system serving Delhi‚ Gurgaon‚ Faridabad‚ Noida‚ and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. Delhi Metro is the world’s 13th largest metro system in terms of length. Delhi Metro is India’s first modern public transportation system‚which has revolutionized travel by providing a fast‚ reliable‚ safe‚ and comfortable means of transport. The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 mi) with 142 stations‚ of which 35 are underground‚ five are at-grade‚
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was first formally banned in city of Calcutta in 1798‚ but it continued in the surrounding areas. The Bengal Presidency started collecting facts and figures on the practice of Sati in 1813. The data showed that in 1817 only‚ 700 widows were burnt alive in Bengal alone. From 1812 onwards‚ it was Raja Rammohan Roy‚ who started his own campaign against the Sati practice. His own sister-in-law had been forced to commit Sati. Raja Rammohan Roy used to visit the Calcutta cremation grounds to persuade widows
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text the dynamic characters illuminate the idea and challenges of belonging. Ashima a female who is of Indian decent is an integral protagonist that experiences the difficulties of belonging. Of Indian heritage that once lived with her family in Calcutta she makes the formidable migration of America following her new husband. Moving to the Americas was a monumental discovery of the unknown. It meant abandoning her culture‚ native tongue‚ people‚ past and significant memories that composed her identity
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Born: January 23‚ 1897‚ Cuttack Died: 1945 Spouse: Emilie Schenkl (m. 1937) Education: Scottish Church College‚ Calcutta (1918)‚ More Books: Alternative Leadership‚ More Children: Anita Bose Pfaff Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose Born 23 January 1897 Cuttack‚ Bengal Presidency‚ British India Died Unknown Nationality India Alma mater University of Calcutta Known for Prominent Figure of Indian independence movement Title Head of Azad Hind Political party Indian National
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librettist‚ children’s writer‚ biographer and memoirist. He was born on June 20‚ 1952 in Calcutta‚ now known as Kolkata. His father‚ Prem Seth‚ was an employee of the Bata India Limited shoe company. His mother was the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court‚ as well as the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court‚ known as Shimla High Court. His childhood was spent in the town of Batanagar near Calcutta‚ Patna‚ and London. He has a younger brother‚ Shantum‚ and a younger sister‚ Aradhana
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Rabindranath Tagore [pic]Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta‚ India into a wealthy Brahmin family. After a brief stay in England (1878) to attempt to study law‚ he returned to India‚ and instead pursued a career as a writer‚ playwright‚ songwriter‚ poet‚ philosopher and educator. During the first 51 years of his life he achieved some success in the Calcutta area of India where he was born and raised with his many stories‚ songs and plays. His short stories were published monthly in a friend’s
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in 1956 in Calcutta‚ India. After spending almost the first two decades of her life in her home town she immigrated to the United States. There she earned her PhD from Berkeley and became a published author. One of the stories Divakaruni wrote was Live Free and Starve. This story deals with the issue of child labor in third world countries. The U.S. House passed a bill that no longer allowed the import of goods to America from factories that forced child labor
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Airports and Urban Employment Scott Istvan scott.istvan@gmail.com (630) 433-6620 12/23/2011 Abstract: Airports are undeniably a cornerstone of our modern society. They allow inter-city economies of agglomeration to occur and are key to facilitating face-to-face contact. The question arises‚ however‚ of what exactly the effect of airport traffic is on a city. This article discusses studies by Brueckner and Percoco‚ which look at the impact of airports on service sector employment; a study by Green
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Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: The First Muslim Woman Feminist Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: The First Muslim Woman Feminist On 9th December every year‚ people of Bangladesh will commemorate the honor of Begum Rokeya Day for her contribution as the first Muslim Woman who struggled and worked hard for equal rights of men and women in Bengal. The foci of Rokeya’s works mainly on female education‚ campaign against the extremity of purdah practices‚ promotion of women’s participation in society and removing
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Partition of Bengal (1905) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Map of Eastern Bengal and Assam province Part of a series on the History of Bengal Somapura Mahavihara‚ Bangladesh.jpg Ancient Bengal Vedic Period Ancient Bengali States Gangaridai Kingdom‚ Vanga Kingdom‚ Pundra Kingdom‚ Suhma Kingdom‚ Anga Kingdom‚ Harikela Kingdom Mauryan Period Classical Bengal The Classical Age Shashanka Age of Empires Pala Empire Sena Empire Medieval Bengal Arrival of Islam Sultanate
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