THE PARTITION OF INDIA: DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES PRASHANT BHARADWAJ‚ ASIM KHWAJA & ATIF MIAN† A BSTRACT. Large scale migrations‚ especially involuntary ones‚ can have a sudden and substantial impact on the demographic landscape of both the sending and receiving communities. The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 resulted in one of the largest and most rapid population exchanges in human history. We compile comparable census data pre and postpartition from India and Pakistan to estimate
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2011‚ Pakistan experienced floods for the second year in a row. But unlike 2010 catastrophic floods‚ 2011 flooding was localized and restricted to lower Sindh and affected mostly rice and cotton crops in the flood affected areas. The rice crops in Punjab and upper Sindh remained unaffected. Pakistan‟s MY 2011/2012 rice production is now estimated at 6.5 million tons‚ thirty percent higher than the 2010/11 flood affected production level of 5.0 million tons. MY 2012/13 production is forecast at 6.8
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MARRIAGE SYSTEM IN RURAL PUNJAB. PLACE - PUNJAB‚ RAIPUR. DATED: 25th AUGUST 2013 The Marriage system of rural Punjab even though similar to existing system of Hindu marriage in India has a unique traditional difference. These are the excerpts of some families which I have interviewed and realized the underlying beauty in their system with its efforts to retain their clanship as well as maintain an extended family without compromising and hurting the feelings of the newlyweds and their well being
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Place of special significance Place that is significance to me is India‚ especially my grandparent’s house and the school that I attended when I lived in India at my grandparents house for several years. When I was five years old my parents sent me to study in India to learn about the traditions‚ food‚ culture‚ religion‚ and languages. While I was going to school in India I lived at my grandparent’s house. The house I lived in with my grandparents was a big nice two story house located
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actually i were a student of this college. Actually i am a really confused personality specially about my studies firstly i wasted my whole year thinking that i am gonna be a banker or a doctor. Then i choose medical line finally‚ i took admission in Punjab college for faculilty in science. That was the best experience of my life i don’t know why but that college‚ that class room‚ those chairs‚ those teachers‚ those friends‚ are really close to my heart. That class of chemistry i miss that a lot. then
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great coin collection of the museum. The coin collection is extensive‚ comprising of coins from Mughal and Hellenistic times. There are also a good number of coins that were part of private collections but were later purchased by the government of Punjab to expand the catalogue of The Lahore Museum‚ and the government was gracious enough to maintain these collections as well as
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expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (January 2013) Honey Singh Also known as Yo! Yo! Honey Singh Born March 15‚ 1984 (age 28) Hoshiarpur Origin Punjab‚ India Genres Desi Hip Hop‚ Punjabi‚ Bhangra‚ R&B Occupations Rapper‚ Singer‚ Music Producer and Actor Years active 2006–present Labels Mafia Mundeer Associated acts Alfaaz‚ J- Star‚ Money
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Public Sector Undertakings. 1. SHORT TITLE: (i) (ii) (iii) 2. OBJECTIVE: (i) (ii) (iii) 3. This scheme may be called the Punjab State Public Sector Undertakings Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) 2002. This scheme shall apply to all the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including all Cooperative Institutions of the State of Punjab. This will apply to the Subsidiaries of the PSUs defined as entities in which PSUs and/or Govt. hold more than 50% equity. This scheme shall
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Exercise 3C Developing an EFE Matrix for My University EFE Matrix for university of Punjab‚ Lahore Key external factors | Weight | Rating | Weightedscore | Opportunities | Foreign aids | .02 | 1 | 0.02 | Scholarships | .09 | 2 | 0.18 | Providing opportunities to students | .07 | 3 | 0.21 | Academic environment | .15 | 3 | 0.45 | Experienced and educated faculty | .09 | 4 | 0.36 | Expansion of programs | .03 | 2 | 0.06 | Increasing strength of students | .03 | 2 | 0.06 | Standard
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The Baisakhi festival is a seasonal festival. It is celebrated all over the Punjab and Haryana by all classes of people. Hindus‚ Muslims and Sikhs all take part in this celebration. It falls in he first day of baisakh. It falls every year in the 13th of April. On this day people put on new clothes. They prepare Halawa and several tasty things at home. Baisakhi Fair A fair is held everywhere in connection with the Baisakhi festival. The site of the fair is a place which is religiously famous. Generally
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