Royal Bengal Tiger Royal Bengal Tiger is without doubt the most fascinating wild animal today. It is the national animal of Bangladesh. It has ruled the roost of major felid species for most part of the current century. Royal Bengal Tiger is reddish orange with narrow black‚ gray or brown stripes‚ generally in a vertical direction. The underside is creamy or white; a rare variant has a chalky white coat with darker stripes and icy blue eyes. The weight is‚ male 225 kg ‚ female 135 kg. It is the
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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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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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HY1101E Article: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and Education http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp In the early 19th century‚ India was colonised by the British and many social and political reforms were made during this period. These reforms brought about both positive and negative effects. One of the greatest reforms during this period was the implementation of the western education system in 1835. On the surface it seems like the western education system
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History complete notes Fall of Mughal Empire Reasons: . the collapse of the Mansabdari System. The local rulers that were ruling the parts of Mughal Empire on behalf of the Mughals started rising after the death of Aurangzeb as there was not strong ruler in Dehli. · The religious policies of the Aurangzeb The religious policies of Aurangzeb such as ban on Suttee‚ Gambling‚ and drinking wine offended the large Hindu contingent of the Mughal Empire. · Arrival of the British The
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Poets‚ compositions and performance A Bengali qawwali team generally comprise of three to five persons. The lead singer plays the harmonium. Since the Bengali qawwali groups have less number of artists‚ clapping is replaced by tambourine or a small pair of cymbal. The other instruments used in Bengali qawwali are mainly Tabla‚ Dholak and sometimes Bulbul Tarang. The separate sitting arrangement for men and women corresponds to the traditional environment of any Islamic gathering including qawwali
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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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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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lives in Dhaka‚ we will know the fact. Reason 1 Now the question is‚ why development is not being occurred in rural areas? I’m going to describe that now. Firstly‚ before the liberation‚ Dhaka was respectively the capital of East Pakistan‚ East Bengal‚ also the capital of Mughal Era. From that time‚ rulers have established most of the industries‚ educational institutions and habitats in Dhaka City and still now‚ quality services like hospitals‚ schools‚ universities and many other top most institutions
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