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    Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

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    Imperial College‚ London with a BE in civil engineering and holds a Master of Science in management from the London Business School. He is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Cyrus Mistry is the youngest son of Pallonji Mistry‚ an Irish-Parsi construction tycoon. Mistry’s grandfather first bought shares in Tata Sons in the 1930s‚ a stake that currently stands at 18.5 percent‚ which is in the hands of Mistry’s father‚ the largest single shareholder in a firm mostly controlled by trusts.[5]

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    Zoroastrianism

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    C. It was the religion of the ancient Persian Empire‚ now known as Iran. Its origins are a mystery. Today‚ it is a relatively small religion with only about 250‚000 followers living in Iran and India. Zoroastrians living outside of Iran are called Parsis. Even so‚ this religion cannot be overlooked because of its great contributions to Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam. The major religious scriptures‚ the Gathas‚ are hymns of early Zoroastrians and are considered the very words of the prophet Zoroaster

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    holidays declared by the Exchange in advance. History The Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers house the Bombay Stock Exchange since 1980. The Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest exchange in Asia. It traces its history to the 1850s‚ when four Gujarati and one Parsi stockbroker would gather under banyan trees in front of Mumbai’s Town Hall. The location of these meetings changed many times‚ as the number of brokers constantly increased. The group eventually moved to Dalal Street in 1874 and in 1875 became an official

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    STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act‚ 1956 principally manages the issue of guardianship to a minor child. The expression "minor" incorporates a man who has not finished the age of eighteen years. The Act is pertinent just to the people who are Hindu by religion. Section 6 of the demonstration gives that the father might be the guardian of minor kid and after him mother should be the guardian. Indeed‚ even under Muslim Law‚ father has preferred right over child. The stipulation

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    III. Minority Centric Women Education Policies (1) National Institute of open Schooling (November 1989): The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)‚ Government of India started National Open Schooling (NOS) after merging the pilot project of Central Board of Secondary Education to meet the needs of heterogeneous learners till pre-degree. In July 2002‚ it was named as The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) with a mission to provide opportunity for continuing education at schools till

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    Indian Culture

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    to temperate in north Population: 1‚065‚070‚607 (July 2004 est.) Ethnic Make-up: Indo-Aryan 72%‚ Dravidian 25%‚ Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) Religions: Hindu 81.3%‚ Muslim 12%‚ Christian 2.3%‚ Sikh 1.9%‚ other groups including Buddhist ‚ Jain‚ Parsi 2.5% (2000) Government: Federal Republic Languages in India The different states of India have different official languages‚ some of them not recognized by the central government. Some states have more then one official language. Bihar in east India

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    ambassadors for both countries. Political figures had opinions on the game as well. Ghandi disagreed with religiously based cricket competitions with a deep passion. He understood games between colleges and institutions but not having Hindu‚ Parsi‚ Muslim and other

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    Baldeo Bank‚ which had been established in 1916 in Gwalior State‚ under the patronage of Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia. The bank had been the Dukan Pichadi‚ a small moneylender‚ owned by the Maharaja. The new bank ’s first manager was Jall N. Broacha‚ a Parsi. In 1985‚ SBI acquired the Bank of Cochin in Kerala‚

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    History of Indian Textiles

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    people. | | | In 1850’s the cotton textile industry‚ however‚ made its real beginning in Bombay.In the year 1854 the first cotton textile mill of Bombay was established by a Parsi cotton merchant then engaged in overseas and internal trade. Indeed‚ the vast majority of the early mills were the handiwork of Parsi merchants engaged in yarn and cloth trade at home and Chinese and African markets. The first cotton mill established in the year 1861 was at Ahmedabad‚ which was eventually to emerge

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    2013 Saturday 22 American Independence Day July 4‚ 2013 Thursday 23 Rath Yatra July 10‚ 2013 Wednesday 24 Guru Purnima July 22‚ 2013 Monday 25 Id-UI-Fitar August 9‚ 2013 Friday 26 Varalakshmi Pooja August 16‚ 2013 Friday 27 Parsi New Year August 18‚ 2013 Sunday 28 Raksha Bandhan August 20‚ 2013 Tuesday 29 Krishna Janmashthami August 28‚ 2013 Wednesday 30 Teej September 8‚ 2013 Sunday 31 Feast of Nativity / S1. Marys Feast September 8‚ 2013 Sunday 32 Ganesh

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