 Asoka
Pillar, Symbol of India India's national emblem is a
rendering of a sculpture erected by the
Emperor Asoka in the third century B.C.
The emblem shows three lions mounted on
an abacus decorated with a bull, a wheel
and a galloping horse. Below it appear
the words "truth alone
triumphs." |
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 Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi began his campaign of civil
disobedience (satyagraha) that
was to become his trademark in South
Africa, and then carried it into India.
It was this campaign that ultimately led
to India gaining its independence in
1947. |
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