Varma that took place in Calcutta‚ India in 1985. The author wrote about Ajit Babu and his wife Swapna‚ a couple left their home city running from the war between Muslims and Hindus. The poor family is struggling to find a better place to live secure and stable and suffering to survive on the poor pension they gets. Ajit Babu’s family had a lot of difficulties to find a better place to live running from a war between Muslims and Hindus. First‚ when they came to Calcutta they had no place to stay
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with his adoptive parents Sue and John Brierley this shows a strong sense of belonging. Saroo encourages the reader to try and imagine what it was like to lives on the streets of Calcutta. The reason why Saroo tries to do this is because he wants to reader to see that there when he was living on the streets of Calcutta he did not have a sense of belonging in that part of his life. When Saroo moved to Australia with his adoptive parents Sue and John Brierley they made it as easy as they could for
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establishment of the First British Court in Bombay in 1672 by Governor Aungier. The admission of attorneys was placed in the hands of the Governor-in-Council and not with the Court. Prior to the establishment of the Mayor’s Courts in 1726 in Madras and Calcutta‚ there were no legal practitioners. The Mayor’s Courts‚ established in the three presidency towns‚ were Crown Courts with right of appeal first to the Governor-in-Council and a right of second appeal to the Privy Council. In 1791‚ Judges felt the
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Mother Teresa‚ also known as “Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta” is one of the most impressive characters of the 19th century. She cared about countless helpless people including the poor and sick. But she was also somewhat controversial in the eyes of many. Not only did she have to face criticism from the people in her new home country but also from the people to whom she devoted her life. She was born in 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia. At the age of 18‚ she joined the “Sisters of Loreto” as a missionary
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family that values their heritage‚ Gogol’s name distances him from his roots. As a child‚ Gogol puts a lot of emotional emphasis on his last name‚ for instance being astonished by “seeing six pages full of Gangulis‚ three columns to a page‚ in the Calcutta telephone directory. He’d
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Time: Sadler Commission was formed in the year 1917 under the presidentship of Dr. Michael E. Sadler‚ the Vice Chancellor of the university of Leeds. It is also known as Calcutta University Commission of 1917. Object: The main objective of the Commission was ’to inquire into the condition and prospects of the University of Calcutta and to consider the question of a constructive policy in relation to the question it presented’. Besides the Commission was to determine the ideals and standard of University
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Short Biography: Born in Mecca where his forefathers had settled during the 1857 Revolt‚ Abul Kalam Azad came with his parents to India in 1898. Settled in Calcutta‚ he began participating in the freedom struggle by associating himself with the revolution¬aries during the swadeshi uprising. Through Al Hilal and Al Balagh‚ weeklies which he began in 1912 and 1915 respectively‚ he started spreading nationalistic thoughts. He came in contact with Gandhi and began lending support to the non-cooperation
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Last Viceroy Lord Mountbatten March 1947 June Plan (Main Provisions) 1.The Legislature of Punjab and Bengal were to decide whether the province was to be partitioned or not. If either of the two favored partitioned‚ it was to be effected accordingly. 2.A boundary commission would be set up to demarcate Muslim majority area in Punjab and Bengal‚ if they decided to opt for the new constituent assembly. 3.It would be
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striking realization that her life’s mission was to minister to the poorest of the poor. With the Pope’s blessing‚ Mother Teresa descended into the slums of Calcutta‚ undoubtedly one of the poorest cities on the planet‚ and began the Sisters of Charity. Under her direction‚ the Sisters of Charity ministered to the sick and hungry of Calcutta. Showering love and food on all who came to the mission’s doorstep‚ Mother Teresa soon became a local celebrity. In 1979‚ she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Moria Kelly’s personal sacrifice‚ passionate commitment and her lifelong dedication to doing whatever it takes to save and heal children and communities in need is what inspires us. Moira makes a big difference to those around her. She was first inspired when she met an injured boy and his desperate mother in Bosnia during the war. She then took it upon herself and created funded medical evacuation of children for life saving and life altering operations. By 2001‚ Moira had already helped 120 children
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