status. In 1948‚ Mohammad Ali Jinnah stated in Dhaka that Urdu was the official language for Pakistan. There was a big argument about this because only the Muhajir in the West and the Biharis in the East spoke Urdu. Most of the West Pakistanis spoke Punjabi and Sindhi‚ while East Pakistanis spoke Bangla. East Pakistan therefore disagreed; seven students were killed in a fierce protest on February 21‚ 1952. This day has been remembered since then and is observed each year to emphasize the importance of
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well-trained and experienced officers were sent to Europe‚ however‚ the men sent to Hong Kong were mostly either sick from Malaria or had little experience. Only 900 properly trained Middlesex Regiments were fit to for battle. The remaining Rajputs‚ Punjabis‚ Royal Rifles of Canada and Hong Kong Volunteer Corps were also very inexperienced and young. How do you expect 900 men to defeat the 50‚000 men Japanese Imperial
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Appendix - I INDIAN CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION‚ MARCH 2013 LIST OF PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS 1. ENGLISH (01): PAPER 1. (Language) No specific book is being recommended for background reading. PAPER 2. (Literature in English) DRAMA : As You Like It : Shakespeare (edited by Roma Gill‚ Oxford University Press) OR Loyalties : John Galsworthy (edited by G.R. Hunter) PROSE: At least one of the following: (i) A Treasure Trove of Short Stories: Compiled and Edited by S. Chakravarthi (Frank
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Bond was born in a military hospital in Kasauli to Edith Clerke and Aubrey Bond. His siblings were Ellen and William. Ruskin’s father was with the Royal Air Force. When Bond was four years old‚ his mother was separated from his father and married a Punjabi-Hindu‚ Mr. Hari‚ who himself had been married once. Bond spent his early
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obvious transfers of English-speaking people to new locations. Instead language diffusion has begun to work the other way; non-English languages are now being transferred into traditionally English-speaking areas (Spanish into the US‚ Bengali‚ Urdu‚ Punjabi into the UK). One consequence for the future of a diffused‚ multicentred‚ multi-standard English is that English may become more like a family of languages (ex. the Romance languages‚ all derived from Latin) rather than a single language. Already
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India The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk‚ popular‚ pop‚ classical music andR&B. India’s classical music tradition‚ including Carnatic and Hindustani music‚ has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. It remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration‚ cultural expression and pure entertainment. India is made up of several dozen ethnic groups‚ speaking their ownlanguages and dialects‚ having distinct cultural traditions
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Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 3.1 Critical reception 3.2 Awards and nominations 4 Soundtrack 5 North Korean broadcast 6 References 7 Notes 8 External links Plot[edit] Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs from Hounslow‚ west London. Juliette "Jules" Paxton (Keira Knightley) is the daughter of an English couple. Jess is infatuated with football‚ but because she is female (and Indian)‚ her parents do not allow her to play. However‚ she sometimes
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Bridging the divide by Tushima Rattan I had always heard that north and south Indians do not always get along. North Indians tend to look down upon the south Indians because of their dark skin and most of the south Indians point at the north Indians for not having as much education. Northies turn their noses up at the mosquitoes they have encountered on their holidays at backwaters‚ south Indians think that north Indians are snobbish‚ rude and think highly of themselves. Since the day I decided to
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Human Ecology 23.1 (2008): 53-57. Onwioduokit‚ E.A.: An alternative approach to efficient pollution control in Nigeria. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Environmental Protection Society of Nigeria‚ University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin‚ Nigeria (1998) Sada P.O. and Odemerho‚ F. O.: Environmental Issues and Management in Nigeria Development. Evans‚ Ibadan (1988) Titiola‚ S.T. (2000). Environment and sustainable agriculture development in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa http://www
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