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The Conflict Of Women In 20th Century India
1,738 wordsThe Conflict of Women in 20 th Century India Throughout recorded history, women all over the world have been held to a different standard than men. They have consistently been oppressed in nearly all aspects of life, from political to personal. In the 20 th century though, great strides have been taken to end this oppression and level the playing field. However, in India, a number of deeply rooted traditions have made this effort all the more difficult, and as a result, women's triumphs over opp...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Third Class
1,127 wordsGeorge C. Wallace, the United States Secretary of State when Mohandas K. Gandhi was assassinated, said that Gandhi had become a spokesman for the conscience of all mankind- a man who made humility and simple truth more powerful than empires (Gandhi, np). Gandhi is well known for his leadership in the liberation of India from Britain, but his main goal and message transcends beyond the acts he did, into everyday living. Gandhi promoted simple living, non-violence, and forgiveness as a way to unit...
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Partition Of India In 1947 India In 1947 Kashmir
481 wordsSince the partition of India in 1947, theres been a dispute over the land of Kashmir. Since the Maharaja of Kashmir sought its Independence but then chose to make the country part of India and the Pakistinians intervened militarily, claiming that their was a national extension of their country. Kashmir is an area on the border between India and Pakistan. The culture of the region of Kashmir is a mix of different religion and ethnicity. s The situation in Kashmir, has caused a separation of relig...
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Siddhartha Gautama Eightfold Path
1,312 wordsThis report will be about the life of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, and his influences on the people around him. It will explain how the religion of Buddhism came about and how the Buddha created it. It will also include not only what influenced Buddha to start preaching, but what influenced the people to listen. Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who would later be known as Buddha, was born in Lumbini, Nepal around the year 563 BC. He was the son of two important great people. Siddhartha's fathers name w...
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British Imperialism In India
1,708 wordsAll the leadership had spent their early years in England. They were influenced by British thought, British ideas, that is why our leaders were always telling the British "How can you do these things? Theyre against your own basic values. ." We had no hatred, in fact it was the other way round - it was their values that made us revolt. " -Area As Ali, a leader of the Indian National Congress. (Masani, quoted in Wood, 32, 1989) There is no doubt that British imperialism had a large impact on Indi...
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Guru Granth Sahib Guru Nanak Dev
1,852 wordsIn the paper "Why Sikhism"? I discussed my personal experiences in how I had dealt with issues in my life. I focused on myself as a child and as an adult, and the primary conflicts that Sikhs face during these periods of their life. Acceptance as a child and as an adult, but love playing a greater role in our lives as adults. My focus was to highlight how Sikhs living in a western society have to deal with problematic issues, where certain western values don't blend with Sikh religious principle...
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India And Pakistan Nuclear Tests
807 wordsIn May 1998, India carried out five nuclear tests and formally declared itself a "nuclear weapon state" (NWS). This dramatic move stunned the world and immediately triggered a new round of the nuclear arms race in South Asia. India's archenemy, Pakistan, responded by setting off six announced nuclear tests just two weeks later. The nuclear crisis in South Asia was intensified by the Indian-Pakistani military conflict in Kashmir and almost brought the two countries into another major war in summe...
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Raja Yoga Three Main
919 wordsIn Hinduism, there are three main ways to liberation. These three paths could also be otherwise identified as Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Karma Yoga. Many teachers, including Ramakrishna, identify a fourth main path as Raja Yoga, differentiating between the pursuit of knowledge (Jnana Yoga) and the psychophysical techniques aimed at subduing the mind and experiencing the super-conscious state (Raja Yoga). These methods include body postures, breath control and concentration or contemplation: al...
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India Pakistan Nuclear Part 1
1,674 wordsIndia-Pakistan Nuclear Threat In May 1998, India carried out five nuclear tests and formally declared itself a "nuclear weapon state" (NWS). This dramatic move stunned the world and immediately triggered a new round of the nuclear arms race in South Asia. India's archenemy, Pakistan, responded by setting off six announced nuclear tests just two weeks later. The nuclear crisis in South Asia was intensified by the Indian-Pakistani military conflict in Kashmir and almost brought the two countries i...
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East India Company British East India
1,644 words... left hanging from trees along their line of march. At Back-ke-Serai, five miles from Delhi, they met the main army of the mutineers and though the British won the field they failed to destroy the sepoy army which fled back to the protection of the walls of Delhi. The British established themselves on Delhi ridge, a thin spur of high ground to the north of the city. There, two months after they had been forced out of the city, the British once again looked down on the massive ramparts of the ...
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Distribution Of Wealth Deviant Behavior
1,576 wordsCultural Assessment A couple of years ago, I was invited by my friend Rahima, to attend an Indian wedding. I thought it might be fun for me to experience the different foods, clothing, personalities, and religious beliefs that were particular to her culture. Later on that evening I had pulled her to the side and told me that the culture that I was raised in was completely different from hers. I was raised in Louisiana and in all my life I had never experienced such a distinct culture. At that ti...
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Freedom Of Religion True Definition
1,106 wordsReligion Religion is a great thing if you dont abuse it. Personally I think that religion is awesome. Some people think that its a load of crap but not me. One thing I love about living in the United States is that we have freedom of religion and people cant take that from us. To some people religion is a scary thing. It can be if you dont obey what you are supposed to do for that religion. Some people are also scared about dying because they dont know if there is a heaven and or a hell. Well, f...
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India And Pakistan Cease Fire
826 wordsGeography, Kashmir is located Kashmir KASHMIR? Geography, Kashmir is located in Himalayan range. Most of the area is mountainous with very fertile land, beautiful lakes, covered with thick green forests and produce verity of fruits. Area, 84471 sq. : miles; with boundaries with Pakistan, India, china and Afghanistan. Population, About 5 million consisting of 77 % Muslim. Borders with Pakistan 902 miles and borders with India 307 miles. Brief History, The state of Kashmir came into existence in 1...
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Mahatma Gandhi Civil Disobedience
1,037 wordsgovernment didnt approve of at all. Armed only with honesty and a bamboo stick, Gandhi got through demands like a retail on rent pay to the English land-owners, freedom for the Indians to grow crops of their own choice and the establishment of a part- Indian commission to hear grievances from the Indians. The Englishmen allowed these demands without questions, just to see the back of him. But Gandhi had greater aims. They sent Gandhi to jail several times, but they always had to release him, bec...
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Mohandas Gandhi Prime Minister
1,397 wordsMOHANDAS GANDHi Satyagraha. Meaning force or firmness of truth, Mohandas Gandhi worked and lived by this word. By peaceful, non-violent demonstrations he little by little took hold of the people of Indias love and honor and freed them from British rule. This is his story: On October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, a region of Queen Victoria, Mohandas Gandhi was born to Kaba Gandhi and his wife. Although his father, Kaba, was the chief Minister for the Maharaja of Porbandar, he and his family lived ...
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Circa 1500 Bc Circa 1500 India
228 wordsHinduism is one of the oldest living religions in the world, dating back to circa 1500 BC. It is also one of the largest religions, claiming over 720 million followers in India as of 1993. When the Indus Valley cities began to decline, circa 1500 BC, a group of people called the Aryans came to India. They came as a nomadic tribe, but eventually they built cities along the Ganges River. They brought a religion with them, which later became Hinduism. The word Hindu comes from the name of a river i...
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Indian National Congress Hindus And Muslims
838 wordsIndian nationalism was not a simple unification of Indians against colonial rule. There were many complexities involved in forming an organization that sought to speak on behalf of the people, and many of these challenges were posed to the Indian National Congress because their leadership consisted of the Hindu elite. In 1885, the Indian National Congress was formed through the initiative of Allen Octavian Hume, and it quickly became the chief organization representing the will of the common peo...
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Rites Of Passage Sexual Intercourse
2,129 wordsIndonesia is a archipelago situated in South-East Asia and comprises of 13 600 islands which stretch for approximately 5000 km. Islam was introduced to Indonesia in the 14 th century by Gujerati merchants from India. In 1478 a coalition of Muslim princes attack the remains of the Hinduism Empire expunging Hindu from the Indonesian empire. Islam has now become the dominant religion with 87 % of the population adhering to Islam, 7 % are Christians while the remainder are Buddhist, Catholic or Taoi...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Martin Luther King Jr
1,017 wordsMohandas Karamchand Gandhi During the 20 th century there were many great individuals throughout the world but none stand out more to me than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was an Indian nationalist leader, who established his countrys freedom through a nonviolent revolution. He considered the term? s passive resistance and civil disobedience inadequate for his purposes, however, and coined another term, Satyagraha (? truth and firmness? ). He was a major part of World War I by recruiting campai...
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Government Used By The Mughals System Of Government Akbar
396 wordsThe greatest flourishing of northern Indian culture, art, and imperial strength undoubtedly took place during the reign of the Mughal monarchs of the 16 th and 17 th centuries. The Mughals were Central Asian descendents of the great Mongol warriors Ghengis Khan and Timur. The Mughals seized power and held on to it by using various methods. The system of government used by the Mughals was also efficient in helping the Mughals to hold on to their power. But the Mughals didn t flourish too long, af...
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