CHAPTER I COLONIAL POWER AND THE INTRODUCTION OF RAILWAYS IN INDIA Transport is an important infrastructure inevitable for the developmental process of a country. The progress of a country depends upon the availability of a viable system of transport facilities. Without proper means of transport and communications it may not be possible for any government to administer a vast country like India. Indian Railways played a vital role in the 1 economic development and national integration
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Changing the Tradition: The Influence of Colonization on Umuofia In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe exercises the importance of traditions in an Ibo village of Nigeria. Africa is very well known for their long history‚ dating back to two million years ago‚ and their ancient ethnic customs have lived on since (“African History”). Unlike families from a rich white society‚ African families are usually required to live the traditions that have been survived through many generations‚ even if they
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Originally produced in India in the 15th and 16th centuries by Mogul rulers‚ the currency shifted to Gold Standards in 1898 with the British dominance of the subcontinent. The currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India that manages the policies through its broader mandate as the acting central bank of India. Historically‚ the currency has been pegged to the British sterling and then to the US Dollar until 1971. As is typical of a small economy‚ post-independence from the British in 1947‚ the Indian
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exploiting it economically.” Specific focusing on British colonialism‚ it can be understood as the British Empire gaining control over and dependent area or people. The British Empire lasted from circa 1490s to the 1960s‚ and during that time frame they made it their mission to expand and conquer. The conquests of the British were vast and covered a multitude of regions throughout the world‚ including many of the African ethnic tribes of the area. The British dominated control of the west regions of Africa
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To India A Passage to India by E.M. Forster is a novel published in 1924‚ a time when India had not yet won its independence from the British. Forster had visited India during this time‚ so a lot of the setting comes from firsthand experience‚ although he does make up the setting of the caves as well as the town names. During the time that this book was published‚ racism was a major problem in India and it is a major problem in the novel. India at this time was occupied by the British‚ and
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A Passage to India‚ written by E. M. Forster in 1924‚ is a novel exploring the widespread and uncontrolled tension and prejudice that existed in India in the 1920s. This tension was caused by animosity between the native Indians and the British officials who were ruling India at the time - in this novel‚ Dr. Aziz and the City Magistrate. Most of the conflict takes place between Dr. Aziz and the City Magistrate’s family and friends‚ who were visiting India at the time. Forster describes in detail
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Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. Some of contemporary Indian law shows substantial European and American influence. Various legislations first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. During the drafting of the Indian Constitution‚ laws from Ireland‚ the United States‚ Britain‚ and France were synthesised into a refined set of Indian laws. Indian laws also adhere to the United Nations guidelines on human rights law and the environmental law.
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Harp of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet — who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the minstrel’s
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investments. There is a glaring observation to be made‚ and that is interest in India by the West seems closely tied to economic profit. Britain realized it when they took India from the East India Company and today the United States and European powers are taking advantage of a large and cheap labor force and emerging middle class. Indian artists are benefitting especially from this economic boom as the middle class and wealthy in India are their main supporters. The strife of the lower class seems to be one
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to themselves so as they look at different cultures they might think their weird‚ not realizing that their culture is similar to another. In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart‚ they showed that colonization was not right by the Showing what happened to Okonkwo’s identity and how it was changed by the British‚ also it showed how his identity being changed affected the tribe. The identity of Okonkwo was a well known respected man for wrestling in the Ibo community. When Okonkwo was young‚ he earned
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