Discuss the view that the impact of earthquake hazards depends primarily on human factors (40 marks) Earthquakes are an example of seismic activity caused by the build-up of tension at the three types of plate boundaries: destructive‚ constructive and conservative. The pressure is suddenly released as the plates jerk past each other‚ sending out seismic waves from the focus that travel through different parts of the earth. The movement of convection currents within the Earth’s mantle causing the
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with its neighbours. Sri Lanka and India were traditional friends‚ but ethnic clashes between the Tamils and the Sinhalese embittered our relations. Relations with Pakistan have remained strained. That country has been abetting violence in the Kashmir region. Bangladesh was created after India defeated Pakistan in the 1971 war. The sharing of the Ganga waters has been a point of discord between Bangladesh and India. The policy of Panchsheel was shattered when China invaded India in 1962. Areas
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....................................................................19 * Travancore……………………………………………………..……19 * Jodhpur……………………………………………………...………23 * Junagadh…………………………………………………….………27 * Hyderabad…………………………………………………………...38 * Kashmir………………………………………………………..……44 * Other States……………………………………………………...….51 6. Sardar’s role……………………………………………………………………...53 7. Present day scenario………………………………………………………...……56 Introduction History of the Unity of India India has a highly
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Agra Fort Amar Singh Gate‚ one of two entrances into Agra’s Red Fort Agra Fort (sometimes called the Red Fort)‚ was commissioned by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565‚ and is another of Agra’s World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shāh Jahān’s time‚ and reworked extensively with marble and pietra dura inlay. Notable buildings in the fort
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CONSTRUCTING “NON-IDENTITY” AND “GLOCALIZATION” IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S SHALIMAR THE CLOWN ABDELAZIZ EL AMRANI* Abstract. The present paper attempts to address the issue of “nonidentity” and “glocalization” in the post-9/11 context in Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown. In other words‚ we are going to investigate the representation of and the relationship between the distant and the close‚ the local and the global‚ and the foreign and the exotic in the post-9/11 world‚ through
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This is to focus on the problems faced by the rural muslim woman in the Kashmir Valley‚ their Aspirations and “Way Out ”‚ so that a bright‚ and a prosperous future is seen as a ‘REALITY’‚ which then can help in containing the ongoing crisis in the valley to some extent. “REMEMBER” Woman is a backbone of any strong society. She is a source of constant support and motivation to the entire family. She is timid‚ soft and sweet and bears more pains then men. Woman are more innovative and self reliant
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Jammu and Kashmir Rifles have received two awards. 5. The highest rank to be awarded a Param Vir Chakra is that of a Lieutenant Colonel. Lt. Col. Ardeshir Tarapore. 6. The award to Major Dhan Singh Thapa‚ for the battle of Sirijap in the 1962 War was initially announced as a posthumous award. It was not known that Major Thapa was taken POW at that time. Param vir chakra winners Stories of the highest gallantry award winners of the armed forces. 1947-48 Jammu and Kashmir Operations
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IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (JHSS) ISSN: 2279-0837‚ ISBN: 2279-0845. Volume 2‚ Issue 3 (Sep-Oct. 2012)‚ PP 06-10 www.iosrjournals.org Indo-Pak Relations: New Trends and Challenges Sanjeet Kumar Abstract: British India was divided into India and Pakistan in 1947 as a part of the decolonization process. But geographically‚ historically and culturally no other two states have so much common as these two states. Unfortunately both stats never became good friends and always
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Table of content Introduction 01 Chronology of major incidents 04 • Western india 04 • Jammu and kashmir 05 • Northern and Northwestern India 06 • Northeastern india 10 • South india 13 • Challenges before India’s Internal Security 14 Internal strategy 16 Introduction Internal terrorism has been an ugly scene in India probably for as long as we have known. The independence war saw the
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Terrorism in India is primarily attributable to religious communities and Naxalite radical movements.[citation needed] The regions with long term terrorist activities today are Jammu and Kashmir‚ Mumbai‚ Central India (Naxalism) and the Seven Sister States (independence and autonomy movements). As of 2006‚ at least 232 of the country’s 608 districts were afflicted‚ at differing intensities‚ by various insurgent and terrorist movements.[1] In August 2008‚ National Security Advisor M K Narayanan has
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