Category: History

303 words essay on A Visit to a Religious Place. India has been a centre of religions from ages. People of different faiths and religions live here. They have their different religious places. They are scattered from north to south and east to west. They have their own importance.During the winter break I got an opportunity to visit Allahabad. Allahabad is an important place of worship for the Hindus. It is in the Allahabad the two sacred rivers—Ganga and Yamuna—meet each other. It is believed another holy river Saraswati flowing as underground current meets with the Ganga and the Yamuna, forming Triveni. The Hindus believe that a bath at Triveni Sangam makes a Hindu free from sin.I visited Allahabad during the Kumbh Mela. Kumbh Mela is held at four places…

530 Words Essay on Self-Confidence.Self-confidence denotes the lofty heights of courage, self- confidence measures a person’s confidence that his stand is infallible; self-confidence underlines a person’s magnetism, his aura of personality, which are quite essential to his victory. ADVERTISEMENTS: It may be argued that even a person given to sinful ways has self-confidence. Sometimes a liar escapes detection, for, he has the supreme self-confidence to assert himself and fool others. Even a famous politician, who is in the highest state of social life, hoodwinks people by misusing his influence and power. He has extreme self-confidence and he is able to beguile others. Truthfulness, honesty, patience, compassion, love etc. are positive qualities while anger, deception, dishonesty, untruthfulness ex. are negative qualities. We should avoid negative qualities and develop positive qualities. Self-confidence…

Free sample essay on The Value of Discipline. Discipline is the first law of nature. The sun rises and brings the day. It sets and there is night and the moon and the stars are visible. Thus the day and the night alternate to each other. The months and seasons come by rotation. There is no scramble for out maneuvering one another. The elements and compounds all follow their natural prop­erties. The earth revolves round the sun unfailingly and the Law of Gravitation and other such natural laws hold their ground eternally.Man is a part and parcel of nature. He is also a unit, a unity in the social fabric. Just as if there were no strict adherence to laws by objects of nature, there would be complete chaos, if…

Essay for students on My Favorite Leader (Free to read). All of us have the human tendency to be enamored of a particular leader, mostly a political leader. Sometimes, that particular leader may also be a favorite figure in history.In all cases, that particular leader must be having some qualities which appeal to us overwhelmingly. I like many leaders who have done much for mankind or for our country. But my favorite leader is Pundit Jawaharlal Lai Nehru.Jawaharlal Lai Nehru was born at Allahabad on 14th November, 1989. The name of his father was Sheri Motif Lai Nehru who was a famous lawyer of his time. Pundit Nehru had his early education at home. Then he was sent to a public school at Harrow in England. He was a brilliant…

The lesson of this proverb is repeated in different ways in other similar popular sayings, such as, “Faint heart never won fair lady”, Nothing venture, nothing have”, “He that watches the clouds will not sow”. They all teach that courage is necessary to success, and that timidity and over-diffidence spell failure.And there is no doubt that, although many examples could be given of brave men whose courage has not brought them success (for example, those of Franklin and others who set out to reach the North Pole and perished in the attempt), there is a great deal of truth in these proverbs, as a few examples will show. ADVERTISEMENTS: Take the case of Christopher Columbus, who ventured out on an unknown ocean in a little ship to prove his theory…

Loyalty is one of those terms which have departed most widely from their original meaning. By derivation loyalty means fidelity to law; but it has come to be used to express devoted fidelity not to the law, but to a king or other master. It is not difficult to see how this change of meaning was brought about.In old times, before the growth of republican ideas had begun to oppose the doctrine of divine right, the sovereign was regarded as the embodiment of law, and devotion to him was therefore called loyalty.But as time went on and new political opinions spread among the nations of the earth, it became apparent that there might be a conflict between devotion to the king and de­votion to the laws. ADVERTISEMENTS: This was conspicuously…