Politics, Law & GovernmentPolitics & Political Systems Jawaharlal Nehru delivers his “Tryst with Destiny” speechAt the stroke of midnight on August 14–15, 1947, India and Pakistan became independent nations. Just before midnight, India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, delivered a speech...
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film director. After earning a law degree in Cuba, he studied filmmaking in Rome (1951–53). A supporter of Fidel Castro, he helped develop Cuba’s film industry after 1959 and made the communist regime’s first officia
President Truman and his administration proceeded to build on this political foundation. The impending economic collapse of Britain, France, and most of Western Europe in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947 led the United States to take action in the economic sphere in the form of the ...
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Although Russian forces made significant gains in the first days of combat, Ukrainian defenders rebuffed attempts to seizeKyivand other major cities and were soon launching counterattacks at Russian positions. ...
Jawaharlal Nehru delivers his “Tryst with Destiny” speechAt the stroke of midnight on August 14–15, 1947, India and Pakistan became independent nations. Just before midnight, India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, delivered a speech entitled “A Tryst with Destiny.” ...
Kenneth PletcherThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Jawaharlal Nehru delivers his “Tryst with Destiny” speechAt the stroke of midnight on August 14–15, 1947, India and Pakistan became independent nations. Just before midnight, India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, delivered a speech...