the United Nations.[16] After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947‚ it soon joined the Commonwealth of Nations and strongly supported independence movements in other colonies‚ like the Indonesian National Revolution.[17] The partition and various territorial disputes‚ particularly that over Kashmir‚ would strain its relations with Pakistan for years to come. During the Cold War‚ India adopted a foreign policy of not aligning itself with any major power bloc. However‚ India developed
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Research Paper No. 2092 Veterans‚ Organizational Skill and Ethnic Cleansing: Evidence from the Partition of South Asia Saumitra Jha Graduate School of Business‚ Stanford University Steven Wilkinson Yale University January 2012 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES Veterans‚ Organizational Skill and Ethnic Cleansing: Evidence from the Partition of South Asia Saumitra Jha Stanford GSB Steven Wilkinson∗ Yale University January 16‚ 2012 Abstract Can combat experience foster organizational skills that
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United Bank of India (UBI) is a state-owned financial services company headquartered in Kolkata‚ West Bengal‚ India. Presently the bank has a three-tier organizational setup consisting of its Head office in Kolkata‚ 34 Regional offices and 1700 branches spread all over India. However‚ its major presence is in eastern India. On March 30‚ 2009‚ the Indian government decided to approve the restructuring United Bank of India.[1] The cabinet has approved the government’s proposal to investing 2.50 billion
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Britain’s superior navy allowed them to become the dominant imperialistic power in India. By bargaining with the prince of Calcutta‚ they gained control of a strategic point for trade and fortification. Calcutta was later retaken by an Indian ruler from Bengal along with British prisoners who eventually died from overcrowded conditions. Using Indian sepoy fighters and British military forces‚ the inexperienced Bengalese ruler lost his advantage through
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out. Realizing the gravity of the situation‚ His Majesty’s Government sent down to India a new Viceroy-Lord Mountbatten. His protracted negotiations with the various political leaders resulted in 3 June 1947 plan by which the British decided to partition the subcontinent‚ and hand over power to two successor States on 15th August‚ 1947. The plan was duly accepted by the three Indian parties to the dispute-the Congress‚ the League and the Akali Dal (representing the
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By Indian English Writing‚ we mean that body of literature which is written by Indians in English. It could be in the form of poetry‚ prose‚ fiction or drama. English is not our mother tongue and we are not native speakers of English‚ yet when in the early decades of the nineteenth century‚ English was introduced as the medium of instruction in our educational system‚ Indians were able to read Western literature that was available in English. They found the language
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7. Write short notes on (historical timelines and the founders): ● Dhakeshwari Temple ● Ahsan Manzil ● Lalbagh Fort ● Paharpur Vihara ● Mahastan Garh ● Moinamati in Comilla Answer: 1. Dhakeshwari Temple: The Dhakeshwari Temple is a famous ancient temple‚ arguably the most prominent temple of Dhaka as well as the most important Hindu place of worship in Bangladesh. It is also said that the name of the city itself as coined after the temple. It is situated on the northern side of
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development is just getting being delayed an hampered a lot. In the 1980s‚ Bangladesh faced no greater problem than population growth. Census data compiled in 1901 indicated a total of 29 million in East Bengal‚ the region that became East Pakistan and eventually Bangladesh. By 1951‚ four years after partition from India‚ East Pakistan had 44 million people‚ a number that grew rapidly up to the first postindependence census‚ taken in 1974‚ which reported the national population at 71 million. The 1981 census
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in district firozpur which played a major role during Anglo Sikh war also known as battle of sara garhi. lal kurti has a population of around 2000 people which include a majority of Punjabi and a minority of Hindus .there were Muslims prior to partition but they all immigrated to Pakistan and other people settled her Royal air force The RAF was founded in 1918‚ toward the end of World War I by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. After the war‚ the RAF was greatly
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HISTORY‚ CIVICS AND GEOGRAPHY (50) HISTORY AND CIVICS H.C.G. - Paper - 1 Aims: 1. To provide an understanding of the working of the Indian government necessary for the student to grow into a responsible‚ enlightened citizen in a Secular democracy. 2. To enrich the understanding of those aspects of Indian historical development which are crucial to the understanding of contemporary India. 3. To awaken a desirable understanding in pupils of the various streams which have contributed to the development
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