Bauddhik Plan for Age Group 9-12 for the second ... - Balagokulam

HistoryAugustFreedom StruggleAs we walk through the world history, we can easily conclude that the mostof the countries were under the control of foreign invaders/rulers either for a smalltime (30-40 years) or for a long time (100 to 300 years). The main purpose of theforeign invaders was to bring as much area as possible under their control. They notonly looted local people but also destroyed their cultural heritage such as buildings,religious/sacred places, books, etc. They captured other countries either by forceor by diplomacy. There are very few countries in the world those have never everinvaded any other countries. Bharat (India) is one of them.In the 18th century, America was also invaded and ruled by British. Americastruggled a lot for her freedom. The great heroes of America fought back, defeatedBritish and made her free from the shackles of them. Isn’t it great! People of Americaare always thankful to them. They celebrate 4th of July as America’s IndependenceDay. You may ask, “What is Independence Day?” It is the day when America gotfreedom and independent sovereign of their own people. This glorious and memorableday is celebrated throughout America as an Independence Day.Bharat (India), too, was under the control of foreign people. During the beginningof Christian era, she was invaded and looted by so many foreigners. Do you knowwhy so many foreign invaders invaded Bharat? It is because Bharat is the oldestcivilization with glorious past. She was rich in culture, diverse but still united. Shewas a beautiful country spiritually and geographically. Bharat was wealthy too. Noone was poor. Bharat had enormous of knowledge in terms of science, mathematicsand spirituality. Bharatiya People’s behavior and character was extremely high. Inthose days, there was no other country but Bharat, which was so big, beautiful andHindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)23