Mandela, having been elected a member of the executive committee, ANC, Transvaal, forced the Regional President, C.S. Ramohanoe, to resign...

Nelson Mandela (Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela), born on July 18, 1918, went on to become the first ever elected President of...

On April 10, 1919, a demonstration was staged at the residence of the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar, Punjab, demanding the...

To Arundhati Roy it seemed wholly unacceptable that the Supreme Court served notice on her. The Court had displayed "a...

Arundhati Roy, born on November 24, 1961, shot to fame when she won one of the most prestigious literary awards...

The Birmingham Campaign employed a number of non-violent methods of protests including sit-ins at public places and kneel-ins by the...

A citywide boycott of public transit was called for by the MIA with King in the lead. They did not...

“All I’m saying is simply this, that all life is inter-related, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of...

Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944 in Mumbai, became India's sixth Prime Minister after the assassination of his mother,...

Muhammad Ali ascent to the status of a legend started with his refusal to be inducted into the US Army....