aridification which occurred 34–49 Ma.[36] The southwest monsoon arrives in two branches: the Bay of Bengal branch and the Arabian Sea branch. The latter extends toward a low-pressure area over the Thar Desert and is roughly three times stronger than the Bay of Bengal branch. The monsoon typically breaks over Indian territory by around 25 May‚ when it lashes the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. It strikes the Indian mainland
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Sundarban : An Overview Sundarbans National Park Sundarbans National Park covers 10‚000 km2 of land and water (more than half of it in India‚ the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It contains the world’s largest area of mangrove forests. A number of rare or endangered species live in the park‚ including tigers‚ aquatic mammals‚ birds and reptiles Outstanding Universal Value Brief synthesis: The Sundarban contain the world’s largest mangrove forests and one of the most biologically productive
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People’s Resistance against Land Acquisition at Nandigram Nandigram Village Nandigram is a cluster of villages in the east Midnapur district of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of river Haldi. On the opposite bank lies the well-known industrial city –Haldia‚ which is under the administration of the Haldia Development Authority of West Bengal Government. Although it is in such proximity to an industrial city‚ the village is unaffected by development and primitive in its living standards. The
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suggests an answer to such puzzles. In this quite famous article‚ he suggests that India’s sacred cow is in fact quite a rational cultural adaptation -- because the cow is so extraordinarily useful. News photographs that came out of India during the famine of the late 1960s showed starving people stretching out bony hands to beg for food while cattle strolled behind them undisturbed. The Hindu‚ it seems‚ would rather starve to death than eat his cow or even deprive it of food. Western specialists in
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the states of Uttar Pradesh‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ Himachal Pradesh‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ Bihar‚ West Bengal‚ Tripura‚ Assam‚ Delhi‚ Rajasthan‚ Maharashtra‚ Punjab and Chandigarh The Kayasth community in North India and the Deccan have sought to establish a pan-Indian identity for themselves by linking up with the Chitragupta Kayasth of North India‚ the Prabhu Kayasth of Maharashtra and the Bengal Kayasth of West Bengal‚ despite being different communities and located in distinctly different cultural environments
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History and development of Bengali journalism Bengal‚ especially Calcutta (presently Kolkata) was the cradle of journalism in India. The first newspaper of India Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was published in Kolkata in 1780. So were the first four non-English newspapers- in Bengali‚ Urdu‚ Hindi and Persian. Several language newspapers owe their birth to Kolkata in some form or the other; for example the Oriya types were manufactured in Serampore‚ a suburb of Kolkata. The year 1818 marks the
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BAEL 10. COCONUT 11. GULER 12. PHANAS 13. CASHEW 14. ARJUN 15. MANGO 16. TEAK 17. SITAPHAL 18. BADAM 19. PALASH 20. CHIKU 1. THE BANYAN TREE Ficns bengalensis Linn. (Order: Urticaeeae). Ficus is the Latin for fig. Bengalensis‚ pertaining to Bengal. Description: : A very large‚ spreading‚ deciduous tree‚ often reaching 100 ft. or more sending down numerous aerials from its branches to the ground which in time support the branches. Leaves egg-shaped‚rounded or elliptical‚ tip blunt‚ base
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Kong Graduate School of Business‚ and Centre for Economic Policy Research Dennis Tao Yang Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The Great Leap Forward disaster‚ characterized by a collapse in grain production and a widespread famine in China between 1959 and 1961‚ is found attributable to a systemic failure in central planning. Wishfully expecting a great leap in agricultural productivity from collectivization‚ the Chinese government accelerated its aggressive industrialization
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Kavigan is actually a form of Bengali folk performance wherein folk poets sing and perform. History of Kavigan Kavigan was born out of a synthesis of various art forms prevalent in different parts of Bengal at different times having peculiar names such as tarja‚ panchali‚ kheur‚ akhrai‚ half akhrai‚ full akhrai‚ danra kavigan‚ basa kavigan‚ dhap kirtan‚ tappa‚ Krishna jatra‚ tukkagiti etc. The existence of kabi songs may be traced to the beginning of the 18th century or even beyond
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Climate- India The Climate of India is an interesting subject of study - it is just as varied as everything else about India- its people‚ its culture‚ its topography. India is a composite in many ways - and at the core of this composite trait lies its vast and varied topography. From snow capped mountains to clear streams and vast oceans‚ from a desert habitat to lush green tropical forests‚ large plain lands‚ plateaus and mountains - we have it all and even more. India experiences 4 seasons: The
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