Claude Martin was born on Jan 4 1735, son of a small barrel of Terreaux, Lyon. His legacy is at the root of a school, La Martiniere , which was build through his will.
In 1765 he was appointed collector in Awadh and is confined to Lucknow. Dismissed from the army of the CAIO in 1767, he remains in India employed as surveyor to do mapping in northern India.
Lok Satta chief kickstarts campaign on board train

The IAS-turned-politician and Lok Sattar party chief Jayprakash Narayan had adopted a novel method to kickstart his campaign. His message to the people is .clean and corruption-free politics.. Narayan launched his .Whistle Stop. tour on Friday from Hyderabad on Secunderabad-Nellore Krishna Express to cover seven districts and 25 Assembly constituencies in record 24 hours. JP and his entourage occupied a full bogey of the Express and he addressed the gathering of the people and the party workers at every stations starting from Bhongir and Khammam. Before boarding the train, Jayprakash Narayan told the media that creating city-like environment and providing best facilities in the villages was the main goal of his party so as to encourage migration of people from the urban to rural areas.
By: Omer Farooq
BJP's Poll campaign
Following the Congress party’s unveiling of its ‘Jai Ho’ campaign, BJP has appointed Frank Simoes-Tag and Utopia to kick start its ‘Majboot Neta Nirnayak Sarkar’ poll campaign. Shaan and Roop Kumar Rathod will sing the jingles, which will run on television and radio.
The BJP is also planning to send SMSes to around 35 crore mobile users across the country. The party has already tied up with Yahoo! India for its online campaign.
In Goa BJP has a ties up with BigFM for poll campaign.
Aam aadmi ke badhte kadam, har kadam pe Bharat buland..Jai ho

Congress has come out with three 60-second films that seek to show the party leading its multitudes to progress. From its 2004 slogan of ‘Congress ka haath, aam aadmi ke saath,’ the party has moved on to ‘Aam aadmi ke badte kadam; har kadam par bharat buland.’ Loosely translated, it would mean the common man marches ahead and every step he takes makes India stronger.
With 'Jai Ho' music these video also shows the mandatory pictures of happy children, prosperous farmers and communal harmony etc etc, to showcase the India Shinning (ohh sorry India’s growth story).
Song is penned by famous hindi poet Ashok Chakradhar and sung by Balram.
Pakistan diyaan mauja hee mauja
Read the following line from Ustad Daman to best describe the present situation in Pakistan (ironically it was written way back )
Pakistan diyaan mauja hee mauja
chaarey passay faujaan hee faujan.
Jidhar veykho sirgat paan
zindabad meyra Pakistan
Jidhar veykho kulchey naan
zindabad meyra Pakistan!
(Pakistan is great joy and more joys,
wherever you look there are army and more army.
Wherever you look its shops selling cigarettes and paan
Long live Pakistan!
Wherever you look its shops selling kulchey naan (Punjabi fast food)
Long live my Pakistan!)
After reciting the lines at a public mushaira (Poet Meet) in Lahore, he was handcuffed and locked in jail.
PS: His real name was Chiragh Deen. Daman was his takhallus (poetic pseudonym). He was the most celebrated Punjabi poet at the time of the Partition of India in 1947. He refused to accept the division of the country on the basis of religious differences into a Muslim Pakistan and a predominantly non-Muslim India. He was a Sufi mystic who spoke his mind without fear of consequences.
LEAD INDIA '09: Let's make this vote count
Because India Deserves a Better Parliament: The Indian nation is at a cusp. On the one hand, a palpable energy has been unleashed in the country, determined to take India to the forefront of the world order in the years ahead. On the other - with the economic slowdown and the recent spate of terrorist attacks - we are suddenly reminded of our enormous shortcomings and vulnerabilities as a nation.
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Congress to use 'Jai Ho' in poll campaign
Congress has decided to use the song exclusively during its poll campaign,for this they have said to have take the exclusive rights from T-series.
Hoping this also proves to have a 'India-Shinning' fate.........
PS: Congress should get 'credit' for Slumdog's Oscar glory: Modi {for more slums}
Also please Vote and let the best win....