Case 20 The Green Revolution Rockefeller Foundation‚ 1943 Scott Kohler Background. For the last five years‚ we’ve had more people starving and hungry. But something has happened. Pakistan is self-sufficient in wheat and rice‚ and India is moving towards it. It wasn’t a red‚ bloody revolution as predicted. It was a green revolution. Norman Borlaug recalls William Gaud speaking these words at a small meeting in 1968. Gaud‚ who‚ at the time‚ administered the United States Agency for International
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Indian Independence Movement against the British Raj. Subhash Chandra Bose was born to an affluent family in Cuttack‚ Orissa. His father‚ Janakinath Bose‚ was a public prosecutor who believed in orthodox nationalism‚ and later became a member of the Bengal Legislative Council. His mother was Prabhavati Bose‚ a remarkable example of Indian womanhood. Bose was educated at Cambridge University. In 1920‚ Bose took the Indian Civil Service entrance examination and was placed second. However‚ he resigned
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“As I write this‚ in November 1971‚ people are dying in East Bengal from lack of food‚ shelter‚ and medical care” Singer stated. (Pojman 759) Peter Singer is an ethical and political philosophy that is well known for his founding movement of modern animal rights. (Peter Singer) Moreover‚ he believed that people who are suffering from lack of resources are morally bad‚ in this case Bengal. Besides‚ it is in our power to prevent something bad from occurring. So‚ Singer’s overall idea is that we have
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tradition of India: The European scholars like William Jones. Maxmuller and Indian scholars like Bhandarkar and Haraprasad Sastri made the Indian people aware of their glorious cultural tradition. William Jones established the Asiatic Society of Bengal to carry on research on ancient Indian culture. The Indian people developed a feeling of pride in their past and faith
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Ethics and Moral Reasoning Katrina Pride Instructor: Thomas MacCarty December 10‚ 2012 In Peter Singer’s article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚ he gives what seems to be a devastating outline of our normal way of thinking concerning the relief of the famine‚ charity and morality in general. Only a small number of people accepted‚ or even acted upon the conclusions that he shared. The enlightenment of these facts someone may make the statement or argument such as Hume did in the likeness
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double cropping. This allows for two crop seasons a year. The only problem with this is that there would have to be two monsoons‚ on natural and the other “artificial.” India‚ which has found more efficient sources of food after their infamous Bengal Famine‚ has been one of the first countries to take an initiative in the green revolution. By using genetics to create HYVs‚ or High Yield Value seeds‚ they have been able to claim foreign acclaim and produce crops with increased viability. Agriculture
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AGE OF MODERATES (1885-1905) Congress since its inception was dominated by educated middle class‚ the landed aristocracy and the capitalist classes called the moderates. The moderate ideology was The British colonialism and Indian Nationalism were not contradictory‚ rather complimentary. For the moderates‚ development of England was the development of India. The British were invincible. As such‚ by a policy of co-operation India could better secure her interests. England‚ mother of parliamentary
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the ’self’ in almost every poem of Arun Mitra is also to be noted. He is always a lyricist. Arun Mitra was born in Jessore‚ a district of undivided Bengal. After a short stint in journalism‚ he received a scholarship from the French government and took his PhD from Sorbonne University. His first volume of poems‚ ’Prantarekha’ was published in 1943. It was followed by Utser Dike (1954)‚ Ghanistha Tap (1963)‚ Mancher Baire Maite (1970)‚ Sudhu Rater Sabdo noy (1978)‚ Pratham Poli‚ Sesh Pathar
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Science‚ Technology and Medicine in Colonial India Interest in the science‚ technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence‚ David Arnold’s wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examining the role of science‚ technology and medicine in conjunction with
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SMT. SULOCHANADEVI SINGHANIA SCHOOL‚ THANE Std 10- History Q1) Why Is the Revolt of 1857called the First war of Independence? • The Revolt though initially started by the Indian soldiers in the service of the East Indian Company‚ spread like fire throughout length & breadth of the country. All sections of the people including princes‚ Jagirdars‚ farmers‚ artisans &soldiers for independence .Hindus &Muslims fought shoulder to shoulder to throw out the British .Hence 1857
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