1.0 Introduction The Himalayas are the longest and most well known mountain range in the world. It is located just north the Indian sub-continent. It is also home to some of the highest points in the world above sea level‚ Mt. Everest‚ standing at 8‚848 metres above sea level and K2 standing at 8‚611 metres.The main Himalayan range runs from the Indus river valley in the west‚ to the Brahmaputra river valley in the east‚ forming a range with a length of 2‚400 km long‚ which varies in width from
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Rainforest Animals Many people love animals. I can’t necessarily teach you about all of the animals in the world‚ so I’ll just teach you about the animals from my favorite place‚ the Rainforest! Frogs [pic] We will start our journey with The Poison Dart Frog. Before I tell you any information about it. I will tell you about its classification. • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Ampidibia • Order: Anura • Family: Dendrodatide
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of the AFC presently after 12 weeks of game play‚ the Patriots‚ the Broncos‚ the Bengals and the Colts are leading the table. Meanwhile in the NFC tally table‚ the Vikings‚ the Panthers ‚the Cardinals and the Redskins are leading the tally. Amazingly only the Panthers from NFC south have managed to remain undefeated after 12 games of game play with 11 wins. Not trailing behind are Patriots with 10 wins. The Bengals who looked promising at the start with an elite team and elite quarterback has lost
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1971 was for independence from Pakistan. India and Pakistan got independence from the British rule in 1947. Pakistan had two parts‚ East and West‚ which were separated by about 1‚000 miles. East Pakistan was mainly the eastern part of the province of Bengal. The capital of Pakistan was Karachi in West Pakistan and was moved to Islamabad in 1958. However‚ due to discrimination in economy and ruling powers against them‚ the East Pakistanis vigorously protested and declared independence on March 26‚ 1971
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causing upset between the Sepoys and the British officers. 29th March At Barrackpore‚ in Bengal‚ Mangal Pande wounds two British officers during mutiny of 34th Native Infantry. 31st March 19th native infantry at Berhampore are disbanded. 8th April After the events of the mutiny where two British Officers were killed‚ Mangal Pande is hanged at Barrackpore. 24th April Troopers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut refuse to fire the new Enfield Rifles due to the new animal fat grease
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For these reasons Curzon put forward the idea the Bengal should be divided into two sections of east and west. Curzon faced strong opposition from his advisors both in Britain and India but he chose to ignore all of them and go ahead with his plan. Hindus were strongly against the partition because they would lose control in the eastern part of Bengal‚ but Muslims were pleased that they would gain some power. The divide resulted in civil unrest ranging
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SEVERE THUDERSTORMS – OBSERVATIONAL AND REGIONAL MODELING (STORM) OVER NORTH-EASTERN REGION (NER) OF INDIA [STORM‐2010 OVER GUWAHATI] OBSERVATIONAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BLOCK 12‚ CGO COMPLEX‚ LODHI ROAD NEW DELHI 110003 By Department of Physics Yogi Vemana University Vemanapuram Kadapa – 516 003 (in Collaboration with India Meteorological Department‚ RMC Guwahati) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The technical supports extended by the India
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Partition of Bengal (1947) The Partition of Bengal in 1947‚ part of the Partition of India‚ was a religiously based partition that divided the British Indian province of Bengalbetween India and Pakistan. Predominantly Hindu West Bengal became a province of India‚ and predominantly Muslim East Bengal became a province of Pakistan. The partition‚ with the power transferred to Pakistan and India on 14–15 August 1947‚ was done according to what has come to be known as the "3 June Plan" or "Mountbatten
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[pic] The Green Revolution The world’s worst recorded food disaster occurred in 1943 in British-ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine‚ an estimated 4 million people died of hunger that year in eastern India (which included today’s Bangladesh). Initially‚ this catastrophe was attributed to an acute shortfall in food production in the area. However‚ Indian economist Amartya Sen (recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics‚ 1998) has established that while food shortage was a contributor to the
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Kyle Mutschler Ms. Riggio/Bilek Ap World History January 7‚ 2013 Imperialism of the 19th century Imperialism was a major part of the nineteenth century for China and India. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century‚ there was a great surge of imperialist activity. The major European states‚ particularly Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany‚ divided virtually all of Africa and much of Asia among themselves. This imperial expansion provided a dramatic manifestation of Europe ’s power and
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