Jagadesh Chandra Bose was great botanical scientist.
• He is the first Sikh to become the prime minister of India. He was earlier the Governor of reserve bank of India- Manmohan Singh’ the great India leader.
• He is popularity known as the ``Missile man of India’’. He is a true lover of children. Abdul Kalam is a great scientist and he is ex president of India.
• She is congress president and the chairperson the UPA. Sonya Gandhi is former prime minister of Sri Rajeev Gandhi wife.

*Asoka the great forbade the killing of peacocks after battle of Kaligna.

*The Meenakshi temple has a huge hall with one thousand pillars. This hall is often called the ``Hall with thousand pillar’’.

*The main architect of the Taj Mahal was Iranian Isa Khan. The Taj was built over 22 years from 1632 to 1653.

Whether students should take part in politics is a debatable issue and much can be said in against and for it. We do see students taking part in politically organized slogan shouting processions, demonstrations, strikes and so on. One feels sorry for them for wasting so much time for they are simply misguided. Infact one wonders whether they are even aware of what they are shouting against and the dirty politics involved behind the scenes.

The primary duty of a student, whether in school, college or university is to study hard and acquire as much knowledge as he or she can for this period of life can never return again. This is the time of life when a student can imbibe the maximum, get to know his capabilities and provide a positive direction to his life. This is also the period of life which if frittered away in useless activities, can ruin his academic life and also ruin his career prospects.

A student, before he engages himself in anything, and particularly politics, should first of all know what is it all about. It is well known that politics is a dirty game. Dirty because it involves misrepresentation of facts by one party in order to lower the image of another party. Politics also involves noisy demonstrations, false propaganda, abuse of political opponents, misguiding people and making false promises for their own political advantage and so on. All this is not conducive to the development of a student’s mind or his interest in academics.

An active participation by students in politics would deprive them of the time which they could spend usefully in academic persuits. It would greatly distract the mind and it would certainly be difficult to concentrate on both academics and active politics. In fact at this time of life the students are not mentally mature enough to serve a useful role in active politics. They end up being the puppets in the hands of corrupt politicians. At this stage they would never be accepted as leaders and would only serve to shout slogans and create disturbance.

However, this does not mean that students should totally stay away from politics. They can take part in what one could say ‘passive’ politics. This means they can consider this period of life to prepare themselves for active politics later on in life, just in case they are interested in it. This can best be done by them by studying all their academic courses because politics covers all aspects of life – the political, economic, social and cultural. A good politician must first of all know these aspects of his country very well. Secondly, a good politician must have a thorough knowledge of international affairs. This can only be acquired by paying attention to the courses of study at school, college and university level. Keeping in touch with the latest happenings in one’s own nation and abroad is also essential.

Again, a good politician should also have effective skills of debating so that he is able to bring the masses to his side. This again, the students can develop in their educational institutions by actively participating in debates and speeches, not by shouting slogan in the streets. This would not only develop their reasoning capabilities but also give them the confidence of addressing the public.

Yet again, another very essential quality of a good politician is that of leadership. This again, can be developed by the students in their educational institutions, for instance, by taking various good initiatives, by being the incharge of various curricular and co-curricular activities. This would also develop his sense of responsibility.

Finally, a politician should always have a spirit of service and dedication towards the nation, self discipline and humanitarian feelings. Once again, all these qualities too should be developed by students by taking active part in social work within and outside the educational institution’s programmes.  Students are free to join NCC, NSS and National Scouts and Guides.

Politics is not a business of immature minds. It can be pursued as a career but one needs to have a great deal of maturity. If a student is politically ambitious and wishes to be a politician in the future, then he should concentrate on acquiring good education and developing his intellect. Only then he can aspire of reaching the heights of great politicians and not remain a mere slogan shouting puppet in the hands of others.

Never hesitate in showing kindness. Not only men but also animals under go miserable conditions. Little acts of kindness relieve them from misery. Let us see how Abraham Lincoln was kind to men as well as animals. He loved animals.

As president of the united state America Lincoln led the union forces in the civil war. Although he fought on side against the other, he did not have slightest hatred or anger towards the enemy.

He was once in a visit to some hospital tents where wounded soldiers of both sides were lying. As he went near one of the tents, one of his men said, ``Mr. President, you needn’t go in there. They are enemy prisoners’’. ``Then that is just where I want to go,’’ said Lincoln. He went in and shook hands with every one of the enemy prisoners.

`` How can you speak kindly to your enemies’’. An elderly woman once asked him, ``W hen you should really be destroying them?’’ Lincoln looked at her and said, `` Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?’’

On Friday, 14 April 1865, Lincoln was busy arranging for the cease-fire. ``Let there be no killing or changing of people’’, he told his officers, `` Enough lives have been destroyed already’’.

Late that afternoon he and his wife went out for a ride. `` My mind is so peaceful now’’, he said to her, `` I have done a lot of work today to finish up the war’’.

That night as he was seated in the president’s box at the theatre, watching a play, a man named Wilkes Booth, a half-mad southerner, entered the box and shot president.

The next morning, between seven and eight O’ clock, he passed away. ``Now he belongs to the ages,’’ said one of the men who were standing by.

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A) Alexander, the great was the king of Macedonia. He was a great warrior and dreamt of ruling the whole world. He conquered the whole of Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Persia in just four years. In 326 B.C., he crossed the Hindukush Mountain and invaded India. Most of the kings could not fight well. But Porus a powerful king fought bravely but was defeated and captured. When brought before Alexander, Porus did not ask for mercy but told Alexander that he should be treated like a `king’. Alexander was impressed by Porus, released him and also gave back his kingdom.

After this, Alexander continued conquering other kingdoms but soon his soldiers became tired and homesick and refused to go any further. Alexander left India in 325 B.C. while returning to Greece; he died at Babylon in 323 B.C. at the young age of 32 years.

B) When Bengal came under the British rule, it was constituted as a province which included present day Bihar and Orissa and extended up to Agra. In 1905, Lord Cruzan divided Bengal into two provinces. A new province called Assam and east Bengal with its capital at Dacca was covered out of old Bengal. The rest of the territory together with Bihar and parts of Orissa formed Bengal. In 1911, due to stiff opposition of the Bengalis, the two parts were united once again. The capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. Assam and Bihar were not included in the new Bengal. With the partition of 1947, Pakistanis’ share was called East Pakistan which later on became an independent country, named Bangladesh after the 1971india –Pakistan war. India’s share was called west Bengal.

C) On the 30th January, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi hurried to his prayer meeting as he was ten minutes late. A young man, Nathuram Godse came forward and knelt before him with hands joined. As Gandhi raised his hand in blessing, the man fired three shots at him and murmuring, Hey Ram, Gandhi collapsed. The whole nation was stunned, and wept.

Later that night,

Pandit Nehru, India’s prime minister addressing the people of India on all India radio, said ``The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness every where….’’