Hundred years of Noble Prize (1913-2013): Rabindranath Tagore-India’s Greatest Gift to the World. Abstract: Through Rabindranath Tagore India has given her message to mankind and his unique genius reflects India’s eternal values. As a visionary saint he guided every soul through the raptures of his music and mystic vision. Tagore having avoided to write in English‚ emerged as a Bengali poet which ultimately brought about a renaissance to all the Indian languages. The success of Indian Writing
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I believe that Germany was the reason for WWI. There was a lot of chaos and heat that caused World War I. It all started in the year 1914‚ when Archduke Franz Ferdinand (and all his family) of Austria-Hungary. This is what triggered Austria-Hungary into a war-like mindset as a country. Even though this main cause of World War I wasn’t much of Germany’s problem‚ that’s not all that turned on WWI. In the end‚ Germany was responsible for causing WWI. One of the things that lead me to believe that
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What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Section A: Aim of Investigation After they seized power in Cambodia in April 1975‚ Saloth "Pol Pot" Sar and the Khmer Rouge were responsible for the death of 1.5-3 million Cambodian’s and were perhaps one of the most ruthless regimes of the 20th century. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate Pol Pot’s means of maintaining power from 1975 to 1979. An account of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge’s drastic internal reforms including the slaughter of millions‚ economic reorganization‚ political restructuring
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Why were the Japanese able to defeat the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore in 1942? The Japanese defeated the British in the war for Malaya and Singapore for a number of reasons. The British underestimated the Japanese and thought that Singapore was an impregnable fortress‚ meaning that they believed that Singapore was a country that could not be conquered. Therefore‚ they did not put much effort in trying to project Singapore. In this essay I will be comparing the Japanese and British
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people questioning what his intention really was. Because the above document were made on the campaign trail for presidency‚ I think it was a needed right-time strategy for Abraham Lincoln to play polictics. By twisting the words in his public speech‚ he made a bet in the belief that he might satisfy both sides: abolitionists and people who did not support racial equality and recruit as many votes as possible so that he could win the election.
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American Greatness in the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington and Concord The Battle of Lexington and Concord took place on the 18th of April‚ 1775. British plans were discovered to send 700 soldiers to Concord‚ a town outside of Boston. Their plans were to destroy guns and ammunition that were being stored in the town. They were also planning to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock‚ who were two of the leaders of the patriot movement. The Americans were warned of the assault of the British
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This book is about the Revolutionary War and what led up to it. The main reason the war started was because of many of the acts that Great Britain had passed on to the colonies. The main acts that angered the colonists were the Stamp Act‚ The Sugar Act‚ The Townshend revenue Act‚ The Currency Act‚ The Tea Act‚ and the Intolerable Acts. All of these were either taxing the colonists and making the give more money to Britain for its debt or involved Britain taking away our basic rights and not treating
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people in war were the soldiers‚ the domestic help‚ or the General’s. They had the most dangerous jobs. If the General’s didn’t give the right directions‚ he could lose an army‚ if the soldiers took one false step and had gotten wounded‚ they could die‚ and if a soldier had a chance of survival and the domestic help didn’t aid him in a mannerly amount of time‚ they could be put to blame for the death of the soldier. But what about the spies‚ where do they have a role in this? They were the ones who
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The Trojan War is believed to have been a war fought between the Trojans and Greeks in around 1250 BC‚ but there is a level of uncertainty over if a war actually did occur. There are a number of sources providing evidence that reveal the probable causes and likelihood of the Trojan War as a historical event. These sources include ancient epics such as Homer’s Iliad‚ the Cypria‚ historical tablets such as the Hittite records and more archaeological findings from excavations. Through archaeological
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