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Who is considered the father of independence?

Who is considered the father of independence?

Thomas Jefferson, Father of the Declaration of Independence – Jack Miller Center.

Who is the founding father of the Philippines?

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Name Nation Title (translation)
Andrés Bonifacio Philippines Father of the Revolution
José Rizal National Hero
D. Afonso Henriques Portugal Father of the Nation a.k.a. The Conqueror
Peter I of Russia Russia Father of the Fatherland

Who are the founding fathers of Africa?

Africa has produced many such ‘founding fathers’: Nkrumah in Ghana, Toure in Guinea, Senghor in Senegal, Nyerere in Tanzania, Kaunda in Zambia, Banda in Malawi, Kenyatta in Kenya and Mandela in South Africa.

Who was the most important Founding Father?

There is a nearly unanimous consensus that George Washington was the Foundingest Father of them all. The signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 members of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787; painting by Howard Chandler Christy.

Who is the father of India?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
India celebrates the 152nd birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, fondly known as the ‘Father of the Nation’. Gandhi with his non-violence policy and Swadeshi movement led India towards its freedom from Britishers.

WHO declared the Philippine Independence?

Emilio Aguinaldo
During the Spanish-American War, Filipino rebels led by Emilio Aguinaldo proclaim the independence of the Philippines after 300 years of Spanish rule.

Who is father of Russia?

This article deals with the seizures of Tsar Peter the Great, Father of Modern Russia. At the age of 10 in 1682, he witnessed the very brutal deaths of two men who were close to his family and the hacking of these men to pieces, directly in front of him.

Who invented Nigeria and what year?

On January 1, 1914, Lord Frederick Lugard, the governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, signed a document consolidating the two, thereby creating the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.

Who and when was the Declaration of Independence written?

Written in June 1776, Thomas Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams (1735–1826), Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790), other members of the committee appointed to draft the document, and by Congress.