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    Asia. It is theseventh-largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people‚ and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the south-west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east‚ it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[d] China‚ Nepal‚ andBhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean‚ India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition‚ India’s Andaman

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    Floods in India

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    surrounded by the Arabian Sea‚ Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal‚ is quite prone to flood. As per the Geological Survey of India (GSI)‚ the major flood prone areas of India cover almost 12.5% area of the country.  Every year‚ flood‚ the most common disaster in India causes immense loss to the country’s property and lives.  India Flood Prone Areas The states falling within the periphery of "India Flood Prone Areas" are West Bengal‚ Orissa‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ Kerala‚ Assam‚ Bihar‚ Gujrat‚ Uttar

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    India Case Study

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    seasons in India include winter‚ summer‚ monsoon‚ and post monsoon. Changes between these are typically very sudden. However‚ some areas shaded by the Himalayans experience transition seasons of spring and fall. The Indian Ocean‚ Arabian Sea‚ and Bay of Bengal also have an impact on climate. Just when temperatures are at their highest‚ cool winds blow in from the coasts and result in monsoons. This annual phenomenon is an important source of water for many of India’s coastal landscapes. The people of

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    History of India information. Indian History - Important events. Period Description ANCIENT EMPIRES   ca. 2500-1600 B.C. Indus Valley culture. ca. 1500-500 B.C. Migrations of Aryan-speaking tribes; the Vedic Age. ca. 1000 B.C. Settlement of Bengal by Dravidian-speaking peoples. ca. 563-ca. 483 B.C. Life of Siddartha Gautama--the Buddha; founding of Buddhism. ca. 326-184 B.C. Mauryan Empire; reign of Ashoka (269-232 B.C.); spread of Buddhism. ca. 180 B.C.-A.D. 150 Shaka dynasties in Indus

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    Vasco-de-Gama (1459-1525 A.D) 22 Social Science route by Vasco-De-Gama. Among all those business centres Calicut‚ Chaul‚ Bombay‚ Salsette‚ Bassien‚ Cochin‚ Goa‚ Daman‚ Diu were the important ones. They also established this kind of centre in Hugli of West Bengal. Besides set business centres in some places of Srilanka too. Albuquerque: Albuquerque was the first governor of Portuguese colonies in India. He was very intelligent. Due to his endless efforts the Portuguese became the greatest naval power in

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    In fact‚ her own words - “taking care of only one community”‚ “further dividing people”‚ “not taking care of everyone” - can be perfectly used to sum up how she’s been ruling West Bengal for the last six years. But Banerjee’s hypocrisy and double standard becomes even more insulting when one remembers how Banerjee herself has been at the forefront of assault on the rights of Hindus living in her state‚ with the latest assault being

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    boat. The zebra represents a pattern mainly white and black which a sailor could easily represent. The sailor could have been dressed in white and the blood could have been represented by the black. Going on‚ once the hyena killed the monkey‚ the Bengal tiger then killed the Hyena. This could have been Pi enraging when the cook killed his mother. Once Pi killed the cook he was completely gone. I feel that Pi was just visioning a tiger and that is why the tiger never harmed him and rarely interacted

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    Chapter 11

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    Chapter 11 Mongol armies besieged the Genoese trading on Black Sea in 1346 Damaged trading links between East Asia and Mediterranean bubonic plague Geneose merchants and soldiers withdrew‚ taking germs with them reached Messina‚ Sicily‚ half were dead and rest dying went port to port‚ spreading the germs killed one third of European population land and sea trailes of human voyagers became accidental conduits for deadly microbes devastated societies more than Mongol warfare “murderous

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    West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education VidYasagar Bhavan No : DS(A)SD 9/2‚ Block lPvBl 861 42l2oL3 DJ‚ Sector-ll‚ Salt Lake‚ Kolkata - 91 Date :09.07.2013 NOTIFICATION Attn: All Heads of Higher Secondary lnstitutions has already This is to notify that west Bengal council of Higher secondary Education published the following Text Books : 1. 2. Blackswan English A & B for Class Xl and Xll - printed & distributed by Orient by Bengali A for Class Xl and Bengali

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    Bosnian genocide

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    Task: Your task is to become an expert on one example of genocide and explain how and why this event occurred. You will gather evidence to prove WHY genocide still happens today OR HOW people gain enough power to inspire a genocide like the Holocaust. You will locate at least 3 types of sources and use 5 sources total. Your job as a researcher is to gather evidence to support your claim (thesis). Use source materials to prove your theory of why genocide happens today or how people gain enough

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