History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past, specifically how it relates to humans. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about these events. The term includes cosmic, geologic, and organic history, but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. Events occurring
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Gujaratis. The origins of the Gujarati people are uncertain. Majority of Gujaratis share identical genes with the rest of the north Indian populations, but show a significant relationship with West Asia. Most of the Gujarati sub-ethnicities are of Indo-Aryan Ethno-linguistic extraction. Besides age and gender variation, there may be cultural variation between subgroups in societies that share and overarching culture. Besides age and gender variation, these maybe occupational groups in societies where
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MUSIC CHAPTER 5 1. Why does the Indian classical tradition dominate the musical image of South Asia in the west? The classical music of India has gained most of the attention of outsiders probably due to the colonization era that has brought Indo-European invaders (Aryan Civilization) into their territory between 2000 and 1500 BCE due to the presence of rich resources. However, Indian music, unlike the communal music of Africa and Southeast Asia, is individual and often virtuosic and can be
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “RATIO ANALYSIS” AT INDIAN RAYON (A UNIT OF ADITYA BIRLA NUVO LTD) VERAVAL (GUJARAT) SUBMITTED TO TILAK MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF 2 YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) Submitted By: KAAT RAFIK O. (Batch 2008-10) Guided By: Prof.R.GANESHAN MAHARASHTRA COSMOPOLITAN EDUCATION SOCIETY‘S PAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE CAMP- PUNE-411001 1 CERTIFICATE This is certify that KAAT RAFIK OSMAN BHAI student
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*About the Novel Raja Rae’s novel Kanthapura (1938) is the first major Indian novel in English. It is text of the Civil Disobedience movement of the 1930s that takes for its central concern the participation of a small village of South India in the national struggle called for by Mahatma Gandhi. Imbued with nationalism, the villagers sacrifice all their material possessions in a triumph of the spirit, showing how in the Gandhian movement people shed their narrow prejudices and united in the common
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University of Konstanz Department of Linguistics Summer Semester 2014 Seminar: Problems of German Learners of English in a Linguistic Perspective Docent: Dr. Melanie Seiss English DO/MAKE compared with German TUN/MACHEN Problems of German Learners of English Sarah Heydeck Alemannenweg 12 79793 Wutöschingen Tel.: 01634253082 Email: sarah.heydeck@uni-konstanz.de Student ID: 01/813879 LA English/History Semester: 8 Wutöschingen, 31st August 2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction to the
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Carrots The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus, Etymology: from Late Latin carōta, from Greek καρότον karōton, originally from the Indo-European root ker- (horn), due to its horn-like shape) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although
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CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Collaborative Learning Community: Constitutional Provisions Collaborative Learning Community: Constitutional Provisions The Arizona constitution defines the laws of the state as the effects it has on counties, insuring that all counties follow the same basic laws. While many of the funds for Arizona’s educational system come from the sale of public lands, in the early 1900’s, article ten specifies the sources of revenue and maintenance
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Introduction: HMT Bearings Ltd. ("HMTB") was incorporated in 1964 under the name of Indo Nippon Precision Bearings Limited. The Company was promoted as a state public sector company by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in technical collaboration with M/s Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd., Japan. It commenced commercial production in 1970. In 1980 the Company became a central public sector undertaking after it was made a subsidiary of HMT Limited ("HMTL"). The vision of the company is to produce & market bearings
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Briefly about the author: The short-story ” My Son the Fanatic” is written by the British author Hanif Kureishi. He grew up in England in the 1950s and 1960s, being the son of a Pakistani immigrant and an English woman. He studied philosophy and began writing novels at an early age. Being the son of an immigrant, a majority of his novels unravel the difficulties and challenges a huge amount of immigrants face in their new country, especially the difficulties involved in finding a place to belong
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