http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=125949&d=31&m=8&y=2009 Malaysia Independence Day Supplement: History of independence — 52 years ago Arab News The struggle to search for independence began in 1511 and took more than 446 years. It ended with the declaration of national independence on Aug. 31‚ 1957. The termination of the Malayan Union in 1948 made the British to commit themselves to prepare the way for the federation’s independence. Under the twin
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Chapter 11 Mongol armies besieged the Genoese trading on Black Sea in 1346 Damaged trading links between East Asia and Mediterranean bubonic plague Geneose merchants and soldiers withdrew‚ taking germs with them reached Messina‚ Sicily‚ half were dead and rest dying went port to port‚ spreading the germs killed one third of European population land and sea trailes of human voyagers became accidental conduits for deadly microbes devastated societies more than Mongol warfare “murderous
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ‘LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF INDIA’ SUBMITTED TO MR. TANKMAY KANDEKAR SUBMITTED BY SANHITA WAGH (M/MFM/12/37) NIFT‚ MUMBAI GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION LAW: A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g. a town‚ region‚ or country). India‚ as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and
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trace back their history at least a hundred years‚ but even among them‚ the TVS Group stands apart. The group came into being in 1911‚ when the then 32-year-old T.V. Sundram Iyengar gave up his timber business and started running a bus service in Madurai‚ Tamil Nadu. Legend has it that commuters would set their watches by the arrival of the buses. There are other legends associated with the group as well: about the sheer quality of the auto components many of the groups companies would make (many
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25/12/2000 Dear sir‚ Sub: Report on business openings at Tuticotin Port I have visited the Port of Tuticorin along with Dr.T.K.n.Kailash during 15th and 16th of December 2000. We met the Public Relations Officer‚ The Traffic Manager and the Statistical Officer of the Tuticorin Port and gathered the relevant informations about the operations of the Port and the type of cargo handled. Also we met the leading C&F agents and a software company to gain the detailsof cargo handled. We also gathered
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independence. Corruption can be seen everywhere. Corruption is not a new phenomenon in India. It has been prevalent in the society since ancient times. History reveals it was present even in the Mauryan period. It was practiced even in Mughal and Sultanate period. When the East India Company took control of the country‚ corruption reached new height. Corruption in India has become so common that people are not aware of a public life without it. Corruption has deeply infected every segment of the
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Sabah Spratly’s Island Calayan Group of Islands I. Historical Background Under a treaty entered into with the sultans of Sulu and Maguindanao in 1640‚ the Spaniards recognized the independence of the two sultanates. Thus‚ the Sulu sultan later became the sovereign ruler of Sabah. The Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potentially by gas and oil deposits. They are claimed in their entirety by China‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam
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Abstract * Historians take national states as focus (since mid-19th century) * Realize importance of large-scale historical process * Sea/ocean basins as framework for analysis * Not well for absolute/definitive category * Contour/characteristics change dramatically over time * Useful to bring focus to exchange * For > century European/Euro-American treat history almost exclusively to national states * Leopold focus on institution‚ constitution
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1. HISTORY -The word ’history’ is derived from the Greek noun ’historia’ meaning ’inquiry or research‚ knowledge acquired by investigation. -Learning by inquiry about the past of mankind was later developed into a discipline by the Greek historians Thucydides and Heredeotus (who is popularly known as ’Father of History’. PHILIPPINE HISTORY Philippine history‚ many argue‚ did not begin with the coming of the Portuguese explorer‚ Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Rather‚ it began in the 13th century
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II. The Coming of Islam to South Asia Political Divisions and the First Muslim Invasions Indian influences on Islamic Civilization- Indian learning was transmitted to the Muslim heartlands in the Middle East. From Booty to Empire: The Second Wave of Muslim Invasions- Mahmud of Ghazni‚ led a series of expeditions that began nearly two of Muslim raiding and conquest in northern India. Patterns of Conversion- Interaction with the indigenous people soon came to be dominated by accommodation and peaceful
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