The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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Written at University of California Santa Barbara Prof. Ahuja Political Science 106IE Disparities in India India became a democratic state in 1947 after gaining independence from British rule. From its inception‚ many factors such as underdevelopment‚ social hierarchy‚ illiteracy‚ and rampant corruption have impeded it on its goal to becoming a part of the global north. The purpose of this paper is to determine the success of the Indian democracy in alleviating poverty and providing basic services
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III*ISSUE-35 Research Paper-English ’India Re-located’ in Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger * Prakash Bhadury August‚ 2012 * 232‚ Panchwati Enclave‚ Meerut. A B S T R A C T The White Tiger (2008) explores the protagonist Munna’s journey between an ’India of Light’ and an ’India of Darkness’ while the country is rising as a modern global economy. Narrated through epistolary form‚ Munna highlights the "Great Socialist’s fall of values ‚ social and political corruption‚ oppression of lower classes
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Caste (Oxford India Short Introductions). By SURINDER S. JODHKA. New Delhi: Oxford University Press‚ 2012. xvii‚ 201 pp. Rs 195 (paperback). Surinder S. Jodhka’s monograph Caste provides a concise yet very informative history of the complex reality of caste in India. At the same time‚ the author brings together all the major literature available on the issue into a single thread and thereby taking the reader through the timeline of the changing ideas of caste. Hence‚ the book‚ while newly engaging
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1. Introduction Indian civilization began in 2500 BC‚ starting from the Indus Valley developed‚ so take the country called India. In additional‚ India’s historic and geographic complex and changing environment‚ rich in a variety of terrain‚ climate changing‚ high population density‚ India is a federal state and composed from 22 provinces‚ the highest population density at the Ganges and Asia tactlessness River Yamuna the intersection of two major holy rivers in Uttar Pradesh. Besides‚ their
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Two Federalism is a basic feature of the Constitution as held by the Supreme Court in S.R. Bommai vs. Union of India (1994) case. It tested for the first time the presidential notification under Article 356 on the touchstone of the basic structure doctrine. Earlier‚ only constitutional amendments were put to such a test. The Supreme Court has accepted among such decisions that India is a quasi-federal state because the Union has been given many overriding powers over the states. The most extreme
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With Ancient Greece came powerful leaders and discoveries that changed the world. A lot of things the world uses today was created by Ancient Greece‚ like The Olympic Games. They also invented the alarm clock‚ the water mill‚ and basis of geometry. Ancient Greece’s time period is the 6th century BC to C 600 AD. During that time they influenced the Roman Empire and modern Western Culture. The Ancient Greece period ended when Alexander the Great conquered it. Ancient Greece began in 2000 BCE and
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capital gains tax‚ corporation tax‚ consumption tax‚ inheritance tax‚ property tax‚ excise duty‚ retirement tax‚ tariffs‚ wealth tax or net worth tax‚ toll tax‚ and poll tax. History of tax The rapid changes in administration of direct taxes‚ during the last decades‚ reflect the history of socio-economic thinking in India. From 1922 to the present day changes in direct tax laws have been so rapid that except in the bare outlines‚ the traces of the I.T. Act‚ 1922
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Indian Tribes : Among the 68 million citizens of India who are members of tribal groups‚ the Indian tribal religious concepts‚ terminologies‚ and practices are as varied as the hundreds of tribes‚ but members of these groups have one thing in common: they are under constant pressure from the major organized religions. Some of this pressure is intentional‚ as outside missionaries work among tribal groups to gain converts. Most of the pressure‚ however‚ comes from the process of integration within
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------------------------------------------------- India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Republic of India. For other uses‚ see India (disambiguation). Republic of IndiaBharat Ganrajya | | | Flag | Emblem | | Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit) "Truth Alone Triumphs"[1] | Anthem: Jana Gana Mana "You are the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[2]MENU0:00 | National song: Vande Mataram "I Bow to You‚ Mother"[a][1]MENU0:00 | Area controlled by India shown in dark green;
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