Objectification of Religious Identity and Census in British India The need for objectification of the various religions in British India originated when the colonists decided to carry out the Indian Census in the 18th century and every ten years thereafter. It started off out of the intellectual curiosity of a few British officers. They believed that collecting systematic information about caste‚ religion‚ language‚ education‚ means of subsistence etc will help them know the natives better and
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INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM Education system of any country is the backbone for its future. . In India‚ Education System is synonymous with exams .Our education system proves out to be world’s best but only in terms of mugging and reciting things like a poem.. We from our childhood are made to learn that if you cannot understand a sentence or have problem understanding it‚ just mug it up and learn for exams. MUGGING IS THE TECHNIQUE. This is the basic concept that everyone follows-just study
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the groom cash or kind. All of these could be done voluntarily and out of affection and love. The Hindu marriage system is sacramental. According to this system‚ a marriage is forever and there is no scope for a separation. Among the various ceremonies previously practiced‚ the ceremony in front of a ‘godly’ fire (‘Yajna’ in Sanskrit) has taken over‚ the old-fashioned system of marrying a wife by capture. This form of marriage began the practice of dowry‚ where originally‚ the family of the
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significance and the context of the study There has been a large growth in the Pharmaceutical industry in the world and as well as in India in the recent years. Pharmaceuticals have now become a daily part or the element of many people‚ so there is a need to study a bit about the industry. The purpose of this study is to introduce to the Pharmaceutical industry in India and marketing practices of the pharmaceutical companies‚ so that we can get more familiar to the industry and accept the get more
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Colonial impact on the economy of Eastern India(1757-1857) Anuradha Jaiswal‚ Associate Professor‚ During the colonial era‚ the government’s economic policies in India were concerned more with protecting and promoting British interests than with advancing the welfare of the Indian population. Identifying and characterizing the agrarian changes that occurred over the vast area of eastern India‚ during a period of about hundred years is difficult task‚ nevertheless
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The caste system of India All types of societies and races have some sort of functional social stratification. The only difference is that in most cases it remains in an elementary from and elastic. The peculiar feature of the Indian caste system is that in India the aforesaid process has crystalized into watertight compartments. And it has become permanent feature of the Hindu society. It is very difficult to give out and dried definition of caste. We may offer fairly accurate description
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to any society‚ especially America. When the first colonies were formed‚ each had a very distant environment because of their separation. Each environment influenced their economies and social structures. According to Olsen’s lecture on Life in Colonial Times‚ the southern colonies had warm weather and enough rain for a very long crop season. In turn‚ they had many slaves (so many that the whites were outnumbered) and a completely different society than the north. The northern colonies had long
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India is a country that is rich in culture and spiritual beliefs. This all changed when the British landed a company that not only changed the societal business but also the government rule as well as their cultural aspects. This company was named the East India Company. With its gradual expansion‚ the company managed to build English communities in Calcutta‚ Bombay‚ and Madras; the three presidency states of India. Although the East India Company’s intentions where to pursue and expand trade with
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seven decades after independence‚ india has been unable to shrug off it’s colonial burden. In most cases this colonial burden has been implied to be the form or system of governance – directly imported from the Westminster model; The constitution – which remains indian in spirit but draws from multiple western sources; and the usage of the English language. Limiting ourselves to these would be merely skimming the surface of the large body of water that is india’s colonial legacy. From our food habits
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To what extent was the Britain’s rule over India a good thing for India? India was ruled over by the British Raj after the East India Company (EIC) started overruling the Indian natives for 300 years. India was conquered for the Empire not by the English themselves but by Indians under English leadership by taking advantage of Indian disputes. When the English‚ after the Portuguese‚ first landed in India‚ they were overwhelmed by the wealth and magnificence of the people whose friendship
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