childhood Swami Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Dutta in Calcutta‚ the capital of British India‚ on 12 January 1863 during the Makar Sankranti festival. He belonged to a traditional Bengali Kayastha (a caste of Hindus) family. There was precedence of ascetics in his family—Narendra’s grandfather Durga Charan Datta renounced the world and became a monk at the age of twenty five.[10] Narendra’s father Vishwanath Datta was an attorney of Calcutta High Court. Vishwanath Datta had a liberal‚ progressive
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Judiciary of Indian Subcontinent The present legal and judicial system of Bangladesh owes its origin mainly to two hundred years British rule in the Indian Sub-Continent although some elements of it are remnants of Pre-British period tracing back to Hindu and Muslim administration. It passed through various stages and has been gradually developed as a continuous historical process. The process of evolution has been partly indigenous and partly foreign and the legal system of the present day emanates
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Mayadebi‚ Tridib‚ Ila‚ May‚ Narrator‚ Nick‚ grandmother. POLITICAL SCENERIO : The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events: 1.Swadeshi movement 2.Second World War 3.Partition of Country 4.Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta CHARACTERS ANALYSIS : The characters in this novel – except that of Tridib – are realistically portrayed and are not larger than life. Each one is portrayed with all the weaknesses that make them endearing. Each one is believable . But Tridib
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The youngest of thirteen surviving children‚ Tagore was born in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta (now Kolkata) of parents Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875).ε[›][11] Tagore family patriarchs were the Brahmo founding fathers of the Adi Dharm faith. He was mostly raised by servants‚ as his mother had died in his early childhood; his father travelled extensively.[12] Tagore largely declined classroom schooling‚ preferring to roam the mansion or nearby idylls: Bolpur‚ Panihati
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education he went to Cuttack High School (later known as Ravenshaw Collegiate School) and completed his secondary education. Later he went to Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) to pursue his MA and BL degrees. He stayed there for fifteen years and then returned to Cuttack and started his legal practice. He was the first Odia to get the Degree of M.A. B.L. from Calcutta University. He was not only a lawyer but he was also a social reformer and a patriot. He worked hard for the social‚ political and economical
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into his eyes and remarked that the janewara was still there. He hadn’t lost his caste. 4. Why does the narrator refer to the Black Hole of Calcutta? During the British rule‚ in Calcutta‚ hundreds of people were herded together in one room‚ hence leading to the death of many due to suffocation. The narrator compares the crowd to the Black Hole of Calcutta saying that so many people‚ who had come to see Ranga‚ would have turned the place into a black hole if they had all gone inside. 5. What
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There was a woman like no other before her‚ her name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She changed her name to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was dedicated to taking care of the poor and helping the needy and She devoted her life to taking care of the sick and anyone who needed love. Through her compassion and care‚ Mother Theresa had a great and lasting influence on the world around her. After she opened Missionaries of charitys‚15 others opened around the world. All that which is apparent in the book "Mother
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branch network‚ extension counters‚ ATMs‚ phone banking and the Internet. In Twentieth Century‚ The Bank became a part of P & O Banking Corporation’s group with a bid price of Rs.436 per share in 1920. The Head Office of the Bank was shifted to Calcutta on business considerations during the year of 1923. The Bank crossed its century year in 1965. In July 19th of the year 1969‚ Allahabad Bank was nationalized (with 151Branches - Rs.119 crores of Deposits and Rs.82 crores of Advances) along with 13
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Indo-Anglian Authors It’s the same Indian Curry – the spices are Indian‚ the flavours remain rural and the colours are still rich and earthy‚ except for the fact that it is savoured with a different spoon. That is Indo-Anglian literature or English literature penned by an Indian author. With the sudden surge of writers in this genre‚ its history is very recent‚ mostly limited to the last two centuries. As a category it owes its roots to the post-colonial era and today with almost three Nobel laureates
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MODERNITY AND NATIONHOOD IN INDIAN CINEMA MODERNITY‚ NATIONHOOD AND NEHRUVIAN IDEOLOGY AFTER INDEPENDENCE B.A FILM PRODUCTION TERM PAPER SUBMITTED TO ASC-UCLAN SEMESTER- 1 COURSE: REVIEW: READING FILMS COURSE CODE: SUBMIT BY: BHAVNEET SIROHI DATE: 28 JANUARY 2013 INTRODUCTION In this paper I address some of the ways in which ideas of modernity and nationhood is tackled in Hindi films after independence .My primary interest is to understand how modernity and Nationhood was
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