The leaders of our freedom movement‚ under the stewardship of Mahatma Gandhi‚ had dreamt of an independent and prosperous India. On this day in 1947‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru took the first step towards the realization of that dream by hoisting the Tricolour at the Red Fort. The journey we began on 15 August‚ 1947 is now 65 years old. We have achieved much in these 65 years. Today is certainly a day to celebrate the success of our democracy. However‚ on this occasion we should also introspect about
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Plan…………………………………………………………………11 Executive Summary India is located in South Asia and is Asia’s second most populous with over 1.2 billion people. It is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India and boasts the most populous democracy in the world. The most dominant religion in India today is Hinduism. About 80% of Indians are Hindus. Around 500 BC two other religions developed in India‚ namely‚ Buddhism and Jainism. Today only about 0.5% of Indians
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Topic: Famines‚ poverty‚ government policy‚ food supply in colonial India Introduction From 1760 till 1943 India was hit by terrible famines on a regular basis. More than 85 million Indians died in these famines which were in reality genocides done by the British Raj. Contrast this to the fact that there have been no famine related deaths since independence. British famine policy in India was influenced by the arguments of Adam Smith‚ as seen by the non-interference of the government with the
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Have you ever experienced grade inflation and why it effects so many people? In Scott Jaschik‚ “Grade Inflation Higher and Higher‚” he defends how there are more A’s in four year colleges than two year colleges. Jaschik insists adjunct instructors at community colleges have a lack of job security‚ students that have a wealthy home life‚ and students finding a college that is less expensive than other four year colleges. Students need to recognize why grade inflation has impacted many of us‚ such as
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It was in the year 1947 that both India and Pakistan were granted independence on the midnight of August 14-15 but Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 and India on August 15. Ironic but interestingly‚ Pakistan first independence day was celebrated as August 15 and later on it became August 14. Another reason was that British Viceroy Mountbatten‚ who chose August 15 symbolizing the surrender of Japan to Allies two years ago as the date‚ preferred to transfer power to Pakistan on August
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Grade Inflation: Does it Still Exist? The first question one may have is what is grade inflation? Grade inflation has proven to be a current epidemic that has grown tremendously over the past few years. Grade inflation may define as the increase over time of academic grades‚ and progressively faster than any real increase following to standards. Grade inflation is the phenomenon that has been occurring in universities since the 1960’s‚ this is the continued rise in the number of higher grades assigned
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Inflation is classified on the basis of the process through which it is induced. Under this category‚ there are a) deficit induced inflation; b) wage induced inflation; c) profit induced inflation etc. When it comes to deficit induced inflation‚ this is caused by the adoption of unbalanced budgetary policies. The government would resort to deficit financing which means government spending in excess of its revenue receipts. When the economy is not capable of sustaining the extra resource released
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Salvador Y. Watanabe Prof. Audrey Breay English 101 October 12‚ 2014 Self-Responsibility One positive to Grade Inflation is the fact that students are less stressed over grades and school over all‚ besides the more money the school gets as a result of higher letter grade output. Although students are less stressed‚ the do however become lazier which in the end results in more stupid people. Some students might take advantage of this and take more classes or do positive and valuable things outside
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Introduction United Biscuits is a leading European manufacturer of biscuits and bagged snacks. It has 14 geographical locations in the UK with revenue of £1.1 billion in 2007. No of employees: 7‚200 people in the UK Business Sector: Food manufacturing IT was founded in 1948 following the merger of two Scottish family businesses — McVitie & Price and MacFarlane Lang. In 1960‚ United Biscuits added to its portfolio with the acquisition of Crawford’s Biscuits and MacDonald’s Biscuits
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When India attained independence‚ she was no nation‚ she was divided into princely states and provinces; she was backward economically‚ educationally‚ scientifically and even culturally. It needed men of genius and destiny like Gandhi‚ Nehru and Patel to knit her into a nation. Since the dawn of independence‚ we have been striving to solve various problems facing the motherland to make her a united democratic and solvent nation. What we have achieved is praiseworthy‚ what we have failed to achieve
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