Members of Parliament or MPs. The MPs of Lok Sabha are directly elected by the Indian public and the MPs of Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of the State Legislative Assemblies‚ in accordance with proportional representation. The Parliament is composed of 790 MPs‚ who serve the largest democratic electorate in the world; 714 million Indians registered to vote in the 2009 general elections. Components The Indian Parliament consists of two houses called as Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively
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accumulate and accommodate the best features of other constitutions‚ keeping in view the peculiar problems and needs of our country. The following are the salient features of the Constitution of India. 1. Longest written constitution Indian Constitution can be called the largest written constitution in the world because of its contents. In its original form‚ it consisted of 395 Articles and 8 Schedules to which additions have been made through subsequent amendments. At present it contains
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Purna Swaraj Following the rejection of the recommendations of the Simon Commission by Indians‚ an all-party conference was held at Bombay in May 1928. This was meant to instill a sense of resistance among people. The conference appointed a drafting committee under Motilal Nehru to draw up a constitution for India. The Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress asked the British government to accord dominion status to India by December 1929‚ or a countrywide civil disobedience movement would
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IIndian nationalism Indian nationalism refers to the many underlying forces that molded the Indian independence movement‚ and strongly continue to influence the politics of India‚ as well as being the heart of many contrasting ideologies that have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian society. Indian nationalism often imbibes the consciousness of Indians that prior to 1947‚ India embodied the broader Indian subcontinent and influenced a part of Asia‚ known as Greater India. National
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Indian History - Important events History of India . An overview : The people of India have had a continuous civilization since 2500 B.C.‚ when the inhabitants of the Indus River valley developed an urban culture based on commerce and sustained by agricultural trade. This civilization declined around 1500 B.C.‚ probably due to ecological changes. During the second millennium B.C.‚ pastoral‚ Aryan-speaking tribes migrated from the northwest into the subcontinent. As they settled in the middle Ganges
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Indian Navy From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Indian Navy Bharatiya Nau Sena Indian Navy crest Active Country Branch Size 1947–Present India Navy 58‚350 active personnel 190 aircraft List of active ships Part of Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces Headquarters Motto New Delhi शं नो वरुणः Transliteration: Sham NoVarunah (May the Lord of the Oceans be auspicious unto us) Anniversaries Engagements Navy Day: 4 December Portuguese-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of
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I believe that the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is a good mystery story. The story has an interesting case that we learn later on in the story and interesting characters too. The story also presents some details that would allow me to support my opinion. Expand your introduction I believe that the story is a good mystery book because of multiple reasons.First‚ the story holds up complex details that are usually meant to keep a reader focused and interested in the story
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Indian Givers How the Indians of the Americas transformed the world By J. McIver Weatherford This paper tries to explain Jack Weatherford’s Indian Givers by examining the history of the Native American connection to many agricultural products would not have been produced without the knowledge that Indians gave. Weatherford further stipulates that it is through these advances in agriculture that the United States has remained a strong contender in the global market‚ that without the influences
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Since the labor is so much cheaper in India than it is in the United States‚ more and more software industries move their companies over seas. It is also very easy to transfer software from one continent onto another due to today ’s technology. India has a comparative advantage over software because they specialized in this field‚ they do not need many resources to make it and they get the people to do it. Because of this they can export their product to other countries and buy some other product
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The Blackfoot Indians The wind blows across the lone prairie‚ causing the golden heads of grass to sway in a synchronized motion. On the horizon stands a herd of buffalo with bowed heads silhouetted by the slowly sinking sun. In the east stands an Indian war party mounted on horseback‚ each individual in different multicolored attire‚ all with either bows or spears in hand. As they move in for the attack‚ the mystical scene slowly fades from vision.... This dreamlike scene was once everyday
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