After joining the Indian National Congress‚ V. O. Chidambaram Pillai wholeheartedly immersed himself into Swadeshi work to secure independence for India. Part of his Swadeshi work was to put an end to the monopoly of British shipping in the coasts of Ceylon. Inspired by freedom fighter Ramakrishnananda‚ he set up the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company on November 12‚ 1906. V.O.C’s ships started regular services between Tuticorin and Colombo. His shipping company was not only a commercial venture‚ it
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"AYUBOWAN" May you have the gift of long life! It is with this traditional greeting‚ that everyone is welcomed to Sri Lanka‚ the paradise island. For a small island Sri Lanka has many nicknames; Serendip‚ Ceylon‚ Tear drop of India‚ Resplendent Isle‚ Island of Dhamma‚ Pearl of the Indian Ocean. This colorful collection reveals its richness and beauty‚ and the intensity of affection it has evoked in visitors. Many travelers‚ from ancient mariners and merchants‚ to modern astronauts and business people
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Ashoka: A Great Emperor The Mauryans ruled India from 322 B.C.‚ to 15 B.C. Chandragupta Maurya‚ the first king in the dynasty ruled from 322 B.C.‚ to 298 B.C. Ashoka‚ who was the third in line ascended the throne at the very early age of 20 years in 273 B.C. and ruled for a long period of 41 years‚ till 232 B.C. During the reign of Ashoka‚ the Mauryan empire extended from Hindukush and Kashmir in the North West to Bengal in the North East. Its southern border was Karnataka. The present Andhra
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colonialism‚ national sovereignty‚ and the promotion of world peace were issues addressed at this conference. This meeting was also an important step towards the shaping of the Non-Aligned Movement. The Asian nationalist leadership of Indonesia‚ Ceylon‚ Burma‚ and the Philippines sponsored the Bandung Conference. The foremost figure of these nations was Ahmed Sukarno‚ president of Indonesia followed by other well-known figures such as Jawaharlal Nehru‚ prime minister of India‚ Gamal Abdel Nasser
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of his best-known and most translated works. Also ‚ Neruda studied French and pedagogy at the University of Chile. .(stavans 1) Between 1927 and 1935‚ the government put him in charge of a number of honorary consulships‚ which took him to Burma‚ Ceylon‚ Java‚ Singapore‚ Buenos Aires‚ Barcelona‚ and Madrid. His poetic production during that difficult period included‚ among other works‚ the collection poems‚ Residencia en la tierra ‚ which marked his literary breakthrough. The Spanish Civil War
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The Omnipresence of Smell: Love‚ Eroticism‚ and Power The sense of smell is a powerful and provocative sense particularly adept at evoking subtle nostalgia‚ lustful emotion‚ and peaceful memories. The range of feelings brought about by the sense of smell is nearly unlimited and can be quite complex‚ especially if differing and contrasting feelings are elicited by the same smell and perhaps even within the same person. A particular poem‚ “Verse 1126” taken from Sanskrit Poetry From Vidyakara’s “Treasury”
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widespread‚ in addition‚ the humanitarian and anti-colonial movements came to be quite popular that favoured the decolonisation. India and Pakistan became independent in 1947 which many nations followed during the following years including Burma‚ Ceylon etc. That meant the first phase of British decolonisation. In 1949 the association of the Commonwealth have been established which offered to all former British colonies to remain and indeed‚ most of them stayed. In 1960s after the visit of Harold
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PHASE 03 According to the HR manager‚ the Chairman had called up meetings in a continuous basis in order to ensure the progress of the implemented change (action review). When it comes to MBSL staff‚ their average age of an employee was 40yrs. When going through the outcomes of the change‚ they had been able to identify that there was still resistance by them. As soon as they identified the problem‚ they had organized special training programmes focusing on those employees with the aim of overcoming
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Introduction to China Cheng Ho Cheng Ho Cheng Ho (1371 - 1433) was a eunuch in the service of the Ming emperor Yung-lo and commander in chief of the Chinese expeditionary fleet to the South Seas in the early years of the 15th century. Born into a family named Ma‚ presumably of Mongol-Arab origin‚ in central Yünnan Province‚ Cheng Ho was selected to be castrated by the general in charge
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The English law of contract has developed over hundreds of years of history. As society has developed it has been necessary for the law of contract and the law in general to develop in order to reflect the needs of society and varying commercial landscape that is being experienced at that point in societal development. In this essay I propose to discuss the objective view of contract law in an ever developing commercial world that relies more on contracts than perhaps in the past and the need
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