Indian Independence Act 1947 The Indian Independence Act 1947 was the statute (10 and 11 Geo VI‚ c. 30) enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom promulgating the partition of India and the independence of the dominions of Pakistan and India. The Act received royal assent on 18 July 1947. The legislation was formulated by the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee‚ after representatives of the Indian National Congress‚[1] the Muslim League‚[2] and the Sikh community[3] came to
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Southern Asia. With a population of 1.2 billion‚ India is one of the most populous nations in the world and falls slightly behind China. India‚ which is 12 times largest that UK and 8 times largest than Japan occupies just 2.4 % of the total surface of the earth in spite of being seventh largest in regards to the total covering area. India’s landscape varies from snow-capped peaks to deserts‚ plains‚ rainforests‚ hills‚ and plateaus. Presently India has 29 states and 7 union territories. It is home
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overall structure of myriad controls with a rigid bureaucracy has stifled its development. However‚ on the science and technology side‚ India has built up the largest stock of scientists‚ engineers and technicians. Since 1950-51‚ when there were only 2‚63‚000 students in all disciplines in 750 colleges affiliated to 30 universities‚ the growth of higher education in India has been phenomenal. Today‚ there are more than 11 million students in 17‚000 colleges affiliated to 230 universities and non-affiliated
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driven. They have been confined to the hearth and home. The orthodox male-oriented society in India has still not been able to adjust itself to the fresh wave of women’s liberation. But today the times have changed‚ the Indian woman has cast off her age-old shakles of serfdom and male domination. She has come to her own and started scaling the ladders of social advance with proud dignity. In Vedic India‚ woman enjoyed an enviable status She was considered to be a goddess‚ something like the Greek
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1. Compare the main features of the social structure of the Classical Civilizations in the Mediterranean‚ China‚ & India: The social structures in all three of these classical civilizations differ in various ways. In classical India‚ the social hierarchy was founded upon the very strict caste system. The caste system assigned occupations and regulated marriages. The hierarchy of this civilization was also based off of having husbands being the dominant ones in the family. One Indian code even
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Independence/National Days | | Definition: Independence or National Days are perhaps the most important day for a country to commemorate as a national holiday. For many nations the date is the country’s day of independence‚ often in hard fought battles to claim their freedom. Some national holidays commemorate a significant day in the history of the country‚
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Jessica Shaw December 3‚ 2011 Individual Project Ale and Lager Beer in India Beer first appeared in India in the mid-1700’s‚ during the early years of the British Empire. The demand of beer came from the British troops and other British officials who were suffering in the blistering heat of the Indian climate. The demand for beer was at such a high rate that a British distributor‚ George Hogson‚ developed a special type of beer in his brewery in London‚ England. The beer was dubbed Indian
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Buddhism started in ancient India‚ before the spread to the world .Buddhism was found by Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-483 BC)‚ a northern Indian aristocrat who was troubled by questions concerning the meaning of life and the existence of suffering and death in the world. In his late twenties‚ Gautama then abandoned his wife and family and a cloistered life of luxury and set out to find answers to his questions using the traditional Hindu methods of self-denial and meditation. His quest lasted six years
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Foundations Essay - Independence of the JudiciaryTo understand the expression ’the independence of the judiciary’ you first must understand what is meant my judiciary. The judicature is:The judicial power of the commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Supreme Court‚ to be called the High Court of Australia‚ and in such other federal courts as the Parliament creates‚ and in such other courts as it invests with federal jurisdiction. The High Court shall consist of a chief justice and so many other
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Essay on India—an Emerging Power in the World Rare are the moments in history when a nation suddenly captures the imagination of the world. For India‚ those rare moments have arrived. The country is achieving a high economic growth of over 8 per cent of its GDP annually‚ on a consistent basis. In fact‚ India’s economic growth rate is second highest in the world-next only to China. The developed world has been left behind. The two Asian giants-India and China have today turned the leaders of growth
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