Several nations of South Asia‚ Southeast Asia‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East wanted to escape the control of a colony that invaded their countries. Some gained peaceful independence and others had to take violent measures in order to escape the ruler that had corrupted their country through diversity. Borders drawn by European colonial rulers left nations with mixed ethnic and religious groups‚ which led to corruption. These foreign nations were the one thing that pushed these countries to want to
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Terrorism is just a word in English‚ but it is a hazard for mankind and the spread of terrorism is the most terrifying of all. Be it in the minor nations like Ireland and Israel‚ or in the huge ones: Russia and USA‚ terrorism has become the main challenge to most of the governments today. It has been described as ‘the use of international violence by group or individuals to achieve political goals’‚ by the experts in U.S.A. In simple words‚ it is the spread of terror. It consists of a series of
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India is a vast country with a vast population. The vast population follows different cultures and religions; and; belongs to different castes and sub-castes‚ races and communities. So‚ the national integration of India invariably depends on the integrity of its citizens. It is the individuals who constitute a society or a nation. Society or nation is nothing without its individuals. The existence of individuals is a reality; whereas the society or nation is a myth. The nation exists because of
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INDIAN ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPACT ON PAKISTAN INTRO 1. Afghanistan continues to be a proxy ‘playing ground’ for diverse outside powers with Russia in near vicinity and US in West. The decade old US meddling after the failure of Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 has yielded more familiar results i.e. ethnic and cultural tensions‚ warlordism‚ drug-trafficking and rampant corruption. It is not that these traits did not exist in the Afghan society before US invaded Afghanistan but US
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neighboring countries and internal terrorism emulates from religious or communal violence and Naxalite–Maoist insurgency. Terror activities involve either Indian or foreign citizens. 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.[3]
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never disarmed after the war and some of these groups were later activated at the behest of the state in the form of the Lashkar-e-Taiba‚ the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and others like the Taliban who were all encouraged to achieve Pakistan’s agenda in the Kashmir conflict[4] and Afghanistan[5] respectively. The same groups are now taking on the state itself‚ making the biggest threat to it and the citizens of Pakistan through the politically motivated killing of civilians and police officials‚ by what Pakistan
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Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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Indian prisoners of War (PoWs)‚ rather than handing them over safely as was done by India through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Fighting against all odds in the icy heights of Kargil‚ a remote region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir‚ the Indian forces ensured that the supreme sacrifice made by their gallant soldiers did not go waste. As the nation stood like a rock behind the men fighting a war forced upon India by Pakistan‚ the plea from Islamabad to allow a safe passage to
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1. Godavari is the biggest river in the peninsular India which is originated in trimbakeshwar of Maharashtra. The Jayakwadi project is one of the largest irrigation project. It is located on Godavari river at the site of Jayakwadi village in Paithan taluka of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra. Godavari is one of the East flowing river in India. 2. India have enough amount of rainfall in most of states.So‚the need of Irrigation is less. If most of land must be irrigated India’s production of corps
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The Inevitability Of A Confrontation‚ The Times of India‚ retrieved 2008-11-10 ^ Kashmiri Pandits in Nandimarg decide to leave Valley‚ Outlook‚ 30 March 2003‚ retrieved 2007-11-30 ^ Phil Reeves (25 March 2003)‚ Islamic militants kill 24 Hindus in Kashmir massacre‚ The Independent‚ retrieved 2007-11-30 ^ Anti-Christian Violence on the Rise in India ^ Low‚ Alaine M.; Brown‚ Judith M.; Frykenberg‚ Robert Eric (eds.) (2002)‚ Christians‚ Cultural Interactions‚ and India ’s Religious Traditions‚ Grand Rapids
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