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He became friends with some of the Irish nationalists….he established a Dublin Indian Society with the 100 Indian students who were there at the time… - V. V. Giri
" "He became friends with some of the Irish nationalists….he established a Dublin Indian Society with the 100 Indian students who were there at the time. The emebers discarded the hat . They viewed the hat as a symbol of the Britisher. Instead they took to the Fez cap.
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About V. V. Giri
V. V. Giri born Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( Telugu: వరాహగిరి వెంకట గిరి) August 10, 1894 – June 23, 1980), was the fourth President of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 23 August 1974. He also served as Acting President of India from 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969, before getting elected. He was prominent president of that time.
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Native Name:
వి. వి. గిరి
Alternative Names:
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
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Education is the principal tool of socio-economic development and unless all societies are provided with right type of education, adequate in quality and quantity, it will not be possible to tackle satisfactorily the problem of ignorance of health and poverty which afflicts the majority of human beings in the world.
Ruth Renkel once remarked: Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s light shining somewhere near by. That summarises his [Giri’s] life. He was a young student at Ireland. He watched the freedom struggle by the Irish. That fanned the rebel in him. After independence, he became one of the chosen few who shared the burden of steering the nation through difficult times. Finally he became the nation’s First Citizen. The national conferred on him the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
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