exchanged by the people across the country at the time of Anna Hazare’s recent protest against corruption. His protest is a new landmark in the history of independent India whose struggle against corruption was a gentle reminder of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha. The movement has gained momentum since April 5‚ 2011‚ when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began his nowfamous hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The chief legislative aim of the movement is to alleviate corruption in the Indian
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087/X/SA2/44/A1 Strictly Confidential : (For Internal and Restricted Use Only) Secondary School Examination [Class X/2011] Summative Assessment II Marking Scheme SOCIAL SCIENCE Total No. of Pages : 8 General Instructions : 1. The Marking Scheme provides general guidelines to reduce subjectivity in the marking. The answers given in the Marking Scheme are suggested answers. The content is thus indicative. If a student has given any other answer which is different from the one given in the Marking
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Sarojini Naidu From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu in Bombay (now Mumbai)‚ 1946 Born Sarojini Chattopadhyaya(সরোজিনী চট্টোপাধ্যায়) 13 February 1879 Hyderabad‚ Hyderabad State‚ India Died 2 March 1949 (aged 70) Lucknow‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India Occupation Poet‚ writer‚ social activist Nationality Indian Alma mater King’s College London Girton College‚ Cambridge Spouse(s) Dr. Muthyala Govindarajulu Children Jayasurya
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The Sardar Sarovar Dam Presented By: Group-1 The Narmada Dam in India http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/feature1/ water pressure Why do countries build Dams? • It’s a means by which many of the developed countries of the world build their economic strength • Improving the circumstances of a region be it health‚ crops‚ infrastructure or industries - leads to greater productivity‚ more markets‚ sturdier populations‚ more investment‚ and so on • However‚ there is a cost…
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The Partition of India "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." -Jawarhalal Nehru 14 August‚ 1947‚ saw the birth of the new Islamic Republic of Pakistan. At midnight the next day India won its freedom from colonial rule‚ ending nearly 350 years of British presence in India. During the struggle for freedom‚ Gandhi had written an appeal "To Every Briton" to free their
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Electronic International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (EIIRJ) Electronic Bi-monthly Reviewed Journal Nov/Dec 2012 ISSN 2277-8721 A STUDY OF MYTHOLOGY OF RAMAYANA IN RAJA RAO’S KANTHAPURA Dr. P.M. PATIL Member BOS in English‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur Head‚ Department of English Arts‚ Commerce & Science College‚ Palus. Dist-Sangli . 416310.(M.S) ABSTRACT The most celebrated ancient heroic text of India is the ‘Ramayana’. It provided themes for important later literary works in Indian
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CONTENTS Title Page 2 Area of research 3 Acknowledgement 4 Introduction 5 Rationale
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Race and ethnicity are important concepts and plays a great deal among our society. Very few of us are aware of the difference between race and ethnicity. Many of us assumed that is the same definition. In Sociology this terms have a very specific and different meaning. Race: Is your biological features this can include your skin color‚ eye and hair color‚ as well as a tendency toward developing certain diseases. Race can’t be changed or disguised. Race does not have customs or globally learned
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Ernest Green Throughout the American South‚ of many Negro ’s childhood‚ the system of segregation determined the patterns of life. Blacks attended separate schools from whites‚ were barred from pools and parks where whites swam and played‚ from cafes and hotels where whites ate and slept. On sidewalks‚ they were expected to step aside for whites. It took a brave person to challenge this system‚ when those that did suffered a white storm of rancour. Affronting this hatred‚ with assistance from
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How did Nelson Mandela aid the downfall of Apartheid? Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa to a Thembu chief. Thirty years later he would start one of the most famous movements of our time‚ the anti-apartheid movement. Apartheid was an official policy of forced segregation of the races and was implemented in 1948 by the National Party when it came to power in South Africa. Under apartheid‚ all black citizens were forced to carry passbooks stating all of their information. Two laws‚
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