The Green Revolution | A Review | Sumit Shah‚ SYBCom. Honours | Table of Contents | Sr. No | Particulars | Page No. | 1. | Introduction | 3 | 2. | Causes | 4 | 3. | Intense Agricultural District Program * Continued expansion of farming areas * Double-cropping existing farmland * Irrigation * Using seeds with improved genetics * Fertilizers * Food Corporation of India and the Agriculture Prices Commission * Research‚ Education‚ and Extension | 77889910 | 4. | Positive
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January 1761‚ by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani‚ an ethnic Pashtun‚ also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century. 1764 Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal‚ Bengal and Oudh forces) 1765 Princely states (to 1947) 1767 First Anglo-Mysore War begins‚ in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company‚ the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad. 1771 Marathas re-captures
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Towards the end of the Second World War‚ in July 1944‚ representatives of the United States‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ and 40 other countries met at Bretton Woods‚ a resort in New Hampshire‚ to lay the foundation for the post-war international financial order. Such a new system‚ they hoped‚ would prevent another worldwide economic cataclysm like the Great Depression that had destabilized Europe and the United States in the 1930s and had contributed to the rise of Fascism and the war. Therefore
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brother‚ Harindranath was a poet‚ dramatist‚ and actor. Career Indian Freedom Fighter Sarojini Naidu (extreme right) with Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha‚ 1930 Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] During 1915-1918‚ she traveled to different regions in India delivering
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Subhas Chandra Bose (About this sound listen (help·info); 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 (aged 48)[1]) was an Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India‚ but whose attempt during World War II to rid India of British rule with the help of Nazi Germany and Japan left a troubled legacy.[4][5][6] The honorific Netaji (Hindustani language: "Respected Leader")‚ first applied to Bose in Germany‚ by the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials
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Possible Identifications. Vedas: Ancient texts which contemporary Indians harp back to and take as definitive accounts. They are written in Sanskrit and are one of the oldest written texts in this language and oldest scripture of Hinduism. It was composed around 1500 BCE. The Vedas contain hymns‚ incantations‚ and spiritual knowledge and wisdom. It is not clear who exactly wrote the Vedas some assume that the Vedas were taught by the Gods to the sages and eventually written down by Indo-Aryans
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world. The lack of labor and food in countries around the world caused people to turn to the United States. The Italians‚ Chinese‚ Mexicans‚ Irish‚ Swedish‚ and Dutch arrived to the United States seeking to find work and food. Several widespread famines‚ affecting Europe and Ireland during the 1800’s‚ attributed American immigration. Political turmoil was another main motivator that contributed to United States immigration. Religious differences along with government oppression were tremendous factors
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Briefing Paper November 2001 Economic Theory‚ Freedom and Human Rights: The Work of Amartya Sen This Briefing Paper reviews the ways in which the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen has focussed international attention on the significance of fundamental human freedoms and human rights for development theory and practice. In the past‚ dominant approaches have often characterised development in terms of GDP per capita; food security in terms of food availability; and poverty
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Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ; Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh)‚ is a country in South Asia. Located on the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra delta‚ it is part of the ancient and historic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. To its south lies the Bay of Bengal‚ while it is bordered by the Republic of India on the north‚ west and east‚ and Burma (Myanmar) to the southeast. It is separated from Nepal and Bhutan by India’s narrow Siliguri corridor and
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Subhas Chandra Bose (Bengali: সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু‚ Shubhash Chôndro Boshu) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Popularly known as Netaji (literally "Respected Leader")‚ Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack‚ Orissa to Janakinath Bose and Prabhabati Debi‚ and is presumed
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