the know –how of transmitting moving pictures in 1925.He sent a moving image from London to New york in 1928. On 2 November 1936 the BBC began transmitting the world’s first public regular high-definition service from the Victorian Alexandra Palace in north London. It therefore claims to be the birthplace of television broadcasting as we know it today. The magnitude of television popularity can be gauged from the fact that 70million television sets were sold in USA in 1950. By 1951
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Some literature may have been written as long ago as 10‚000 BCE‚ but most was written from c. 400 BCE to c. 400 CE. of Between 350 BCE to 200 CE‚ South India (mostly Tamil Nadu) was ruled by the three Tamil dynasties of Chola‚ Pandya and Chera. The Cholas The heartland of the Cholas was the fertile valley of the Kaveri River‚ but they ruled a significantly larger area at the height of their power from the later half of the 9th century till the beginning of the 13th century. The whole country
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e Brief History of Stock Exchanges News on the stock market appears in different media every day. You hear about it any time it reaches a new high or a new low‚ and you also hear about it daily in statements like ’The BSE Sensitive Index rose 5% today’. Obviously‚ stocks and stock markets are important. Stocks of public limited companies are bought and sold at a stock exchange. But what really are stock exchanges? Known also as the stock market or bourse‚ a stock exchange
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SHORT ESSAY ON HISTORY OF INDIA India has frequently been subjected to horrors of famine. From 1858 to the end of the 19th century‚ more than twenty famines occurred in India. A major characteristic of British rule in India‚ and the net result of British economic policies‚ was the prevalence of extreme poverty among its people. While historian disagree on the question whether India was getting poorer or not under British rule‚ there is no disagreement on the fact that throughout the period of
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Education of Indians had become a topic of interest among East India Company officials from the outset of the Company’s rule in Bengal.[65] In the last two decades of the 18th century and the first decade of the nineteenth‚ Company officials pursued a policy of conciliation towards the native culture of its new dominion‚ especially in relation to education policy.[65] . During the 19th century‚ the Indian literacy rates were rumoured to be less than half of post independence levels which were 18
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China Early offers from the west - The west wanted to trade with china but they rejected it. They had all the stuff they needed and didn’t need any outside help Self-Reliance - China thought they didn’t need any help from the outside Trading limitations - China was self-reliant‚ so it didn’t tend to trade with other countries. But then again the European countries wanted to trade with them. They set limits on which they would trade with. Opium/Opium war of 1839 - Opium was the cash crop in China
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central governments on legal entities or individuals. | Local authorities like local governments‚ provincial governments‚ counties and municipal corporations also have the right to impose taxes. The rates‚ rules‚ and regulations of taxation differ from one country to another and they are complex in character. Tax is a principal source of revenue for a country’s government. A country’s tax laws determine who should bear the tax burden‚ or who should pay tax. The tax rate is imposed as a certain
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The American Colonist wanted to free themselves from Great Britain because Britain was applying to much control over the colonies. The colonist believed that it was their right to over throw a government that didn’t protect their rights. The colonies were used to very little involvement from Britain. When Britain started to control everything they did‚ they didn’t want to put up with it anymore. After the 7 year war Britain was really high in debt. They started to make them pay new taxes and help
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Industry in India is the second largest employment generator after agriculture. It holds significant status in India as it provides one of the most fundamental necessities of the people. Textile industry was one of the earliest industries to come into existence in India and it accounts for more than 30% of the total exports. In fact Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world‚ second only to China. Textile Industry is unique in the terms that it is an independent industry‚ from the basic
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Lutyens’ Delhi and the site of the India Gate on Kingsway (now Rajpath). Eventually the line was shifted to run along the Yamuna river‚ and when that route opened in 1924‚ the construction of the memorial site could begin. The New Delhi Railway Station was opened in 1926‚ ahead of the inauguration of the city of the same name in 1931.[1][2] The 42-metre tall India Gate is situated in such a way that many important roads spread out from it. Traffic passing around India Gate used to be continuous until
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