National Education Day 11th November GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS DECIDED TO OBSERVE 11th NOVEMBER‚ THE BIRTHDAY OF MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD‚ A GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER‚ AN EMINENT EDUCATIONIST AND FIRST UNION MINISTER OF EDUCATION‚ AS ‘NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY’ EVERY YEAR FROM 2008 ONWARDS. A brief biography is given here Abul Kalam Azad Date of birth: 11 November 1888 Place of birth: Mecca‚ Ottoman Empire (now in Saudi Arabia) Date of death: 22 February 1958 Place of death: Delhi‚ India Movement:
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John Brown: Terrorist or Revolutionary? John Brown was a man starkly opposed to slavery. In 1855‚ John Brown led an unsuccessful raid on Harper ’s Ferry in order to arm slaves with weapons Brown and his men seized from the arsenal in order for the slaves to free themselves. Because this was against law of the time‚ John Brown was tried and executed for treason. Due to his methods‚ many people labeled him as a terrorist; however‚ because he worked for a good cause‚ the abolition of slavery
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John Kerry The Volkswagen Beetle body style was commissioned by Adolf Hitler‚ one of the world’s worst dictators (“History of the 1949-1967 Volkswagen Beetle”).John Kerry’s first car in 1962 was a Volkswagen bug. Kerry was born on December 11‚ 1943‚ in Denver‚ Colorado. Kerry’s career in the military was very successful. While on a tour in Vietnam‚ Kerry was a gunboat officer. Kerry earned a bronze star‚ a silver star‚ and three purple hearts. After his military career‚ Kerry pursued a political
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One case from Brunei concerns Khoo Teck Phuat and his son Khoo Ban Hock. The latter was managing director of NBB w. Under his charge‚ the bank loaned more than Brunei $1 billion (which is equivalent to Singapore $1 billion) to companies controlled by his father. These loans were undocumented and unsecured. It was claimed that these offences under Brunei banking laws by Khoo Ban Hock were committed under the control and his direction of his father. When this dishonesty was discovered‚ the younger
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The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps with its head Quarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis.The National Cadet Corps in India is a voluntary organization which recruits cadets from high schools‚ colleges and Universities all over India. The Cadets are given basic military training in small arms and parades. The officers and cadets have no liability for active military service once they complete their course but are given preference
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National income accounting provides economists and statisticians with detailed information that can be used to track the health of an economy and to forecast future growth and development. The measure of national income allows us to compare output and the standard of living of one country with another‚ an increase in the National Income statistics usually an increase in standard of living. The measure of national income that we use to do this is known as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP per capita
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John Caldwell Calhoun was born on March 18‚ 1782‚ in Abbeville‚ South Carolina‚ the son of a farmer. He received little formal education early in life‚ but was able to graduate with honors from Yale‚ in 1804. He remained in Connecticut to study law in Litchfield‚ but returned to his home state and was admitted to the bar in 1807. Calhoun served briefly in the state assembly from 1809 to 1811‚ where he helped establish a balance of power between the tidewater planters and the piedmont farmers. In
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The issue of cultural and national stereotype is significant to people in all over the world because it leads the way of thinking in particular nation to interact with people in different cultures. It is very necessary to understand and appreciate other cultures in order to communicate and develop international relationships in terms of human condition and economic activity. This essay is divided into three sections‚ It will begin by comparing and contrast the two articles between Piller’s article
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On 31st of August every year‚ we as Malaysians celebrate the National Day. A lot of people enjoy celebrating the National Day. We enjoy singing the National Songs‚ decorating our classroom‚ watching the countdown concert‚ counting down the time to midnight and watching the parade on National Day. But when we do all those things‚ do we feel anything or we just celebrate National Day without understanding or feeling anything?? Don’t you at least feel proud being a Malaysian?? At least‚ we should APPRECIATE
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John Q is an emotionally-packed movie that surrounds the unfortunate medical circumstances of John‚ played by Denzel Washington‚ and his son. The purpose of the film was to raise the many issues surrounding poor health care in the United States‚ and even less empathy from hospital administration and insurance companies. After John’s son collapses at a baseball game‚ the doctors diagnose him as having a heart that is too large for his body and declare that he must receive an immediate transplant
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