The story that my evaluation will be based on is Shooting an Elephant written in 1936. The author George Orwell was born in 1903 in India to a British officer raised in England. He attended Eton College‚ which introduced him to England’s middle and upper classes. He was denied a scholarship‚ which led him to become a police officer for the Indian Imperial in 1922. He served in Burma until resigning in 1927 due to the lack of respect for the justice of British Imperialism in Burma and India. He was
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George Orwell‚ one of the most famous English authors‚ was born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari‚ India‚ in 1903. His father was a colonial official for the British and his mother’s family also had colonial ties. In 1922‚ Orwell worked as a British imperial policeman in Burma for five years but he finally returned to England again because he recognized the injustices of the British imperial rule in Burma and could not suffer the guilt of oppressing the Burmese anymore. Later‚ Orwell spent the next twenty
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North‚ Central‚ & West India BHIMBETKA (8000 B.C.) The Bhimbetka rock are an archaeological World Heritage site located in Raisen District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India; a number of analyses suggest that at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man for in excess of 100‚000 years. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30‚000 years old. MAURYA and
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Reserve | | | | Pench Tiger Reserve | | | | Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve | | 3 | The official name of Golden Temple is ………….. | | | Guru Nanak Darbar | | | | Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib | | | | Shri Harmandir Sahib | | | | Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib | | 4 | Which of these is not a famous place of Srinagar? | | | Nishat Garden | | | | Chashm-e-Shahi | | | | Hazratbal Shrine | | | | Mughal Garden | | 5 | Ajmer is famous
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operation which occurred between 3 June and 8 June 1984‚ ordered by the then Prime Minister Mrs.Indira Gandhi in order to establish control over the Harmandir Sahib Complex in Amritsar‚ Punjab‚ and remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers from the complex buildings. Bhindranwale had earlier taken residence in Harmandir Sahib and made it his headquarters in April 1980. The ’blue star operation’ was not directed to cause damage to AKAL TAKTH. In addition‚ the CBI is considered responsible
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The movie The Kite Runner is based on a novel written by Khaled Hosseini. The movie starts in Kabul‚ located in Afghanistan‚ about a boy named Amir. His mother died during birth and his father‚ Agha Sahib‚ is a wealthy merchant who Amir thinks blames him for his mother’s death. Hassan‚ Amir’s loyal servant and best friend‚ lives on the property with his father‚ Ali who has served Agha for a long time. Hassan would often defend Amir from local bullies‚ meanwhile‚ Amir resented his father for favoring
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MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE All the early Mughal Rulers except Aurangzeb were great bui1ders. With the coming of the Mughals‚ Indian architecture was greatly influenced by Persian styles. The Mughals constructed excellent mausoleums‚ mosques‚ forts‚ gardens and cities. The Mughal buildings show a uniform pattern both in structure and character. The main characteristic features of Mughal architecture are the bulbous domes‚ the slender minarets with cupolas at the four corners‚ large halls‚ massive vaulted
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freedom is the same. First of all‚ In “One out of Many” Santosh struggles with wanting to go back to Bombay or to stay in America. He spends half of his advance pay on a movie‚ cake‚ and coffee. After that Santosh tells his boss‚ Sahib‚ “I want to go home” (Naipaul 1666). Sahib‚ means master in Hindi‚ refuses to let Santosh go telling him that he will have to work six to seven years without salary if he goes back to Bombay. Santosh is desperately stuck between choosing to go back to Bombay where he will
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Baba Banda Singh Bahadur (16 October‚ 1670 - 9 June‚ 1716) (Lachhman Dev alias Madho dass Bairagi)‚ originally from the Jammu region‚ is revered as one of greatest Sikh warriors as well as one of the most hallowed martyrs of the Khalsa Army. The Khalsa were engaged in a prolonged fight against the cruel Mughals‚ who were practising their tyranny and terrorism. His confrontation with the Mughal administration in Northern India‚ though brief‚ was strong and vigorous enough to shake the foundations
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B-Schools in Punjab: AMITY GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ MOHALI APEEJAY SVRAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ JALANDHAR ARYANS BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ VILLAGE NEPRA‚ DISTRICT PATIALA BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE‚ FATEHGARH SAHIB BHAI GURDAS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY‚ SANGRUR CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES‚ VILLAGE JALVEHRA CHANDIGARH BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ MOHALI CT INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY‚ JALANDHAR DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT‚ PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL
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