Nelson Mandela
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5 important history events of 12th June
Who cares | Jun 12, 2015, 04:25 PM ISTHistory is not created in a day! But, a day can bring many changes in history. Following are five historical events that happened this day and changed the future course of the world.1. In the
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Nelson Mandela inspires West Indies' Holder's maiden Test century
Cricket | Apr 19, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTSt.John's (Antigua): West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder says images of the late South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela as well as his dead grandfather flashed through his mind after scoring his maiden Test and first
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Posthumous Nelson Mandela memoir to be published in 2016
World | Mar 24, 2015, 08:09 AM ISTLondon:A posthumous memoir by Nelson Mandela, recounting his time as South Africa's first democratically elected president, is scheduled to be published around the world next year.Pan Macmillan said Tuesday that it will publish the sequel
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Ranjit Sinha retires as CBI chief
India | Dec 02, 2014, 09:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ranjit Sinha, who had a tumultuous tenure of two years at the helm of affairs in CBI, retired today in the glare of a recent controversy with Supreme Court directing him to recuse
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Gandhi's statue in London's Parliament Square to be ready soon
India | Oct 14, 2014, 05:48 PM ISTKolkata: Mahatma Gandhi's statue would be ready in London's Parliament Square in the next few months, UK's culture secretary Sajid Javid said here today."In the coming months we are going to have a statue of
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Google Doodle honours Nelson Mandela on his 96th birth anniversary
World | Jul 18, 2014, 01:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Google honours former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela with a Doodle on the occasion of the leader's 96th birthday.Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa from 1994-99, turns 96th on Friday,
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UN sets up prize in honour of Nelson Mandela
World | Jun 07, 2014, 07:07 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN General Assembly Friday established the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize as a tribute to the achievements and contributions of the late South African leader."Our best tribute to Nelson Mandela is
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Nelson Mandela's wife Winnie Mandela disowns movie about her life
Hollywood | Feb 25, 2014, 07:06 PM ISTJohannesburg: Late South African President Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Monday dissociated herself with an upcoming movie about her life, Xinhua reported.The movie "Winnie Mandela", which portrays the personal and political life of the activist
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Oscars 2014: Nelson Mandela's daughters get invitation
Hollywood | Feb 24, 2014, 11:51 AM ISTFormer South African President Nelson Mandela's daughters Zindziwa and Zenani have been invited to the 86th Academy Awards, where song Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom will be performed.The Academy of Motion Picture
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Sense of humour bonded Mahatma and Mandela: Tushar Gandhi
India | Feb 04, 2014, 10:28 PM ISTKolkata: The biggest similarity that bonded Mahatma Gandhi with Nelson Mandela was the two leaders' sense of humour, Mahatma's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi said here today.“I think the greatest similarity between them was their great sense
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Nelson Mandela leaves $4 million estate to family and staff , ignores ex-wife Winnie
World | Feb 04, 2014, 08:23 AM ISTJohannesburg : South African icon Nelson Mandela, who died in December 2013, aged 95, has left his roughly $4.1 million estate to his wife Graca Machel, family members, staff, schools and the African National Congress,
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Know the lobster named after Nelson Mandela
World | Jan 12, 2014, 06:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: A new species of lobster (Squat lobsters) discovered in a relatively unexplored area of the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, off the coast of South Africa, in 2011 has been named as Munidopsis mandelai
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Mandela buried in rolling hills of South Africa
World | Dec 15, 2013, 10:03 PM ISTQunu: Anti-apartheid champion Nelson Mandela was buried in his home village on Sunday after a funeral that mixed ancient tribal rituals with a display of the might of the new, integrated South Africa.Military officers, both
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Idris Elba pays tribute to Mandela, records album
Hollywood | Dec 13, 2013, 10:41 AM ISTLos Angeles: Actor Idris Elba has recorded an album as a tribute to South African president Nelson Mandela.The 41-year-old worked on the project in South Africa after he finished shooting for Mandela's biopic "Mandela: Long
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Desmond Tutu home robbed; was at Mandela memorial
World | Dec 11, 2013, 11:14 PM ISTJohannesburg: Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honoring Nelson Mandela, police said on Wednesday, marking the third time in recent years thieves have targeted him.Robbers hit
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Mandela's body arrives for viewing in South Africa
World | Dec 11, 2013, 05:07 PM ISTPretoria: A flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela arrived with a military honor guard Wednesday for display in an amphitheater where he was sworn in 19 years ago as South Africa's first black
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World leaders bow, pray at Nelson Mandela's casket
World | Dec 11, 2013, 04:43 PM ISTPretoria: World leaders bowed and prayed on Wednesday before the flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela, having a final look at the anti-apartheid icon in the amphitheater where he was sworn in 19
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Watch in pics: Nelson Mandela's final journey
World | Dec 11, 2013, 07:10 AM ISTNew Delhi: A born hero, a known international figure, he was the heart of the nation. He was a revolutionary who changed South Africa's history. The former South African President died on December 5, 2013
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World leaders pay homage to Mandela at memorial service
World | Dec 10, 2013, 09:02 PM ISTJohannesburg: Nearly 100 world leaders including President Pranab Mukherjee and US President Barack Obama came together in an unprecedented act of homage to Nelson Mandela describing him as a "giant of history".Sanskrit shlokas were read
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World leaders, South Africans honor Mandela
World | Dec 10, 2013, 03:53 PM ISTJohannesburg: World leaders and joyous, singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was half full, amid cold, driving rain.The crowds twice booed South African President Jacob Zuma,