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    Education of Indians had become a topic of interest among East India Company officials from the outset of the Company’s rule in Bengal.[65] In the last two decades of the 18th century and the first decade of the nineteenth‚ Company officials pursued a policy of conciliation towards the native culture of its new dominion‚ especially in relation to education policy.[65] . During the 19th century‚ the Indian literacy rates were rumoured to be less than half of post independence levels which were 18

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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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    of the British Empire. In fact‚ the Viceroy of British India in 1894 called India “the pivot of our Empire …” I examine the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the subcontinent. Besides highlighting the fact that without cheap labor and raw materials from India‚ the modernization of Britain during this era would have been highly unlikely‚ I will show how colonial policy led to the privation and death of millions of natives. I conclude that while India undoubtedly benefited from British colonial

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    THE BIHAR PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT‚ 2006 AN ACT to replace the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act‚ 1993 as amended up to date. Chapter I 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement — (i) This Act may be called the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act‚ 2006. (ii) It shall extends to the whole of the state of Bihar excepting the areas to which the provisions of the Patna Municipal Corporation Act‚ 1951 (Bihar Act XIII of 1952) or Bihar & Orissa Municipal Act‚ 1922 (Bihar Act VII of 1922) or Cantonment Act‚ 1924

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    ROLE OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SPECIAL NEED CHILDREN. Dr. Seema Singh*‚ Mrs. Paromita chaubey The 73rd amendment to the Indian constitution (1992) is a landmark in the evolution of Panchayats in India which carved out the third tier of the Indian Political System. Earlier we had only two Tiers - the union and the State governments. Now we have the third tier – the panchayats at the village

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    Economic & Commercial Policy The British conquerors were entirely different from the previous conquerors. Through laws and administrative‚ economic and fiscal policies‚ the British government in England and Company’s administration in India used their powers to the advantage of British manufacturers and to the detriment of the Indian socio-political and economic fabric. The gradual “development of underdevelopment’ has been traced through the three stages of British Colonialism by R. R Dutta in his

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    responsibility for our own government." (GANDHI) India got a lot out of Imperialism‚ good and bad. The British found a lot of useful Products in India but they also had put lots of time and energy into India. India had a great chance to thrive in this time and they did but it also came at some cost to them. So Imperialism did many positive things for the British and for India. When the British found India they had the opportunity to get a whole lot of resources out of it and they took it. When they

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    The impact of British Administration on Hindu Law: When the East India Company established their business in Indian subcontinent they were not aware about the laws of that area. As a result they faced problems in the administration levels. The main concern of the administrators of East India Company‚ Hastings and also his immediate successors‚ was to ensure maximum amount of land revenue along with the introduction of a judicial administration of both civil and criminal‚ which would command the

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    The British East India company held India in its grasp until the Sepoy Rebellion in 1857 happened. Because of the rebellion England decided to take more control over the colony by having the actual government take root and complete control in 1857. With Britain having taken over India they turned it into a very efficient colony and maximizing its potential‚ while also putting controlling and racist laws to Indians and restricting them in most ways‚ by forcing them to farm non food crops‚ destroying

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    Why did the British take control of India? One word‚ Resources & power‚ a positive aspect of it is that the British [In control of India] is that they [the indians] benefited from the British for taking control of India‚ here’s why [and how they impacted the country with Political social and economic]. British Imperialism had a positive impact on the politics of India because…. Imperial rule has established framework of india and has the World’s largest democracy. The british has forced india

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