Chapter 7 India Monday‚ October 15‚ 2012 12:21 PM Indian Subcontinent • 3 topographical zones: - Northern mountainous zone - Indus and Ganges basins - Peninsula Vindhya Mountains and Deccan plateau divide peninsula from other two zones 4 sub regions in Peninsula: - Tropical Kerala in west - Coromandel Coast in east - Flat area of Tamil Nadu in south - Island of Sri Lanka Weather‚ Crops‚ and Geography • Peninsular India and Ganges Valley have a subtropical climate and
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CLEAN-India‚ for a Green India ‘When the last tree is cut and the last fish killed‚ the last river poisoned‚ then you will see that you can’t eat money.’ -John May The CLEAN-India Programme India has a population of over one billion‚ of which almost 300 million live in around 600 towns and cities. Unfortunately‚ as a result of stressed environmental conditions‚ most of these towns and cities are unable to cope with the rapid pace of urbanisation. Water pollution‚ unavailability of drinking water
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n "The Civilizing Process" Norbert Elias marks the ruling courts as a site in which western habitus was forged and later broadly circulated. Separated and independent warrior societies began to consolidate into growing political and physical entities. This was due‚ according to Elias‚ to social and economical developments. No one predesigned these changes and they had no clear objective‚ they were just warranted on account of shifting modes of social existence. This process of the monopolization
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CHAPTER 2 L.C.M. AND H.C.F. 1 Common Factor A common factor of two or more numbers is a number that divides each of them exactly. Ex. Let the numbers be 27 and 81. In this 3 is common factor. 2. Common Multiple A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number which is exactly divisible by each of them. Ex. 12 is common multiple of numbers 4 and 6. 3. L.C.M. L.C.M. stands for least common multiple. L.C.M. of two or more given numbers is the least number which is exactly divisible by each one
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Punjab‚ state in northwestern India‚bordered on the north by Jammu and Kashmir state and Himachal Pradesh state‚ on the east and south by Haryana state‚ on the south and southwest by Rajasthan state‚ and on the west by Pakistan. <br> <br>Punjab state lies between the great systems of the Indus and Ganges river. Punjab had a population of 20‚281‚969. Chandîgarh is the state capital. The population of Punjab consists mainly of Punjabis‚ Jats‚ and Rajputs. The official language is Punjabi. The majority
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economies to become better suited in this global market. Some countries have shifted their economies to become more capitalistic. The effects of globalization have been prominent all over the world but you can especially see the effects in modern day India. Many of the people are highly educated and they speak fluent English. Multinationals have clearly taken note of this very profitable opportunity. In addition‚ the Indian political and economic structure is conducive to these corporations (www.cia
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Kashmir conflicts is a major contention between India and Pakistan over control of the region of Kashmir which was located on the Northern border of India and the Northeast of Pakistan. Both Pakistan and India lays claim over Kashmir due to nationalism and the controversial politics of the region as well as other reasons including the religion issues‚ the water issues‚ border crossing issues and the strategic location of Kashmir which are vital to both India and Pakistan‚ which will be summarized in the
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entertainment and cultural programmes India’s Independence Day (Hindi: Swatantrata Divas) is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. It is celebrated all over the country through flag-hoisting ceremony and distribution of sweets. The main celebration takes place in New Delhi‚ where the Prime Minister raises the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech
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establishment of British Rule in India left the Indian economy crippled. India served as a dumping ground for the machine made cloth and other factory goods from England and was reduced to a mere raw material supplying colony. After winning Independence against the political competition posed by the British Rulers for many years‚ India‚ post independence‚ started its era of fighting against economic competition‚ the only difference being that the threat which India faced was now not only restricted
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League‚ the founder of Pakistan‚ didn’t hold the same opinion with the most people. Fearing that their privileged position might be threatened in a democratic India society with Hindu majority‚ the Muslim elite from the All-India Muslim League proposed a plan calling for a separate Islam homeland ---- Pakistan for all the Muslims in India. In order to support their perspective‚ they drew the inspiration from Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophy and poetry and created a new viewpoint called “two-nation theory”
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