Of Mukesh Ambani and Aliko Dangote,India and Nigeria and Tunde Bakare

Mukesh Ambani is Indias richest man he was born on April 19 1957
whereas Aliko Dangote is Nigerias Richest man born April 10 1957.
Dangote is Africas Richest man and Ambani is tiped to become the richest man in the world by 2014,currently second richest in Asia.

The Indian Politician , Vinay Katiyar and the Nigerian politician Tunde Bakare were both born on November 11 1954. Katiyar served as Vice president BJ Party for the State of Uttar Pradesh population 188 milion
whereasTunde Bakare is Vice presidential candidate of the CPC( Congress for progressive change) Nigeria with Population of 158 million.

There are other strange developments between India and Nigeria especially as it concerns Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Hindu Nationalist and Bola Ige(1930-2001),
Yoruba Nationalist.

Gandhi and Ige both studied Law at the University College London.

Gandhi and Ige were both imprisoned for their struggles on the Democratic front.

Gandhi and Ige have both been described as having caustic tongues.

Gandhi was a mystic and relatedly Bola Ige a Rosicrucian.

Gandhi and Ige were both assasinated in their 70s. Gandhi in New Delhi the political capital of India and Bola Ige in Ibadan the Political Capital of the Yoruba Nation.

Gandhi had as his right hand man, Pandit Nehru. Twenty years younger than Gandhi, Nehru studied Geology,physics,Chemistry and Botany and eventually Law.

Comparably Ige had as his special asssitant,Olu Agunloye,18 years younger than Ige he studied Geo Physics.

Bola Ige is particularly interesting for the passion he has shown for India, Gandhi and Nehru, In his Autobiography, Kaduna Boy, he revealed that the first country he visited outside Nigeria was India.He also disclosed that he had read virtually everything Gandhi and Nehru ever wrote.

Ige also informed that when Nehru became Prime minister in 1947, He "was as happy as if he was an Indian"and when Gandhi was assasinated in 1948 he had "Three days of excruciating mental agony and moodiness"

India is the Worlds largest Democracy and Nigeria the largest Democracy in Africa
.India and Nigeria both have Histories of Slavery,Colonialism by the British, a ethno-religious conflicts. Nepotism in politics and Crippling Corruption.

Indians are known in Nigeria for fake drugs and Nigerians are known in India for hard drugs.
70% of Nigerians live in Poverty and 60 % percent of Indians live in Poverty.

Indians are known for fake drugs in Nigeria
and Nigerians are known for hard drugs in India.

Gandhi ,father of Indian independence was born October 2 1869 and Nigerian date of Independence is October 1 1960

There is the Gandian Movement there is as well the Bola Ige movement.

India has the disputed territory Kasmir, Nigeria had the disputed territory Bakassi
.
The Economist,Dr.Manmohan Singh served as Indias minister of Finance,now Prime Minister,attended Oxford, oldest University in Britain and was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Whereas the Economist, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala served as Minister of Finance, tipped as a potential Nigerian President,Serves as Managing Director of the world Bank, attended Harvard university,Oldest University in the United states.

In colonial Nigeria it is said the Students had a protest song that read in part " After India comes Nigeria"

70% are living in Poverty in Nigeria and 60 % in poverty in India.
Can Nigeria recreate the Miracles of India in such areas as IT,Medicine,Pharmaceuticals and small scale industries?

I am recommending a centre for the study of India in Nigeria.Harvard university is spending a Billion Dollars for an India institute. In India we are sure to find solutions to some Nigeran problems.
Good books to read: Soul Force,Gandhis writing on Peace Edited by V. Geetha( Of current interest in Nigeria).Tara publishing.
India a Potrait by Patrick French.(Penguin)
GANDHI,The man,His people and the Empire by Rajmohan Gandhi,Professor and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Haus Books London
Think India The rise of the Worlds Next Super Power and what it means for every American byVinay Rai,Billionaire,Business Man and Philantropist. Dutton(publisher)
Nandan Nilekani. Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation (March 19, 2009 ed.). Penguin Press HC. p. 528. ISBN 1594202044.
In this book, Nandan discusses topics such as the future of India, its recent history, the ideas and attitudes that evolved with the times and contributed to the country’s progress, India’s early socialist policies, its young population, Information Technology, caste politics, labour reform, infrastructure, higher education, and the English language in India.

Sonia Gandhi could be said to be responsible for Indias dramatic growth because she influenced the choice of the economist, Manhoman Singh as Prime Minister. She is an Italian born in Italy , coincidentally on December 9 1946, the day of the first sitting of the constitution drafting committee of India.
I welcome your feedback. Cheers!

Of Churchill and George w Bush,Hitler and Hussein Coincidences

There are some interesting coincidences in the lives of Winston Churchill, Ex British Prime minister and and Ex U.S. President George W. Bush.George Bush Kept a Bust of Churchill in his Office, a Loan from Britian. By the Chinese Calendar, Churchill and Bush were born in the year of the Dog.. Churchill in the Year of the Wood Dog,November 30 1874 and Bush in the Year of the Fire Dog,July 6 1946 .You have the year of the Dog every 12 years .Churchill and Bush both had military training,Churchill was Secretary of the Air and Bush an Air force Pilot .Churchill and Bush smoked Cigars Churchill and Bush both had a passion for History Churchill was in the Conservative Party and relatedly Bush in the Republican. Churchill was a "hard Drinker" and Bush Had a Drink Problem. Churchill slugged it out with Adolf Hitler in the second World War, described as a Megalomaniac, and born on April 20 1889, by the Chinese Calendar, year of the Ox, precisely the Earth Ox. Bush Slugged it out with Saddam Hussein, in the Second Gulf war also described as a Megalomaniac and Born on 26 April 1937,Year of the Ox, Precisely,Year of the Fire ox .One last note on the Chines Calendar. In his Memoirs, Decision Points, Bush compared the Attack on the World trade Cetre( September 11 2001,Year of the Iron snake) with the Pearl Harbour attack( December 7 1941,Year of the Iron Snake). You have the Year of the Iron Snake Ecery 60 years.