Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab‚ Burma on December 18‚ 1870. Hector’s father was Inspector-General of the Burma Police. The youngest of three children‚ Hector spent most of his early childhood at Broadgate Villa‚ in Pilton village near Barnstaple‚ North Devon. Their father had left the children there in the care of his two sisters and mother before leaving for India. Charles‚ Ethel and Hector grew up in a house populated by three adults‚ their aunts Charlotte (Tom) and Augusta‚ and their grandmother
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“It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500‚000 for every enemy soldier killed‚ and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.” This is a famous quote said by Martin Luther King‚ Junior. This goes to show that there has been insufficient attention given to the pressing issue of poverty. Rich nations have always been giving aid to poor nations‚ but there have been arguments of whether rich nations should continue to provide aid for poor nations since it reap negative consequences and
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British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions‚ colonies‚ protectorates‚ mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height‚ it was the largest empire in history and‚ for over a century‚ was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people‚ one-fifth of the world’s population
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It took the Japanese over six years to defeat the chinese. They thought it was going to be easy to defeat the chinese but they were mistaken. It was not going to be an easy win if they wanted to expand their empire they were going to have to work hard. The japanese expansion began in 1931. The Japanese didn’t expect it to last as long as it did and it had a extremely impact on their economy. They realized China was going to be too hard they had made various attempts and had failed. They decided
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TREES OF INDIa Submitted By Anish Pendharkar 11AR10002 Guided By Prof . Uttam Kumar Banerjee CONTENTS 1. THE BANAYAN TREE 2. NEEM 3. FIRANGAPANI 4. PEEPAL 5. AKASH NEEM 6. USTARD TREE 7. TAMARIND/IMLI 8. ASOKA 9. BAEL 10. COCONUT 11. GULER 12. PHANAS 13. CASHEW 14. ARJUN 15. MANGO 16. TEAK 17. SITAPHAL 18. BADAM 19. PALASH 20. CHIKU 1. THE BANYAN TREE Ficns bengalensis Linn. (Order: Urticaeeae). Ficus is the Latin for fig. Bengalensis‚
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In Burma‚ the unjust increase of gas prices initiated the Saffron revolution‚ showing that in order to bring about a peaceful end‚ the government must see that their actions and morally incorrect. People who live in a state that is a democracy tend to be scared of other types of governments‚ such as communism or fascism. Burma was a democracy until 1962‚ when the junta took over. The junta was a military dictatorship that had control by playing off of the fear the people had of them. The junta had
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Q4. How effective were colonial responses to nationalist movements in Southeast Asia before the Second World War? Colonial powers in Southeast Asia (SEA) were generally unwilling to grant their colonies full self-rule as many did not planned to leave their colonies. As such‚ the colonial powers wanted to control nationalist movements to maintain colonial rule. They wanted to prevent the growth and radicalisation of nationalist movements to supervise the tempo of decolonization. Coercion‚ concessions
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the 1900’s. Aung San Suu Kyi was able to non-violently express her belief in that democracy must be needed in India during the 1980’s and 1990’s when she was the secretary of the National League for Democracy. An election was held during 1990 in Burma‚ and the National League for Democracy won 59% of the popular vote. Due to the majority victory in the voting system‚ Aung should have assumed the position of Prime Minister; however the results were nullified and she was placed under house arrest
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4.2.1.4 Image Theory as a Contributing Factor in Intertribal Relations Not only is it important to consider how the various tribes view themselves‚ it is equally important to consider how these tribes view others: that is‚ how do they understand the distinctions that separate them (and those like them) from those not like them. Ethnonyms not only lead people to feel that they belong together but also to sense that they are “different” in some way(s) from “other types of human group[s] and social
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In the Second World War‚ the Japanese captured approximately 3 million prisoners of war. The sufferings of these people were horrific‚ with an extremely high death rate. This essay will compare and contrast the treatment of Prisoners of War between Japan and the Allied forces during the Pacific War. Prisoners of the Japanese‚ including Australians were treated much worse than those of the Allies because provisions in Japanese camps were low and Red Cross packages were denied‚ and the rate of death
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