Arjuna Award for her achievements in 1983. Mihir Sen (16 November 1930 - 11 June 1997) was an Indian swimmer‚ best known for being the first Asian to swim the English Channel in 1958‚ and for being the first swimmer ever to have crossed the Palk Straits (in 1966) Early life[edit] He was born on November 16‚ 1930‚ in Purulia‚ West Bengal to physician Ramesh Sen and his wife‚ Lilabati. Largely due to the efforts of his mother Lilabati‚ the Sens moved to Cuttack when Mihir was eight‚ as Cuttack had
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Karachi and Port Qasim being the other two. Gwadar borders on Arabian Sea and lies in the Balochistan Province. It is about 533 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border. Gwadar Port is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and outside the Straits of Hormuz. It is near the key shipping routes used by the mainline vessels in the region with connections to Africa‚ Asia and Europe and enjoys high commercial and strategic significance. Various professional studies manifest that Gwadar Port location
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* There is a Sekinchan Paddy Field near to Kuala Selangor. BODY/CONTENT a) In the late of 18th century‚ Sultan of Selangor built a fort in Melawati Hill to protect the state from intruders. * We can overlook Kuala Selangor and The Strait of Malacca from the hill. * There are some historical things at Melawati Hill are the cannons‚ light house and the others. * The monkey is the favourite attraction for tourists. b) Kuala Selangor Nature Park is a well known nature park
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Although there are multiple theories demonstrating different methods used by the first people to arrive to North America‚ the Bering Strait land bridge is the most logical theory. The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory illustrates that the native Siberians reached North America through following the migration of reindeer‚ passing Beringia. Migration methods of those representing the hunter-gatherer lifestyle prove this theory to be most likely. When groups of people find a good environment to stay
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From the 13th century to the 14th century‚ Malacca has been one of the world greatest trading cities and it has been developed for more than 500 years in trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca which made Malacca state a historical city in Straits of Melaka. Before the independency of Malaysia‚ Malacca used to be ruled by the Portuguese and the Dutch‚ which is the reason why it can be a historical city today with both tangible and intangible multicultural heritage
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Environmental pollution was the main issue with in the book‚ Tijuana Straits by Kem Nunn. He spoke of pollution in the beginning of the book‚ but yet he did not express pollution throughout the book. I feel in my opinion; he did not do a good of job that he was possibly to achieve with explaining his argument that he was trying to clarify. There were many times while reading this book that I was somewhat confused due to the fact that the book did not have me thinking of environmental pollution. It
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1.0 Executive Summary In this report we have chosen Hotel Equatorial Malacca to do our market plan. Hotel Equatorial has 3 branches in Malaysia such as Kuala Lumpur‚ Penang and Malacca. These 3 state is very familiar for tourist where they always have a vacation over here. Especially Malacca state is one of the best tourism and heritage area. Hotel Equatorial Malacca has located in the center of the Malacca town which is nearby A’Famosa and St. Paul’s Hill. So that‚ we would like to suggest and
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Samsui women is found in all these sources and very similar. The National Library Board provides trusted and accessible information to the public and that is why it is prestigious and always a top choice for Singaporeans for sourcing information. The Straits Times‚ being the most widely read newspaper locally‚ is an authoritative provider of information news. Access to Archives Online Singapore (a2O) is launched by National Archives of Singapore (NAS)‚ a trustworthy website offering heritage information
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Need for Sethusamudram Project By Thirunavukkarasu.P MBA OVERVIEW India has a peninsular coast of about 7‚517km length stretches from the state of Gujarat in West Coast to the state of West Bengal in East Coast and it also includes Andaman and Nicobar islands. India has 12 major ports which include Khandla‚ Mumbai‚ JNPT‚ Mormugao‚ New Mangalore‚ Cochin in West Coast and Tuticorin‚ Chennai‚ Ennore‚ Visakhapatnam‚ Paradeep and Kolkata and also about 183 non major ports. Coast of India does not
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Melaka is one of the historic cities built along the Straits of Melaka. The city has been developed over 500 years of the mixture of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West traders. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings‚ churches‚ squares and fortifications‚ Melaka demonstrates the early stages of this history originating in the 15th-century Malay sultanate and
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