“The Mounties”‚ are a highly distinguished‚ world renowned organization that was put into action as a result of a need for a national force to implement laws and restore order. It was conceptualized in and formed in 1920 by a merge with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police‚ founded 1873 and the Dominion Police‚ founded 1868. The RCMP is responsible for an substantially large breadth of duties. As an agency of the Ministry of Public and Safety‚ the RCMP is considered unique of its kind for providing
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civilian rebellions which were mainly centered on north central India along the several major river valleys draining the south face of the Himalayas [See red annotated locations on Map at right] but with local episodes extending both northwest to Peshawar on the north-west frontier with Afghanistan and southeast beyond Delhi. The main conflict occurred largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India‚ with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh‚ Bihar‚ northern Madhya Pradesh‚
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two countries. But he saw the British Empire as a worldwide alliance of free and equal nations‚ and he opposed every attempt to limit Canada’s freedom. Laurier’s liberal immigration policy brought hundreds of thousands of settlers to the western provinces. He reduced postal rates‚ promoted the building of railroads needed for national expansion‚ and appointed a commission to regulate railroad rates. After 15 years in office his government was defeated‚ presumably on the issue of reciprocal trade with
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functioning and operated through the civil servants. He brought Maj. Gen. lskander Mirza into the government as the Defence Secretary. Mirza was not a fighting General. He belonged to the British Political Service and had spent most of his career in the Frontier quelling Pathan insurgency. It was also the time when General Ayub Khan became the first Pakistani Chief of the Army Staff. These three men were responsible for the destruction of democracy‚ and ushering in the first military coup in October 1958
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seventh largest country of the world. India has a land boundary of about 15‚200 km and the total length of the coast line of the mainland including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 7‚516.6 km. India is bounded by the young fold mountains in the northwest‚ north and north east. South of about 22° north latitude‚ it begins to taper‚ and extends towards the Indian Ocean‚ dividing it into two seas‚ the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on its east. Look at Figure 1.3 and note that the
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BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India (see map).[1] Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World‚ and of the three the most widespread.[2] covering an area of 1.25 million sq km [3] It flourished in the basins of the Indus River‚ one of the major rivers of Asia‚ and the Ghaggar-Hakra River‚ which once coursed through northwest India and eastern Pakistan.[4] At its peak‚ the Indus Civilization may
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Located in Middle Asia‚ Mongolia is the nineteenth largest country in the world. Its major trading companion is it’s neighboring country‚ China. Mongolia is a parliamentary republic‚ and has a parliament‚ president‚ and State Great Khural. Mongolia’s main attraction is the Naadam festival. It includes archery‚ horse racing‚ and Mongol wrestling. These sprots test the masculinity of the Mongolian men. Mongolia is mostly covered (about 80%) with pastures. Mongolia is a parliamentary republic. The
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McDougall sent out surveyors to plot the land. The Métis‚ led by Riel‚ prevented McDougall from entering their territory. The Métis created a conditional government and Riel negotiated directly with the Canadian government to establish Manitoba as a province. Riel’s men also arrested members of a pro-Canadian group who had resisted the conditional government (one of them was Thomas Scott). Riel’s government then convicted Scott‚ and executed him for threatening to murder Riel which was considered an
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The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China ( pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng;) is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China‚ built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups such as the Xiongnu from the north and rebuilt and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century. Since the 5th century BC‚ several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall
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All-India Muslim League INDEX 1 Background 2 Founding Fathers 3 Foundation 4 Early years 5 The search for a solution 6 Conception of Pakistan 7 Campaign for Pakistan 8 Influence on the future courses of India and Pakistan 8.1 Present Day Divisions of All India Muslim League which converted into Pakistan Muslim league 8.2 Muttahida Muslim League 8.3 All Pakistan Muslim League (Pervez Musharraf) 8.4 Pakistan Muslim League (N) The All-India Muslim League‚(Urdu: آل انڈیا مسلم
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