Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail)‚ abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.)‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64‚015 kilometres (39‚777 mi)[5] of track and 6‚909 stations. It has the world’s fourth largest railway network after that of the United States‚ Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth
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Running head: THE LENAPE INDIANS The Lenape Indians Pennsylvania and Local History The Lenape Indians The Delaware River‚ named after Sir Thomas West‚ Lord de la Warr the governor of the Jamestown colony‚ flows from the Catskill Mountains in New York to the Delaware Bay along the borders of New Jersey and Delaware. The Delaware River meanders along and forms the boundary of present-day Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The first known inhabitants living along the banks of the Delaware
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PRESS REVIEW THE INDIAN RAPE I – Recall of the facts India became the center of many debates few months ago‚ a gang rape which became famous all around the world thanks to the horror of this act that finished into the death of the victim. On 16th December 2012‚ a 23 years old student went out with her boy Friend in South Dehli and decided to go back home by bus. The woman’s friend became suspicious when the bus took another way than it was used to. He asked the driver and the 6 men on
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INTRODUCTION The Indian rupee (sign: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India.[1] The modern rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (singular paisa)‚ though as of 2011 only 50-paise coins are legal tender.[2][3] Banknotes in circulation come in denominations of ₹5‚ ₹10‚ ₹20‚ ₹50‚ ₹100‚ ₹500 and ₹1000. Rupee coins are available in denominations of ₹1‚ ₹2‚ ₹5‚ ₹10‚ ₹50‚ ₹100‚ ₹150 and ₹1000; of these‚ the
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"INR" redirects here. For other uses‚ see INR (disambiguation). For the Malayalam film‚ see Indian Rupee (film). Indian rupee ₹ | रुपया (Hindi) | | ISO 4217 code | INR | Central bank | Reserve Bank of India | Website | www.rbi.org.in | Official user(s) | India | Unofficial user(s) | Bhutan (alongside theBhutanese ngultrum) Nepal (alongside theNepalese rupee) | Inflation | 5.96%‚ March 2013 | Source | Economic Adviser | Method | WPI | Pegged by | Bhutanese ngultrum (at
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10/10/2014 Iroquois Indians The book I used for some of my ethnographic research was the League of the Iroquois by Lewis H. Morgan. The Iroquois were people of the longhouse. Longhouses are long and narrow bark covered homes‚ which contained one large extended family. Within the Iroquois tribe there were five sub clans that made up the Iroquois League which were the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Seneca. These sub clans made up the Iroquois League or league of peace and power‚ which was originally
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Plains Indians The American Plains Indians are among the best known of all Native Americans. There Indians played a significant role in shaping the history of the West. Some of the more noteworthy Plains Indians were Big Foot‚ Black Kettle‚ Red Cloud‚ Sitting Bull‚ and Spotted Tail. Big Foot Big Foot (? 1825-1890) was also known as Spotted Elk. Born in the Great Plains he eventually became a Minneconjou Teton Sioux chief. He was part of a tribal delegation that traveled to Washington‚ D.C.‚
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and innocent way of describing the indian culture. The first text describes the Indian culture as being diverse‚ listing their different tribes. Also acknowledging their accuracy in constructing calendars‚ temples‚ weaving baskets‚ building homes of clay‚ and raising crops. The second text does not describe the Indians quite as much but doesn’t fail to mention the marriage of Indian woman and daughter of chief Pocahontas to John Rolfe. The third text speaks of Indian tribes creating amazing civilizations
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throughout India are approximately 500‚000 villages. The Census of India regards most settlements of fewer than 5‚000 as a village. These settlements range from tiny hamlets of thatched huts to larger settlements of tile-roofed stone and brick houses. Most Indian villages are small; nearly 80 percent have fewer than 1‚000 inhabitants‚ according to the 1991 census. Most are nucleated settlements‚ while others are more dispersed. It is in villages that India’s most basic business--agriculture--takes place. Here
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The Tlingit: Alaska Indians By: Holli Kearns The Tlingit are an American Indian people whose land consists of the southeastern coast and Islands of Alaska‚ known as the “panhandle.” The official origin of the Tlingit people is unknown. One hypothesis is that the people came from the coast of Asia and Japan‚ migrating north and east‚ and settled in the southeast many years ago. Art forms and some physical features of the Tlingit people are similar to some Pacific groups. Tlingit legends
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