lived in the countryside. You will meet the zamindars of Bengal‚ travel to the Rajmahal hills where the Paharias and the Santhals lived‚ and then move west to the Deccan. You will look at the way the English East India Company (E.I.C.) established its raj in the countryside‚ implemented its revenue policies‚ what these policies meant to different sections of people‚ and how they changed everyday lives. Laws introduced by the state have consequences for people: they determine to an extent who grows richer
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Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Dita Polcarová Historical and Political Issues of India as Reflected in Rushdie`s Midnight`s Children Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: PhDr. Lidia Kyzlinková‚ CSc.‚ M.Litt. 2008 Declaration: I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently‚ using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. …………………………………………….. Dita Polcarová
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THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM OF THE CHAKMAS: AN OVERVIEW *JYOTI BIKASH CHAKMA Meaning of Forgotten: The word forgotten is the third form of forget which means - 1) to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone ’s name. 2) to omit or neglect unintentionally. 3) to leave behind unintentionally; neglect to take. 4) to omit mentioning; leave unnoticed. 5) to fail to think of; take no note of. 6) to neglect willfully; disregard or slight. 7) to cease or omit to think of something
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functions. Company effectively began in 1757 after the Battle of Plassey and lasted until 1858 when‚ following the Indian Rebellion of 1857‚ the Government of India Act 1858 led to the British Crown assuming direct control of India in the new British Raj. The Company was dissolved in 1874 as a result of the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act. Founding Soon after 1588‚ London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. The permission was
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Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation ’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition
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SMT. SULOCHANADEVI SINGHANIA SCHOOL‚ THANE Std 10- History Q1) Why Is the Revolt of 1857called the First war of Independence? • The Revolt though initially started by the Indian soldiers in the service of the East Indian Company‚ spread like fire throughout length & breadth of the country. All sections of the people including princes‚ Jagirdars‚ farmers‚ artisans &soldiers for independence .Hindus &Muslims fought shoulder to shoulder to throw out the British .Hence 1857
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Part Two: "Moderates" versus "Extremists" in the battle for "Swaraj" and "Swadeshi" Even as loyalist pressures cast a long shadow on political currents that were to influence the Indian elite of the late nineteenth century‚ rapidly deteriorating economic conditions also led to a heightened degree of radicalization amongst the most advanced sections of the new Indian intelligentsia. Ajit Singh in Punjab‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak in Maharashtra‚ Chidambaram Pillay in Tamil Nadu and Bipin Chandra Pal in
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Udham Singh Udham Singh (December 26‚ 1899 - July 31‚ 1940) was an Indian Sikh independence activist‚ best known for assassinating Michael O’Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avenging of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.[1] Udham Singh changed his name to Ram Mohammad Singh Azad and was also known as Ram Mohammed Singh Azad‚ symbolizing the unification of the three major religions of India: Hinduism‚ Islam and Sikhism. Singh is considered one of the best-known of the more heroic
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darkness that prevailed in society. The tragedy of partition is brought into focus by his works. Manto’s life and works serve as a mirror to capture the human element of sectarian conflict in the final decades and immediate aftermath of the British Raj. This paper draws on Manto’s stories‚ characters and incidents to paint an image of the Indian subcontinent during partition and to personify its devastating toll. The 20th century will always be remembered for two major catastrophical events‚ the
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