15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation ’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan; the partition was accompanied by violent riots and mass
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INDUSTRY PROFILE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN INDIA It was in 1818 when the first Life Insurance Company was established in India by private and foreign insurers. In the twentieth century many medium and large sized foreign as well as Indian Insurance companies cropped up with different objectives all across India. The Government of India issued an Ordinance in 1956 on nationalizing the Life Insurance sector and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) came into existence in the same year. The Life Insurance
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Buddhism started in ancient India‚ before the spread to the world .Buddhism was found by Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-483 BC)‚ a northern Indian aristocrat who was troubled by questions concerning the meaning of life and the existence of suffering and death in the world. In his late twenties‚ Gautama then abandoned his wife and family and a cloistered life of luxury and set out to find answers to his questions using the traditional Hindu methods of self-denial and meditation. His quest lasted six years
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Ancient India Today in Social Studies class I learned about India. The five topics Ms. Chan taught me for India is Science‚ Technology‚ Writing‚ Math‚ and Art. There were a lot of interesting things I didn’t know. I will start off with Science. There are two different types of Science in India‚ first the Medical Science‚ and then the Astronomy Science. In the Medical Science the Indians created two hospitals‚ one for people‚ and the other for animals. They also conducted surgeries. These surgeries
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Throughout history many cultures have experienced a Golden Age‚ where great advances were made in a variety of different fields. A Golden Age indicates a period of primitive peace‚ harmony‚ stability‚ and prosperity in an area. A Golden Age also refers to a time where cultural advancements and enlightenments are at their highest point throughout learning‚ advances in thought‚ technology‚ art‚ literature‚ science and research. The Roman Empire and India have both been acknowledged for having a successful
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Day of India "Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India discovers
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1. Political Environment India became an official republic in 1950‚ and is currently the second largest country with a population of over 1.2 billion people. The country is made up of 28 states and 7 union territories. It functions as a federation‚ with a central federal government as the point of unification among its partially self-governed states and regions. India’s parliamentary system is governed by Constitutional law which came into force on 26th January 1950. Some of the strengths
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Mughal Influence on India Sourabh Cheedella Table of Contents I. Introduction 2 II. Style and Schematics of Government 4 III. Views on Religion 6 IV. Merging of Arts 8 V. Conclusion 13 VI. Works Cited 14 * Introduction The Mughal Dynasty in India and its intervening emperors were‚ with few exceptions‚ among the world’s most aesthetically minded rulers. (Welch‚ 11) Each emperor was always reaching an unattainable goal. Babur‚ the poet-conqueror‚ was possessed with the dream of expanding and
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guidelines of ancient India have many similarities to the laws and guidelines of other ancient civilizations we’ve studied in the past two weeks. In the "Law of Manu" we see the creation of the caste system‚ a system which places people in predisposed social classes which dictate your profession and your worth. The classes range from the Brahman which are the highest ranked people within the society‚ to the Shuda which are the least ranked and known to be the servants of the upper classes. This inequality
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nevertheless possess a commonality. India is the only country in the world to have so many religions and beliefs. The culture of India is an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures spread all over the Indian subcontinent and traditions that are several millennia old Religions and spirituality India is the birth place of Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism‚ collectively known as Indian religions.[5] Indian religions‚ also known as Dharmic religions are a major form of world religions along with Abrahamic
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