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Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa, on 18th July 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies. In November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in prison & started serving his sentence at Robben Island prison in 1963. From 1964 to 1982, he was again imprisoned at Robben Island prison & then later moved to Polls Moor prison, during which his reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the antiapartheid movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 & was inaugurated as the first democratically elected-president of South Africa in 1994. He is the author of the international bestseller "Long walk to Freedom & conversations with myself." Nelson Mandela was the first black President of South Africa. He was in prison from 1962 to 1990. He became President of South Africa in 1994 & retired in 1999. He spent 27 years in prison for trying to overthrow the pro-apartheid government. After he left prison, he worked to achieve human rights & ensure a better future for everyone in South Africa. Nelson Mandela died on 5th December 2013 following a lung illness.

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Nelson Mandela

ProfessionPolitician and President
Aim(i) _____
Who/WhatEventPlaceTimeContributionAward
Nelson Mandelabirth(ii) ______1918
He(iii) ______Robben Island Prison1964-1982
Hewas presidentSouth Africa(iv) _____
Hewas awarded 1993guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multiracial democracy(v) ______

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(i) Abolition of apartheid policy (ii) Transkei, South Africa (iii) imprisoned (iv) 1994-1999 (v) Nobel Peace Prize

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Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest leaders in the modern world. He was a South African. He was sent to Robben Island for five years' imprisonment by the Government in 1962 for going against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies. Then again, he had to go there for the same reason. He was the first democratically elected President of the country & also the first black President. He worked for human rights & better future for South Africa. He died of lung cancer in 2013.

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People across the country observe 21 February to remember the (a) language martyrs. They organize various (b) programs to celebrate the day. At dawn they, putting on black badges, attend the (c) procession/ Shaheed Minar barefoot and sing mourning songs which remind them of the (d) supreme sacrifice of the martyrs. The Shaheed Minar gets flooded with (e) wreaths of flowers.

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