• Educational • Video • About Us The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 Rabindranath Tagore Tagore and His India by Amartya Sen* Voice of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore‚ who died in 1941 at the age of eighty‚ is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. Anyone who becomes familiar with this large and flourishing tradition will be impressed by the power of Tagore’s presence in Bangladesh and in India. His poetry as well as his novels‚ short stories‚ and essays are very
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pact is considered as a significant event in the political constitutional history of India. It is regarded a high water marked of Hindu Muslim unity. It was the first and last pact signed between Congress and Muslim league. Why the Lucknow Pact of 1916 was made? When Bengal was partitioned in 1905‚ Hindus reacted against the decision and they went on violent protests and boycotts of British goods. On the other hand‚ the Muslims remained loyal to the British rule. The British could not sustain the
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Wilson as a president. When Wilson took office in 1913‚ he did not support the foreign policies of interventionism and dollar diplomacy that were currently in effect‚ however he was soon forced to utilize these policies that he was against. When American lives and properties were jeopardized by the revolt in Haiti‚ Wilson sent in the Marines to intervene‚ directly going against his policy of isolationism. Wilson was also an anti-imperialist. In 1916 Congress passed the Jones Act‚ which granted the
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Freddy Braithwaite December 8‚ 2008 Mr. G. Life Choices Born on January 2nd‚ 1873‚ in the Normandy Region of France‚ Saint Theresa of the Little Flower had a very regular childhood. She tragically lost her mother at age four‚ and from then on her father was very protective of her and her sisters. Her father spoiled her to keep her happy. Months after her mother’s death‚ Theresa also became very ill. She prayed to Mary for a cure to her sickness‚ and suddenly she was cured. Through a “conversion
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1757 Battle of Plassey Company rule in India (to 1858) 1759 French India (to 1954) 1760 Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam‚ Maratha Empire reaches its zenith. 1761 The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761‚ by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani‚ an ethnic Pashtun‚ also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century. 1764 Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal
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While there were a number of reasons for members of clubs affiliated to the GAA in Dublin‚ there were also many reasons for members not to become involved. One of the most obvious reasons for not becoming involved in this insurrection was that‚ in 1913 at the time of the Volunteers split‚ many had joined the National Volunteers and the British war effort in Europe rather than remain with the Irish Volunteers and be part of the armed insurrection. William Nolan also notes that while Dublin city and
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magnificent glow‚ than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live‚ not exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them‚ I shall use my time.” – Jack London 1876-1916 Jack London was a man of adventure‚ a man of action and only he could have truly conceived such a dynamic and challenging credo as this. And only he‚ with his great physical strength‚ his intense intellect‚ and his turbulent spirit‚ could have successfully
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Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944)‚ Canadian author‚ will long be remembered for his best-selling book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) as well as the numerous awards and honours he received during his illustrious lifetime as author‚ professor‚ lecturer and humourist. Stephen Butler Leacock was born on 30 December 1869 at Swanmore‚ Hampshire‚ England‚ the third of eleven children to Peter Leacock and Agnes Emma (née Butler). The Leacock family did a lot of travelling in their early years
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