ninety-nineworks on and by Khushwant Singh. Setting Khushwant Singh recreates a tiny village in the Punjabi countryside and its people in that fateful summer.When the flood of refugees and the inter-communal bloodletting from Bengal to the Northwest Frontier at last touches them‚ many ordinary men and women are bewildered‚ victimized‚ and torn apart. Plot It is the summer of 1947. But Partition does not mean much to the Sikhs and Muslims of Mano Majra‚ avillage on the border of India and Pakistan
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THE ETHIOPIAN STATE AND ITS SOMALI PERIPHERY CIRCA 1888-1948 GULED ASOWE Ethiopian Civil Service College Addis Ababa SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF HISTORY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SUMMER 2000 PREFACE In writing this thesis I have received kindness‚ advice‚ encouragement‚ inspiration and succour from many different quarters. In ECSC I have been largely supported by the AHRB‚ and Somali State. I have benefited from several funds from Ogaden Democracy League without
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nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC). The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada‚ and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously‚ Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal‚ Quebec and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary‚ Alberta. BID AND PREPARATIONS The Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate
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Tourist Spots in Philippines Photos and Images Explore the Philippines. Take a peek at Filipinos’ history and culture mirrored by century-old churches‚ ancient forts and modern museums. See the best of nature in our white-sand beaches and three-layered virgin forests. Discover the Philippine islands. Blessed with an extensive coastline‚ the Philippines is ringed with unspoiled beaches and first-class resort facilities. Its deep-blue‚ crystal-clear waters offer about 40‚000 square kilometers
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Geologic Setting The Wabigoon Subprovince is part of the Superior Province‚ an Archean age craton composed of E-NE trending granite-greenstone and metasedimentary terranes that span from western MN to northern Quebec. In Canada‚ the Neoarchean Wabigoon subprovince hosts numerous precious and base metal deposits‚ including the Sturgeon Lake VMS deposits and Rainy River and Hammond Reef gold deposits. Historically considered moderately to weakly prospective for hosting VMS deposits due to inferred
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Baluchistan conflict The Government of Pakistan over Baluchistan‚ the country’s largest province. Recently‚ separatists have also clashed with Islamic Republic of Iran over its respective Baloch region‚ which borders Pakistan. Shortly after Pakistan’s creation in 1947‚ the Army of the Islamic Republic had to subdue insurgents based in Kalat who rejected the King of Kalat decision to accede to Pakistan‚ reminiscent of the Indian Army’s operation in the Principality state of Hyderabad. The movement
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Flags‚ history‚ wars‚ deaths. All of these words have to do with each and every individual country. The United States and Canada have fought in many wars together‚ had many losses of veterans and civilians‚ waved our individual flags‚ and much more! But what I’m going to talk to you about today is the many similarities and differences of the countries‚ and how the countries came about. The United States of America started out as just individual states. But as time went on‚ the states slowly merged
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get a much greater say in the way India was governed. In response to this development‚ the Morley-Minto reforms were introduced in 1909. Morley was the Secretary of State for India and Lord Morley was Viceroy of India. Their reforms lead to each province in India having its own governor and Indian nationals were allowed to sit on the councils which advised these governors. After 1918‚ nationalism within India intensified. This was probably due to 2 reasons: 1. Many educated nationals in India were
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The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that occurred on Monday‚ May 12‚ 2008 in Sichuan province of China‚ killing an estimated 68‚000 people. It is also known as the Wenchuan earthquake ‚ after the location of the earthquake’s epicenter‚Wenchuan County in Sichuan province. The epicenter was 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu‚ the capital of Sichuan‚ with a focal depth of 19 kilometres (12 mi). The earthquake was also felt in nearby countries
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A New Business In A New Town Xu Xingpeng Raffles Design Institute Executive This marketing report is about the feasibility of opening a Tea house in at Huali Road‚ Zhujiang Newtown‚ CBD‚ Tianhe‚ Guangzhou‚ Guangdong‚ China. This report includes the introduction of tea‚ location and Tea house. Following the marketing research problem and marketing research objectives‚ the researcher has researched this survey by questionnaire. After analyzing the results of questionnaire‚ the conclusion
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