World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great
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Crisis‚ The Lusitania‚ and the violation of sussex pledge. The Arabic crisis made the U.S join the war. “In the early 1905-1913 twentieth century‚ the Europeans powers had formed themselves into two rival groups: versus the TRIPLE ETERNITY.. The policies of these groups began to clash in many parts of the world. Altogether there were four important clashes from 1905 to 1913: two arising out of the Moroccan question‚ and two concerning disputes in the Balkans. Whenever a clash arose‚ the two groups
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The “Bull Moose” Campaign of 1912 Democrats in 1912 felt they could take the White House (since being out for 16 years) because the Republicans had split their party. Democrats looked to Dr. Woodrow Wilson‚ the governor of New Jersey. Wilson had been a mild conservative but had turned become an strong progressive. His background was in education as a history professor‚ then as president of Princeton Univ. As governor of NJ‚ he made a name for himself by standing up to the bosses‚ trusts‚ and
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Rabindranath Tagore is a prolific writer‚ and he tries his hand successfully at almost all the major forms of literature. Born in an educated Bengali family he receives his education primarily at home and close to natural setting. He paces Bengali literature to its highest scale by his versatile genius. As Edward Thomas paints out‚ even Victor Hugo couldn’t have claimed a wider range of form and mood than is evinced by Tagore who writes plays of every kind – tragic‚ symbolic‚ comic‚ and farcical
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Hundred years of Noble Prize (1913-2013): Rabindranath Tagore-India’s Greatest Gift to the World. Abstract: Through Rabindranath Tagore India has given her message to mankind and his unique genius reflects India’s eternal values. As a visionary saint he guided every soul through the raptures of his music and mystic vision. Tagore having avoided to write in English‚ emerged as a Bengali poet which ultimately brought about a renaissance to all the Indian languages. The success of Indian Writing
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Later‚ in December 1916‚ he called the Entente and German bloc to openly declare war aims. Both coalitions‚ however‚ believed in the possibility of a military victory and were not looking for compromise. Imposing itself as a peacemaker‚ Wilson‚ in practical politics demonstrated
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theory)‚ experimental work‚ animal behavior and professional service. Besides publishing over 200 scientific articles and reviews‚ she translated Wundt’s Ethical Systems‚ 1897‚ and wrote two books: The Animal Mind‚ 1908; and Movement and Mental Imagery‚ 1916. Between 1905 and 1938‚ she published sixty-eight studies from the Vassar Psychological Laboratory-an undergraduate
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LUCKNOW PACT(1916) EXPLAINITION :- When All India Muslim League came into existence‚ it was a moderate organization with its basic aim to establish friendly relations with the Crown. However‚ due to the decision of the British Government to annul the partition of Bengal‚ the Muslim leadership decided to change its stance. In 1913‚ a new group of Muslim leaders entered the folds of the Muslim League with the aim of bridging the gulf between the Muslims and the Hindus. The most prominent amongst
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Starting into the 20th century the people knew that the Gov’t had to take more responsibility and they could’t have any more laissez-fare officers Well before 1900 and after‚ politicians and writer had began to pin point targets for the progressive attack The social Gospel promoted a brand of progressivism based on Christian based teaching to help get better housing and living conditions for the poor. many women improved the fight for their list of needed reforms The Progressive had their
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Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya born on 15th September 1860 in Muddenahalli‚ Chikkaballapura District‚ Karnataka. Sir M Visvesvaraya father is Srinivasa Sastry and mother Venkachamma. Sir M Visvesvaraya is an eminent Indian engineer and statesman. Today 15th September we observer Sir M Visvesvaraya birthday as Engineers Day in India. Sir M Visvesvaraya was a civil engineer. Visvesvaraya Joined PWD department of Bombay (now its known as Maharashtra state). Visvesvaraya
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