Shankar dayal sharma biography of abraham
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Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma (August 19, – December 26, ) was the ninth President of India, serving from to Prior to his presidency, he had been the eighth Vice President of India. The International Bar Association presented him with the 'Living Legends of Law Award of Recognition' for his outstanding contribution to the legal profession internationally and for commitment to the rule of law.
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[edit]- The democratic outlook is strengthened by such awareness of experience accumulated through history in different parts of the world.
- The Rigveda stated that the earth was a globe suspended freely in space. The Vedic texts disclosed that the Sun held the earth and heavenly bodies in its orbit. The Shatapatha Brahmana, a treatise of untold antiquity, recognized and explained the fact that the earth was spherical.. Aryabhata explained the daily rising and setting of planets and stars in terms of the earth’s constant revolutionary motion. The Surya Siddhan
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22 years ago, before Barack, there was John Abraham
'It was a moment when I felt what power can get. Such a reception was beyond my expectation.' George Joseph reports.
President Barack Obama is the chief guest at this year's Republic Day celebrations in India, but he may not be the first US political leader to receive the privilege.
Way back in , John Abraham, mayor of Teaneck in New Jersey, was a guest of honour at the Republic Day celebrations that year.
Then British prime minister John Major was the chief guest, and Abraham was the only US official who was a guest at the event.
Teaneck is a small town, close to New York City, but when Abraham was elected mayor in , it was major news in the Indian community.
Though another Indian had been elected mayor in a Midwest township earlier, Abraham's election was an inspiration for the Indian-American community.
It was a time when Indians were fewer in the US, and the community's political involvement virtually nil. Before Abrah