India under the British Raj saw a lot of changes in its culture. For example‚ Satii‚ the practice of a woman to burn herself with her husband‚ after her husband’s death‚ was ultimately abolished‚ because it was “horrific”. Furthermore‚ practices such as infanticide was abolished‚ and Sanskrit texts were translated by English linguists. We can see that the British changed a lot of stuff in India‚ however‚ they did not change the core of indian culture‚ the caste system. Instead they supported it and
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THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE-1857 • During the War of Independence the Governor General was Lord Canning. He had assumed the charge of his office in 1856. • Wajid Ali Shah was the Nawab of Awadh. He was sent on exile to Calcutta and his state was annexed by the British in April 1856. • Three-fourth of the infantry and nearly two-third of the whole Bengal Army was composed of the people from Awadh. • Maulvi Ahmadullah devised the distribution of chapatti scheme during his travels in
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rather the concept of Indians writing in English came much later and it is with the coming of Raja Rao‚ R.K. Narayan‚ Mulk Raj Anand‚ the journey of Indian English Novel began. The early Indian novels which were merely patriotic gained a rather contemporary touch with the coming of Mulk Raj Anand‚ Raja Rao and R.K.Narayan. The social disparity of India which was aptly described by Mulk Raj Anand in his "Coolie"‚ the imaginary village life with its entire unedited realities in R.K. Narayan`s "Malgudi Days"
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4. History of Pakistan | | | 30th September 1947 | Pakistan become member of UN | 26th October 1947 | Kashmiri Maharaja acceded to India which Lord Mountbatten accepted on behalf of India | 27th October 1947 | India air-lift its troops to Srinagar and lauched a full scale attack on Kashmir | 1948 AD | First Pakistan India War | 1st January 1948 | India took Kashmir dispute to Security council | 1st April 1948 | India cut off water supply to Pakistan from two of its headworks‚ causing a
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The culture of India is very unique and goes back thousands of years. In this essay‚ I will focus only on modern India‚ particularly on Mohandus K. Gandhi’s influence on the formation of the 20th century Indian government and culture‚ but also on religion and language. However‚ I will be ignoring movies‚ music‚ and postsecondary education. Additionally‚ I will list major American institutions‚ advice for Indian American parents and children immigrating to the United States‚ academic citations‚ and
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unimaginable. It all started with the advent of the Aryans and the writing of the Vedas. The caste system has been there in India since then but it was merely a class system on the basis of division of labour. But it accelerated during the British Raj as they produced the Scheduled Caste List to enforce their ‘Divide and Rule’. The colonial experience resulted in the obsession of Indians with fair skin colour. But even this inferiority complex fails to provide an explanation as to why Indians would
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criticism of the past‚ of a new culture. In this Association‚ scholars‚ poets‚ novelists‚ essayists and lay readers‚ all stand united for the winning of our right to the democratic ideal‚ and to the economic‚ political and cultural freedom of India. - Mulk Raj Anand On the Progressive Writers Movement In 1991‚ the eminent scholar‚ critic and Palestinian intellectual Edward Said gave a series of lectures for the B.B.C. entitled Representations of the Intellectual. In these talks‚ later published as a collection
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IIIrd Semester Syllabus for Core and Applied Component Courses in English. St. Xavier’s College –Autonomous‚ Mumbai. St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous Mumbai Syllabus For IIIrd Semester Courses in ENGLISH (June 2013 onwards) Contents: Syllabus for Courses: A.ENG.3.01 – The Elements of Poetry A.ENG.3.02 – Indian Writing in English 1850-1980 A.ENG.3.MS -- Media Studies (Applied Component) Page 1 of 4 IIIrd Semester Syllabus for Core and Applied Component Courses in English. St. Xavier’s
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Indian Writing in English A discussion of Indian Writing in English (IWE) in all its aspects‚ with a view to creating some structure and organization in this body of writing. About Me Name: Paritosh Uttam Location: Pune‚ India View my complete profile Links * Site Feed * My home page * Who’s the most authentic of them all? - II * Mirror‚ mirror on the wall‚ who’s the most authent... * The native verus the NRI writer * Regional literature versus IWE *
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Suri in the year 1540‚ and Humayun was forced to retreat to Kabul. After Sher Shah’s death‚ his son Islam Shah Suri and the Hindu king Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya‚ who had won 22 battles fromPunjab to Bengal and had established a secular Hindu Raj‚ ruled North India from Delhi till 1556‚ when Akbar’s forces defeated and killed Hemu in the Second Battle of Panipat on 6 November 1556. The Mughal dynasty ruled most of the Indian subcontinent by 1600; it went into a slow decline after 1707 and was
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