Women in Indian Politics: Political participation of Indian women‚ though on a small scale‚ started with the freedom movement. Mahatma Gandhi was mostly instrumental for arousing political consciousness in the educated women of the upper classes as well as the illiterate women of the lower classes and making them take part in the freedom movement. Political participation may be defined as voluntary participation in political affairs through membership‚ voting and partaking in the activities of
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Lucy Shen 9/9/07 1st pd. When Christopher Columbus first set foot upon the New World and began trading with the natives he incorrectly dubbed "Indians"‚ he had no idea that his bartering would eventually lead to immense contact between the Native Americans and Europeans. Cultural and economic influences flowed both ways in this exchange of societies between Native Americans and both the French and British. France‚ a late arriver in the New World‚ established its first settlement at Quebec in the
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Indian Railways is one of the largest systems in the world. It is also one of the very few railway systems in the world generating operating surpluses. With a modest beginning in India on April 16‚ 1853‚ when the first wheels rolled on rails from Bombay to Thane‚ the Indian Railways has emerged today as the main vehicle for socio-economic development of the country. Rail transportation has a number of favourable characteristics as compared to road transportation. It is six times more energy-efficient
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www.moneycontrol.com 2. www.ibef.org 3. Pricewaterhousecooper research 4. Deloitte research 5. www.Livemint.com 6. http://www.indianretailer.com/article/sector-watch/food-and-grocery/Standingagainst-each-other-1489/ 7. Business monitor international(Indian retail report Q1‚2012) 8. ASA & Associates report‚ August 2012 9. http://www.punebds.com/pf.asp 10. http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/principles-management-p-o-m/208682pest-analysis-retail-industry.html 11. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The study was conducted in South Indian Bank‚ Hampankatta branch. South Indian bank (SIB) is a leading commercial private sector bank in India. On 29th January 1929‚ South Indian Bank was brought to life by an ensemble of entrepreneurs at Trissur‚ in Kerala. The Hampankatta branch was started in 1966 with 1 manager and 3 staff. The huge number of Keralites in Mangalore was one of the main reasons of starting SIB branch here. The bank has a remarkable growth since its beginning
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Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Context: Once England colonised India‚ there was a lot of hostility‚ which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny. What sparked the rebellion however was when‚ new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed
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INDIAN BANKING INDUSTRY Banking forms the back bone of the country. Banks are special as they not only accept and deploy large amounts of uncollateralized public funds in fiduciary capacity‚ but also leverage such funds through credit creation. They directly or indirectly affect the growth of the country. Banking in India has gone through different phases of nationalization and liberalization. In confront of American crisis‚ evolving technology‚ growing Indian economy and further liberalization
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4. Trade in the Mediterranean Sea Lanes was much different from trade in the Indian Ocean Sea Lanes. Unlike the Indian Ocean‚ the Mediterranean Sea normally had very calm waters. Trade boats had large‚ flat sails to pick up wind‚ and were larger to house the numerous oarsmen. They also had rowers and stayed close to the shore. The
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Early life[edit] Marshman was the first child of Joshua Marshman and Hannah Marshman and was born in August 1794 at Bristol‚ England where his father was at that time a schoolmaster‚ before later emigrating to India as a missionary. Move to India[edit] At the age of 5‚ Marshman travelled with his parents and William Ward on an American ship called the Criterion to Bengal‚ arriving at Serampore on Sunday morning‚ 13 October 1799. In May 1800‚ his parents opened two boarding schools at Serampore;
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share the sovereignty of the nation with the Union‚ andtherefore power of the Parliament does not extend to enacting legislation for deprivingthe States of property vested in them as sovereign authorities.”16 However‚ theHonourable Court held that the Indian “…Constitution which was not true to anytraditional pattern of federation”.The Sinha‚ C.J.‚ argued that in India there waswithdrawal or resumption of all the powers of sovereignty into the people of this countryand the distribution of these powers
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