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    East India Company The East India Company was an English joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. Shares of the company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company operated its own large army with which it controlled major portions of India. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton‚ silk‚ indigo dye‚ salt ‚ saltpetre‚ tea

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    Dream Dare Win www.jeywin.com Modern India; 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

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    Swami Vivekananda was born in Shimla Pally‚ Calcutta at 6:33 a.m on Monday‚ 12 January 1863‚ and was given the name Narendranath Datta. His father Vishwanath Datta was an attorney of Calcutta High Court. He was considered generous‚ and had a progressive outlook in social and religious matters. His mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi was pious and had practiced austerities and prayed to Vireshwar Shiva ofVaranasi to give her a son. She reportedly had a dream in which Shiva rose from his meditation and said

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    Project Report "Transport System in India" TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT: Transport is a system in which passengers & goods are carried  from one place to another. Modes of Transport: Transportation is generally divided into three modes-LAND‚ WATER & AIR. The Land Transport consists of roads and railways. Water Transport is also divided into two types: (a) RIVER OR INLAND TRANSPORT (b) SEA OR OCEANIC TRANSPORT. The latest and the fastest mode of transport is Air Transport.   IMPORTANCE

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    After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with‚ Devdas Mukherjee’s life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain. An epic love story set in the 1900s which reveals a portrait of love destroyed by class differences‚ family pressures‚ and character weaknesses. Devdas is the wealthy son of a high-caste landlord. His best friend growing up‚ whom he loved dearly‚ was Paro‚ the daughter of a low-caste family

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    numbers‚ whilst enabling them to have very similar learning experiences and work towards similar qualifications. fulfilling a childhood fantasy … Chaudhuri moved to Calcutta‚ later Kolkata‚ in 1999. Photograph: Peter Dench/Alamy I was in Berlin at the end of 2005 when my agent called and asked me if I’d write a book on Calcutta. It was a work of non-fiction he wanted: Indian non-fiction was going to be the new Indian fiction. I declined‚ saying‚ "I’d rather write

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    id=20jT6DZziQsC&pg=PA9&dq=where+can+i+find+a+book+about+mother+teresa+life&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MB31UIHcJ42hlQWSsoHADg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAg#v=twopage&q=where%20can%20i%20find%20a%20book%20about%20mother%20teresa%20life&f=false]‚ accessed January 2013. “Mother Teresa of Calcutta quotes”‚ 2013‚ http://thinkexist.com/quotation/let_us_touch_the_dying-the_poor-the_lonely_and/216343.html‚ accessed January 2013. ( cek balik) Nelson Mandela‚ “Mother Teresa Biography”‚ 2013‚ http://www.biography.com/people/mother-teresa-9504160

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    Switzerland by her parents in the guise of pursuit of higher studies. After giving birth to a child Padma moves to London and from there to New York seeking a new life. When her father sends a proposal of marriage and expects her to come back to Calcutta. Padma

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    Teresa do to show love for others Mother Teresa born 26th of August 1910 was a Roman Catholic nun who is a landmark in history due to the love she showed for God but significantly for others. Mother Teresa founded the missionaries of charity in Calcutta‚ India in 1950. She did so for forty five years. Mother Teresa showed great love for others as she ministered to the poor‚ sick and orphaned. And even the dying. Mother Teresa did all these things while guiding the Missionaries of Charity’s expansion

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    Rabindranath Tagore | Tagore c. 1915‚ the year he was knighted byGeorge V. Tagore repudiated his knighthood‚ in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacrein 1919.[1] | Born | May 7‚ 1861 Calcutta (Kolkata)‚ Bengal Presidency‚ British India | Died | 7 August 1941 (aged 80) Calcutta (Kolkata)‚ Bengal Presidency‚ British India | Occupation | Poet‚ short-story writer‚ song composer‚ playwright‚ essayist‚ and painter | Language | Bengali‚ English | Nationality | Indian | Ethnicity

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