Compare and contrast how India was governed before and after 1857. India was once under the British rule in direct or indirect way. After the East India Company was founded in 1600‚ British has spent 250 years taking over the colonies and trade of the Dutch‚ repelled the French‚ and beat back Indian challenges. The Mughal empire was decayed‚ and by 1858 British obtained the vast continent from the Mughal emperor’s dethronement. British controlled India in their rule since then
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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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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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INDIA Population totale (2013) 1 277 803 914 hab. As more people connect to the Internet in India‚ time spent social networking is exploding on sites like Facebook and Orkut. It’s one of the primary motivations for going online. In both rural and urban areas‚ social networking is a key driver of use. The most popular site in India is now Facebook‚ which has seen its market share grow by almost 50% from 2010 and 2011. This article looks at five key social networks in India. 1. Facebook 52million
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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 and involved
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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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of the three college students‚ Mendoza‚ Gregory and Gallagher I think Moocs are right for Gallagher specifically. I chose Gallagher because of what he wrote about in his essay‚ and I related what he wrote to The Year of the Moocs. I think Moocs are right for Gallagher because his essay stood out‚ Gallagher wrote a fantasy essay which is very risky and something no one else to do. Gallagher is different‚ like Moocs. College is a serious thing and Gallagher decided to have fun with it and make a
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INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH Good Morning India‚ Respected Principal‚ Mam‚ honorable chief guest‚ teachers and my dear friends. Today on 15th August 2013 India is celebrating its 67th Independence day and we are proud to say that we earned our freedom 67 year back‚ which was by an act passed by the British parliament and we were the first to get our independence through the act which is a mark of respect. At the midnight hour of August 14‚ 1947‚ Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru rose to addressed the nation
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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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Reconstruction The victory over the Confederate States (Southern) had the most productive agricultural region of the country economically ruined and destroyed its rich culture. The legal abolition of slavery also meant no equality of former slaves. Immediately after the war tried legislative powers in the south to prevent African Americans from the election. They were afraid‚ as former slaves would use their right to vote‚ and they were trying to save as much as possible from their
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