THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE-1857 • During the War of Independence the Governor General was Lord Canning. He had assumed the charge of his office in 1856. • Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of Awadh. He was sent on exile to Calcutta and his state was annexed by the British in April 1856. • Three-fourth of the infantry and nearly two-third of the whole Bengal Army was composed of the people from Awadh. • Maulvi Ahmadullah devised the distribution of chapatti scheme during his travels in
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History of Indian Novels History of novels was endowed with the rare impetus of Indian Freedom Movement‚ flourishing under its colossal umbrella. It would perhaps be just not a mere overstatement if stated that - literature and history are very much intimately linked. Literature is known to represent history without any exaggeration or a biasness of the mind set-up. And history is no better portrayed in Indian literature than the novels that have been rendered life with much pain‚ love
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In his speech during Caesar’s funeral‚ Mark Antony tries to persuade the Plebeians that what the conspirators did to Caesar was not acceptable and something must be done‚ and this creates a critical and disappointed tone. During the beginning of Antony’s speech‚ he established his main ideas‚ and showed that he was different from Brutus. In fact‚ his first line‚ “Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚ lend me your ears”(3.2.82) tells a lot. Antony uses the word “friends” first‚ and this differs from Brutus
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Light Sura The Sura I have chosen to analyse for my assignment is the ‘Light Sura’. The reason I chose this Sura is that it deals with many social issues that are still very evident in Islamic life today. It gives a very detailed view of what God expected of its followers throughout the Sura and what punishment would be handed to them if they did something unwilling to Gods orders. Throughout the Sura a strong message is sent to the believers of Islam. A woman is used as an example of someone
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Quentin Tarantino paints with a palette of the past. As a young man‚ he worked in a video store‚ studiously absorbing film. When he began creating movies himself‚ he construed the elements of classic cinematic storytelling into his own modern pastiche‚ this is what sets him apart‚ and why he is often considered the most influential filmmaker of the 90s. Nearly twenty-five years after his first major film Tarantino gives us his eighth film‚ The Hateful Eight. The Weinstein company has rolled out
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with which the slavers were trading. The salves were often bought two at a time‚ but sometimes a hundred or more were purchased in one transaction. With the risk of mutiny and escape being so high‚ as slaves were brought aboard the ship the men were shackled two and two to prevent these actions. “In spite of precautions‚ mutinies were frequent on the Coast‚ and some were even successful.”(page:33) During the sailing of the Atlantic‚ the main concern of the captains was disease. There were
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Heathcliff. When Romeo is first introduce we find that he is one of the star crossed lovers and that his love for Juliet is there to break the ancient grudge that there is between the two families‚ but this instead breaks out into a new mutiny. Whilst this new mutiny is occurring‚ Romeo is officially proclaiming his love for Juliet which leads them to their days of happiness. When Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet‚ he wrote it as a play and as it was made to be performed he had to make it as powerful
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To What Extent Does the Film Django Unchained Accurately Portray what Slavery was like in the Antebellum Era in the Deep South? Slavery in the United States- as defined by law- started in the 1670s‚ and it lasted almost 200 years‚ before it legally ended in 1865. It is no secret that slave life was harsh‚ miserable‚ and filled with pain and suffering. Slaves were not seen as people‚ but as property. The time of slavery is one of- if not the darkest time in American history. In 2012 an American western-
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rifles were greased with lard and beef fat. Since the cow is sacred to Hindus‚ and the pig is abhorrent to Muslims‚ all the sepoys were outraged‚ and they mutinied. Although initially the mutiny was spontaneous‚ it quickly became more organized and the sepoys even took over the cities of Delhi and Kanpur. This mutiny was harshly crushed by the British. On September 20‚ 1857‚ the British recaptured Delhi‚ and in the following months‚ the British recaptured Kanpur and withstood a Sepoy siege of Lucknow
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Heroes are often from divine ancestry‚ and are noted for their feats of courage and nobility of purpose. Often a hero is someone who has risked‚ or even sacrificed their life. Billy Budd‚ Sailor‚ by Herman Melville‚ contains one hero named Billy Budd‚ the "angel of God" (1906). Claggart and Captain Vere contain some of the heroic characteristics‚ still Billy is the singe character that obtains all of the traits of a hero‚ and therefore is the most qualified to fill that position. While Melville
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