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    The Amritsar Massacre took place on April 13th 1919. It was committed by the British‚ who were colonized in India from the 1600’s to 1945. Before the Amritsar massacre‚ there was tension between Indian civilians and the British colonies for decades. This caused protests‚ mostly peaceful‚ throughout India. In March of 1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Act‚ invading the Indians privacy and decreasing their rights. On April 6th leaders of a peaceful protest against the Rowlatt Bill were arrested

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    Impact of British rule in India had been widespread throughout the country and affected the cultural‚ technological‚ religious‚ social‚ political and economic state of India. India had persistently tolerated the British rule for 190 prolonged years‚ with their everlasting impression been forever etched upon the succeeding Indian citizens. Impact of British rule in India‚ in this context‚ is one that had perhaps emerged forth right from the 16th century‚ when British missionaries had sailed to

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    At its peak‚ the British Empire was one of the most widespread and influential forces in the world. It sponsored the ideology of free and open trade in all corners of its far-reaching empire‚ after it became the norm in the European continent. In contrast‚ in the Far East‚ China‚ a withstanding and ancient empire‚ subsidized a more conservative approach to trade and connections with foreign nations. China’s traditionally reclusive foreign policy was the source of a long history of economic and political

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    about how people suffered British imperialism and civil war that took place in XIII century‚ but a person cannot feel‚ or truly see what was really happening from Scottish prospective. The movie Braveheart is about how a peasant boy of the end of 13th century‚ William Wallace (Mel Gipson)‚ that grows up into warrior‚ after the loss of his father and his wife‚ rebels against the British King‚ Edward I. Wallace attacks English positions of Scotland‚ to free Scotland from British rules and succeeds. It’s

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    A British airway was the worst rated airlines in 1981 and was called Very Troubled airlines with severe losses‚ bad quality‚ overstaffed and very near to bankruptcy. But with the Survival Plan Initiated by John King‚ the chairman in 1981 changed the image and turned failure into success. The things which he did was simple following the SWOT analysis by analyzing the internal and external factors leading to failure and dissatisfaction. By 1990 British Airways was converted into a profitable entity

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    British Imperialism was a large factor in the development of India both technologically and socially. The main reason that the British Imperialism has had such a large effect on the Indian way of life was because it lasted 190 years. Such a long direct and indirect rule impacted India’s development immensely‚ with the occupation ranging from the oppressive company rule to the British monarchy. The imperialism of India had many negative effects on the nation. Indian culture was lost‚ people were repressed

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    Can the British be proud of their empire? Britain should be proud of the empire they fought for and won because they concurred most of the countries that were in their empire and are still the leading empire to have the most countries in their power‚ (about one third of the world). The British Empire was a global empire ruled by Great Britain. At its peak in 1921‚ the Empire contained a quarter of the world’s land area and more than a fourth of the world’s population. The sun never set on the empire

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    report is based on The British Museum Queen Elizabeth II Great Court‚ which is the largest covered square in Europe and it is part of the Millennium Commission Projects (Millennium Commission‚ n.d.). The paper includes background and history of the museum explaining how it was decided to reconstruct The Great Court‚ what was it aim and who it was designed from. Then‚ will analyse the cost of the project including money invested‚ what is believed to be beneficial for the British Museum and what might

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    goals……………………………………………………………………...………………………………..7 Compromises………………………………………..……………………………………………………………..7 British Airways culture………………………………..………………………………………………………..8 Suggested solutions………………..…………………………………………………………………………….8 Recommendations……………….………………………………………………………………………………9 References..……………………………………………………………………………………………………….10 2     Introduction: What the company does? The British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the UK. Its headquarters is at the waterside near the main

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    an English joint-stock company‚ called the East India Company‚ ruled the country politically and economically and controlled trade of essential Indian products. When Indians started to rebel against the British control on all their wealth‚ the revolts destabilized British business and the British Crown decided to officially make India a colony to surely maintain the trades. On the other hand‚ Algerians waited for a long time before they claimed the money France owed them from the wheat import. The

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