densely populated cites.[7][8][9] Old Dhaka was founded in the 17th century as the Mughal capital of Bengal. It was called Jahangir Nagar (City of Jahangir) and served as the centre of the worldwide muslin trade.[10][11] The modern city‚ however‚ developed chiefly under British rule in the 19th century. After the Partition of Bengal in 1905‚ Dhaka became the capital of the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam but lost its status as a provincial capital again after the partition was annulled in 1911
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Maisha Chowdhury There arc 6‚000 to 7‚000 spoken languages in the world and half of them arc in danger of extinction. The Interna tional Mother Language Day that is celebrated annually on Feb. 21‚ after it was declared by UNESCO in November 1999‚ reminds us of the necessity‚ mier alia‚ of protecting these languages from extinction by promoting meir importance. It is important to keep these languages in practice; languages are simply not a random compilation of words but a means of communication
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January 14‚ 2013 Singer’s Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality In the Peter Singer’s article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality”‚ he discusses the way that people should take moral in their help toward the support of the Bengal famine crisis. Singer states three obligations that would help the Bengal region through the means of a wealthy person‚ and those individuals living life on a day to day basis. In this paper I will expound on Singer’s goal for each obligation‚ explain the three counter-arguments with
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Royal Bengal tigers are the Kings of their domain in the jungle. But‚ human activities have endangered animals Bengal tiger. Their population has reduced considerably in recent times. Bengal tigers have been a national symbol of many Empires in India Characteristics: The Bengal tiger’s characteristic reddish gold fur and black stripes are easily visible to visitors in a zoo. But in the tiger’s natural habitat of forest and reed beds‚ the markings act as camouflage and enable it to disappear
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they mean a “white wild west” with Native Americans as a single people being the antagonist. Through these stories‚ the United States’ cultural values that so many of the population idealize are created and reaffirmed in these stereotypical narratives. In reality‚ the West was never completely white at all; rather‚ the West had people from all walks of life living and trying to succeed all over its region. Through three different texts‚ they each reaffirm the idea that the West was racially and culturally
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The American Old West: Myth versus Reality Western‚ a genre of short stories that are set in the American west‚ primarily in the late of the 19th century (“Western” 598)‚ and still being told until today by films‚ televisions‚ radio‚ and other art works. The major of moving to the west was because of the Homestead Act‚ 1862 (“U.S. Statues at Large” 392) which would give lands to people who stayed there for five years. This lead to a huge wave of immigrants moved to the West‚ and they had to
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Bentinck.‚ governor general of all of British-ruled India. In 1817‚ Mritunjaya Vidyalamkara‚ chief pundit of the Supreme Court in Calcutta announced that sati had no sanction in the ancient texts and‚ in 1818‚ Lord William Bentinck‚ the governor of Bengal‚ banned the practice. The Prevention of Sati Act makes it illegal to abet‚ glorify or attempt to commit Sati. Abetment of Sati‚ including coercing or forcing someone to commit Sati can be punished by death sentence or life imprisonment‚ while glorifying
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The Royal Bengal Tiger is the largest animal in the cat family. They have a reddish yellow coat with black stripes. The underside of their abdomen is white and their ears are black on the outside with a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is ’Panthera Tigris ’. The origin of the Bengal Tiger is most likely Siberia. From there‚ they migrated down south as the climate became colder. The only place where you can find The Royal Bengal Tiger now is in the land of its natural heritage
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concerning the partition of Bengal‚ a decision that was made by Curzon. The partition of Bengal had increased tensions among the Indian people and had resulted in the Muslim and the Hindu communities both wanting changing. This resulted in the establishment of two separate parties‚ which were congress and the Muslim league. Source 1 is a contemporary source written by Nehru in 1909 in a private letter to his son. The source was written at the time of the partition of Bengal and the publishing of the
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Do you agree with the view that in the period 1900-19 the British only made concessions to India in order to strengthen their hold on the sub-continent? India‚ throughout history‚ has been subject to numerous cases of persecution‚ subjugation‚ conquest and oppression. Successful conquest of India is a difficult yet lucrative investment and can easily help supplement and revitalise an economy through the trade of its bountiful natural resources. Despite India’s monetary value‚ the Official British
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