India was partitioned at Independence on the 15thof August 1947 into two distinct nations. A newly established and principally Muslim state of Pakistan and a Hindu dominated India. (Shirin Keen , 1998) This occurred due to the fact that Indians were unable to establish a compromise between Hindu desires for one nation under majority rule and Muslim wishes for a separate state. The pressure from the rising wave of nationalism made running the empire politically and economically challenging and increasingly
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American Colonists: English or American? A Look Into American Life Before And After The French-Indian War During the time leading up to the French and Indian War, American colonists were decidedly more English in their lifestyle than they were American. Having recently emigrated from England, the peoples were still very culturally influenced by their “home” country. The colonists still practiced many of the same traditions and religions as they did before. The colonies, all except one, were
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beginning of a new era in the history of British India that ended in 1947. The last days of British rule in India in the words of H.V. Hodson were “the climax of a double struggle, at the same time for the national independence by Indians generally and for self-assertion by the Indian Muslims”.
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Amit Pati PGDM 20160009 Individual Report Of Reservation Reservtion in India is a form of affirmative action designed to improve the well-being of backward and under-represented communities defined primary by their ‘caste’ (quota-system based on ‘gender’ or ‘religion’). These are laws wherein the certain percentage of total available vacancies in educational institute or government jobs are set aside for people from backward communities and others like SC, ST, OBC are the primery beneficiaries
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Strategic Management News Paper Article Summary Article Summary This article is about how intense the battle between internet companies is becoming and in what new strategies the companies are building up to tackle the situation and the predominant strategy used is barter marketing tactics. This article emphasizes on the partnership entered by OLX, Flipkart, Uber and Redbus. Last month Flipkart and OLX entered into partnership to leverage each other’s strengths. OLX
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NIRD – OB and OD Assignment in Leadership 1. “Leaders are born not made” – Discuss your argument citing two leaders of your choice. 2. Compare and contrast the leadership styles of any two pairs listed below: a. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru b. JRD Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani c. Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Jack Welch (General Electric) 3. From the leaders cited in Question 2, discuss the following: a. How did their
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Understand the circumstances that led to the Louisiana Purchase The circumstances that led to the Louisiana Purchase were the transcontinental railroad that would connect Atlantic to the Pacific that allowed settlers a faster and safer way to California and the West. It led to the now famous Lois and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean. We championed westward expansion and exploration which doubled the size of the landscape. He fanned fundamental disagreement about the spread of slavery to
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1. LETTER TO ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DETENTION C AMP, January 27, 1944 ADDITIONAL S ECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (HOME DEPARTMENT) NEW DELHI SIR, Some days ago Shri Kasturba Gandhi told the Inspector-General of prisons and Col. Shah that Dr. Dinshaw Mehta of Poona be invited to assist in her treatment. Nothing seems to have come out of her request. She has become insistent now and asked me if I had written to the Government in the matter. I, therefore
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7/30/2014 Defence News - Russia has violated arms treaty by testing cruise missile: US www.DefenceNews.in - Indian Army | Indian Navy | Indian Air Force | International Defence News Home Defence News Defence Videos Defence Gallery International News Subscribe Search.. Top Stories ► News Russia ► Defence ► Russia US View All Stories ► Russia War Advertisement Russia has violated arms treaty by testing cruise missile: US Country : United States Defence News Tuesday
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treaty being signed, it distributed land rights and ownership between Britain and France, giving nearly all of American territory to Britain. With such victory at hand, one would think that joy would fill the air but tensions grew between Colonials, Indians and British. The British believed that Colonials “were ill-disciplined and lazy and, lacking even elementary knowledge of camp sanitation, suffered an appalling rate
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