Blessed Teresa of Calcutta‚[1] born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]) and commonly known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an ethnic Albanian‚ Indian Roman Catholic nun. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months’ training in Dublin she was sent to India
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------------------------------------------------- Mughal emperors The Mughal era is a historic period of the Mughal Empire in South Asia (mainly Northern India‚ North Eastern Pakistan and Bangladesh). It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century The imperial family directly descended from two of the worlds greatest conquerors[citation needed]: Genghis Khan‚ founder of the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world; and the Amir‚ The Mughal Empire lasted for
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seeking out their idols. The city is packed with iconic gems and hidden pockets‚ making it possible to spend several days on the brochure‚ and then stepping off into then chaotic landscape for an entirely unique experience. GRAND LANDMARKS Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly the Victoria Terminus) is Mumbai’s most elaborate and ornate architectural structure‚ another merging of Indian and British styles. It’s among the busiest railway stations in the world and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage
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4/28/13 Print Page India’s best research universities The top 50 outstanding ones are state level universities and some of them have severe fund constraints... WHILE Indian Institute of Science (IIS) and AIIMS are the dominant performers in the research output domain‚ the state universities too have performed very well. In the top 50‚ nearly half of them are state level universities and some of them have severe fund constraints. But that has not deterred them from publishing well and getting
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Lokmanya Tilak was born at Chummakachu Lane (Ranjani Aaleea) in Chikhalgaon‚ Ratnagiri‚ Maharashtra to a Chitpavan Brahmin family. His father‚ Mr.Gangadhar Tilak was a famous schoolteacher and a Sanskrit scholar. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a bright child and very good at mathematics. The problems the teacher gave to work our on paper‚ Bal would do them mentally and give the answer. He also had a sense of fairness and justice from very early age. He was very independent minded and did not falter at expressing
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Thane (Marathi : ठाणे) (also called Thana) is a city in Maharashtra‚ India‚ part of the Mumbai Conurbation‚ northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane District. The city has an area of 147 km2. It had a population of 1.26 million according to the 2001 census.[1] Contents [hide] • 1 Geography • 2 Demographics and culture • 3 Transport • 4 See also • 5 References • 6 External links [edit] Geography Thane is located on Salsette
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Article Writing – Pramukh Swami Maharaj - Humility Par Excellence In 2010‚ a research had been conducted‚ in which people aged between 75-80 had to duplicate everything that happened in America in the 1960’s. They had to wear the same clothes‚ eat the same food‚ enjoy the same entertainment etc. From this‚ the researchers realised that one week of change in these people’s lives‚ changes everything. Pramukh Swami Maharaj faces changes everyday yet nothing about him has changed. His love for his devotees
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British Raj in Mumbay (formerly Bombay)‚ India.[2] It is located on the waterfront in the Apollo Bunder area‚ South Mumbai and overlooks the Arabian Sea.[3][4] The structure is a basalt arch‚ 26 metres (85 feet) high. It lies at the end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg at the water’s edge in the harbor of Bombay.[5] It was a crude jetty used by the fishing community which was later renovated and used as a landing place for British governors and other prominent people. In earlier times‚ it would have been the
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dying place‚a wasteland‚ forcing both man and animal to migrate and seek water‚ the life giving element. Staggering cattle move to the south and east while the Prince‚now only Mr. Maharaj after the abolition of stately privileges‚moves to America in search of good fortune. The story progresses with the return of Mr. Maharaj with this American bride in a limousine driving to his crumbling palace now six hundred year old‚a virtual ruin of a gothic novel. She has been described as a “rich” and “fertile
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ANNEXURE B Programme Code: _______________________ Course Code: _______________________ Enrollment No: _______________________ Study Center Code: _______________________ Regional Center: _______________________ AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE: A MODERN HINDU TEMPLE Project Report submitted to the Indira Gandhi National Open University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Diploma in Tourism Studies/Bachelors Degree in Tourism Studies
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