The Indian labor movement is more than 150 years old‚ with its origin in the 1850s and 1870s. But it gained momentum in 1918 when the Madras labor union was formed with mill workers as members. The formation of the All India Trade Union congress (AITUC) in 1920 gave a fillip to the organized labor movement in India. A series of agitations and strikes happened during the early years of unionization in different parts of the country. The focus of the unions was to end exploitation of workers in factories
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Hare Krishna is the popular name for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness‚ which is a new religious movement based on Hinduism. It was established in America in 1965-6‚ in New York City by A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Prabhupada‚ guru/spiritual master‚ moved to San Francisco in 1967‚ and the movement spread quickly‚ plus gained further publicity and financial support through the interest of the Beatle George Harrison. This vast and fast diffusion of Hare Krishna can be due to
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colleges and universities in a sizeable number. (In 1882 there were 2‚700 schools and colleges for girls with 127‚000 students) The social reform movement of the 19th century (that originated within the Indian intelligentsia and later spread to sections of the middle classes) had a major role in this upsurge of education amongst women‚ but this movement was largely an urban phenomenon. This period coincided with several other reforms such as child marriage‚ Sati pratha‚ Purdah system etc. In 1857
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Nick Wood Movements essay October 15‚ 2014 Hamas The word Hamas is an acronym‚ from the Arabic for Islamic Resistance Movement. Hamas grew out of the ideology and practice of the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded this Palestinian Islamic group in 1987 during the first intifada‚ as a result of the Israeli taking up most of the West Bank or Gaza strip and later emerged at the forefront of armed resistance to Israel
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The eugenics movement began in the 20th century by a man named Francis Galton. As the cousin of Charles Darwin‚ Galton believed that eugenics was a moral philosophy to improve humanity by encouraging the ablest and healthiest people to have more children (Carlson). This Galtonian ideal of eugenics is often thought of as positive eugenics. Eugenics can be defined as the outgrowth of human heredity aimed at "improving" the quality of the human stock (Allen and Bird). At the other end of the spectrum
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In recent years‚ the anti-vaccine movement has focused on the idea that vaccines can be connected to the neurological disorder that is autism (Vaccines & Autism). On average in today’s society‚ 1 out of 4 parents believes vaccines can cause autism in otherwise healthy children (Olson‚ Samantha). The whole idea of vaccinations causing autism began when a gastroenterologist from the United Kingdom named Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a study in The Lancet (a general medical journal) in 1998. In his
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school and receive an education if it weren’t for The Educational Reform Movement. The way the education system has evolved over the years has put a big impact on the way we are all taught today. But most of all the principles of education have not changed much over the years. While Mann served in the Senate‚ the Massachusetts education system was suffering‚ and the quality of education was deteriorating. But then a reform movement arose‚ and in 1837 the state created the nation’s first board of education
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During the mid-late 1800s‚ economic and industrial developments profoundly transformed the land and the peoples of the American West. Immigrants and non-Indians who longed for new opportunities in life settled there. This influx of westward movement was primarily initiated as a result of deliberate policy by the federal government. Since the United States government secured more land in central North America after the Louisiana Purchase and annexation of southern and western states (Boyer 317)‚ the
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transformation as well. There were so many new situations and problems to explore due to the immense need and‚ soon‚ it became more of a social duty‚ leaving the religious believes behind. Involving more of a spiritual aspect... Three social work movements emerge ……. Social work emerged in the United States during the Industrial Revolution in the mid late 1800’s‚ when the immigrant population increased (Day‚ 2009‚ p. 53). At the end of 19th century social work became a profession in terms of social
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constitution on 26 January each year as Republic Day | Background Main article: Indian independence movement The major portion of the Indian subcontinent was under British colonial rule from 1757 to 1947. The impact of economic‚ political and social exploitation during this period helped the gradual rise of the Indian independence movement to gain independence from foreign rule. The movement culminated in the formation of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947‚ along with the Dominion of Pakistan
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