Penang’s Changing Role in the Straits Settlementsi‚ 1826-1946 C.M. Turnbull Email maryturnbull@beeb.net ABSTRACT When the East India Company created the Straits Settlements (comprising Penang & Province Wellesley‚ Melaka and Singapore) as the Fourth Presidency of India in 1826‚ Penang was the capital‚ the most important of the settlements. While it remained the headquarters of the judiciary until 1855‚ Penang soon gave way to Singapore as the administrative and commercial capital in
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES Short term The main short-term advantage after completing the training was an idea of the industrial environment‚ the strict and disciplined schedule of the company. This helped me a lot to build inside me the zeal to learn more‚ to be highly precise and accurate in my working. It helped in understanding the relationship that should be maintained between an officer and a worker‚ officer and a trainee and also between worker and trainee. The good and learning environment helped
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and eternal‚ and one thing being certain‚ death‚ let us therefore take up a great ideal and give up our whole life to it. * Uttishtata Jagrata Prapya Varan Nibhodata— Arise‚ awake and stop not till the desired end is reached. Young men of Calcutta‚ arise‚ awake‚ for the time is propitious. Already everything is opening out before us. Be bold and fear not. It is only in our
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struggle to advise that they had inverted the dividing wall as part of their rule in governing India. In truth they had been enforced into the move by the furious oppositions of the Bengali Hindus. However‚ the British also moved the capital from Calcutta to Delhi to show that the Bengalis opposition had not been completely successful. The reversal of the divider was resentfully different by the Muslims‚ but the British were not to be moved. The Muslims now realized in a minute how essential it was
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In today’s society‚ many individuals get picked on or feel misunderstood for being unique or different. In reality we all have differences and we need to embrace them‚ rather than suppress them in fear of what others will think. Otherwise‚ the world would be insanely uninteresting. “The Namesake‚” by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ is about a boy called by the unique name of Gogol Ganguli. When he was young‚ Gogol was oblivious to the differences in his name to socially-normal-names‚ but as he grew up‚ he began
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1.Physical description of the character. How relevant is this for the novel? First impression: “…how hugely pregnant Ammu was…” * "Ammu had an elaborate Calcutta wedding. Later‚ looking back on the day‚ Ammu realized that the slightest feverish glitter in her bridegroom’s eyes had not been love‚ or even excitement at the prospect of carnal bliss‚ but approximately eight large pegs of whiskey. Straight. Neat." * Beautiful and sardonic woman * Judged by society * “Beautiful
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Culture of Bangladesh The Bengal region has a multifaceted folk heritage‚ enriched by its ancient animist‚ Buddhist‚ Hindu‚ and Muslim roots. Weaving‚ pottery and terracotta sculpture are some of the earliest forms of artistic expression. The best known literature of Bangladesh is the work of the great Bengali poets Rabindranath Tagore and Nasrul Islam. Folk theatre is common at the village level and usually takes place during harvest time or at melas(village fairs). There are many folk dances
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relate to their American children. Gogol begins to feel tender toward his father after his death. He now understands the guilt and uselessness his parents had felt when their parents had passed away across the world‚ in Calcutta. When Ashima decides to spend half the year in Calcutta‚ Gogol considers what it took for his parents to live in the United States‚ so far from their own parents‚ and how he has always remained close to home; they bore it "with a stamina he fears he does not possess himself
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College in Calcutta which is located in West Bengal in India. One of Bandyopadhyay’s most known discoveries was finding the site called Mohenjodaro. This was very important because this site was from the Harappan culture which dates back to approximately 2800 B.C(2). Along with finding this site‚ archaeologist Rakhaldas also wrote various books and articles that interpreted his findings. One article was called “An Indian City Five Thousand Years Ago” and was published in the Calcutta Magazine Gazette
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Hanif Mirza Professor Marsh ENG 1104 38 25 Feb. 2013 My favorite Poet Throughout the twenty one years of my life. I have had the privilege of knowing about many poets and dramatists. However‚ there is one particular poet whose name is etched in my memory. Whenever somebody asks about my favorite poet‚ his name will automatically flash into my mind. He is Michael Madhusudan Dutt‚ was a popular 19th century Bengali poet‚ dramatist and the
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