THE GREAT INDIAN STORY BOOK FOR CHILDREN

DR. ANSHUMALI PANDEY

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Contents Foreword

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Preface

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Part I: Author’s Favourite Stories... 1. The Curious Case Of An Indian Enclave

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2. The Emperor’s Daughters

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3. Test Of Swami Vivekanand

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4. The Mom Bear And Two Cubs

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5. The Jumbo Meet

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6. The Funny Hat

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7. Twinkle The Kitten

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Part II: Stories Of Birbal 8. Twenty Seven Stories Of Birbal

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Part III: ‘Tenali Raman’ Stories 9. Twelve Tenali Raman's Stories

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Part IV: Ninety Stories... 10. Ninety Stories...

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Part V: Stories From My Guest Authors... 11. Jyotsna Lakhawat - Best Friend

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12. G. Vagmi Rao - The Legendary Ball Of Rapid Fire

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13. Adiya Srinivas Shetty - The Inspirational Girl

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14. Salla Tejesh – Maatribhoomi

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15. Shraboni Puri - Tia And Her World

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16. Gajanan Shirke – Siblings

141

17. Shaibya Pandey - Making A Difference

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18. Faiz Malada - The Lock And The Hammer

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19. Hazia Khan - You Can

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20. Smita Mishra - The Homecoming

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21. Shreyansh Chincholikar - panic At The Super Market

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Contents 22. Rudrakshi Varma - New Horizons

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23. Sumit Bharadwaj – The Mayonnaise And The Coffee

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24. Shreya Reddy Katta - Poem By An Indian School Girl In The Usa

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25. Anagha Atre – Meera

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26. Ritu - The Story Of Dr. Ambedkar

162

Happy Children Make A Happy Society

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Foreword "The Great Indian Story Book for Children" Stories play an important role in the growth and development of Kids. The books they read and the characters they get to know can become like friends. It’s also good for children to understand that books are a valuable source of information and that good reading skills are important for success. Children’s literature is important because it provides kids with opportunities to act in response to literature; it gives students positive reception about their own cultural heritage as well as those of others; it helps students develop emotional intelligence and creativity; it nurtures their growth and development... Dr Anshumali Pandey (This book is also available on Kindle.)

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Dr. Anshumali Pandey (Author) Dr. Anshumali Pandey, is a renowned & reliable name in the field of Education, Hospitality, Tourism and Tribal Food. He is a Teacher and Chef by profession, and also an Author, a Business Auditor, and an avid culinary traveller to the Indian Sub continental hinterlands. Dr. Anshumali Pandey is a Hospitality Educator (PhD) who specialises in Higher Education, Office Administration, Pay roll, HR, Labour Laws, Audit, and Procurement & Tender Process. He is an Author with 50 Publications consisting of 35 Books. The books written by Dr Anshumali Pandey are essentially a banquet arising from an experience of over 25 years of Professional life and have boiled down to crisp and accurate writing on his favourite subjects. Hospitality Sector champion requires to be a specialist in many fields and Dr Pandey is one of them. His knowledge is evident from the spectrum of subjects which he has chosen for his books so far, which ranges from being a specialist chef, to Master of Human resources, to Education and to love for children, and topped with Spirituality. Books written by the Author are – 1. Theory of Indian Cookery 2. Beauty and Irony of Silvassa Tourism ● vii ●

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A Short Indian Food Story Be Your Own Guide to Indian Cuisine Cookery Fundamentals History of Indian Food (2 Editions Printed) The Great Indian Story Book for Children Personal Budget: Easy Work Book Online Classes Log Book Dictionary Making Work Book for School Children The Lazy Bed Hindu Dharm (हिन्दूधर्म) (In Hindi Language)

Where is my coffee? Your First Job is Never your Last (Volume 1) You are Almost There (Quick Fix Resume and Interview Hacks) Working for the Enemy? - A lesson in Career Management Public Speaking for the Young A Date With Coffee How to be The Best Hotel Front Office Employee Diploma in Food Production, The complete Syllabus Diploma in F&B Service, The Complete Syllabus Diploma in Front Office, The Complete Syllabus The Time to Speak is Now Munshi Premchand (Short Stories in English) The Housekeeping Department, Text Book Hitchhiker’s Guide to Trekking in Uttarakhand Uttarakhand, A divine Land for a Reason Bachhon ke liye rochak kahaniyan (बच्चोंकेलिए रोचक कहानियाँ) (In Hindi Language) Basic Communication Skills of English The Basic Office Organisation Book for Start-ups Hospitality HRM Hospitality Marketing Bakery Ingredients and Tools Human Resource Management for Indian Professionals The process of LAWFULLY operating a Hospitality business in India Connect with me: [email protected] https://notionpress.com/author/337004

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Part I: Author’s Favourite Stories...

Author’s Favourite Stories...

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The Curious Case of an Indian Enclave nd

On 2 August 1954, the small Portuguese enclave of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in India, sandwiched between Maharashtra and Gujarat (Indian States) was liberated by Indian freedom fighters.

The sunken ship Santana in exchange of Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Illustrative) The interesting story is, how Dadra & Nagar Haveli went into Portuguese hands, in the first place? ●3●

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In the 16 century, the Portuguese were on a roll establishing their stronghold over India. In 1510, they conquered Goa from the Adilshahs of Bijapur. This was followed by quick conquests of the northern part of the west coast of India. The Portuguese acquired Daman (1531); Salsette, Bombay, and Vasai (1534); and Diu in 1535. Within 25 years the Portuguese province stretched from Chaul on the Konkan coast to the island of Diu, which they lorded over for 200 years, until the Maratha’s came. In 1739 the Portuguese faced a near wipe-out. In the Maratha-Portuguese war in 1739, the Marathas under Bajirao’s brother Chimaji Appa captured Vasai and with it most of the Portuguese territories apart from the little towns of Daman and Diu. However, Dadra & Nagar Haveli was never a part of the Portuguese colonies in India to begin with. They actually went to Portuguese as a part of a ‘compensation package’ and remained with them through an strangeness of fate. Till the 1780s, the pargana or administrative unit of Dadra & Nagar Haveli were under Maratha rule. Sometime in 1772, Janoji Dhulap, the commander of the Maratha navy had confiscated a Portuguese Warship named ‘Santana’ and sunk it. The outraged Portuguese had sent an ambassador to the Peshwa’s court in Pune demanding compensation. At this time, the Maratha court was in chaos with several claimants to the throne. Also the first Anglo-Maratha war had ended in 1782 and the Salsette Island had been ceded to the British. The Maratha courtiers didn’t want added trouble, with the Portuguese mounting an offensive against them, or worse joining forces with the British. To counter this in 1783, as a ‘friendly gesture’ the Maratha court offered the revenue from the 71 villages of Nagar Haveli as ‘compensation’ for the loss of the ship Santana. This was followed up by adding the revenue of Dadra, to the Portuguese kitty two years later. The deal was that the Portuguese would recover the cost of the sunken ship from the revenue and then return Dadra and Nagar Haveli back to the Marathas. Fortune however had something else in store. The turmoil and infighting at the Maratha court meant that no one actually asked the Portuguese to return these areas. So busy were they fighting within, that they forgot to claim what belonged to them. The collapse of the Maratha Empire in 1818 after the third Anglo-Maratha war closed this episode and these areas remained with the Portuguese all the way till 1954.

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On the night of 22 July 1954, Indian freedom fighters under the leadership of Waman Desai and Francis Mascarenhas sneaked into the territory of Dadra and took over the local police station, which had only three personnel. Soon other volunteers overpowered the Portuguese nd authorities and started taking over the villages. On 2 August 1954, Silvassa, the capital was liberated and finally the Portuguese rule in these areas ended. In the colonial history of India, the story of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which were literally handed over and forgotten..., is truly only one of its kind.

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