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    g. Procedure for Partition in Kind If the Clerk decides that partition in kind is appropriate for the property in question three “disinterested commissioners” will be appointed to divide and apportion the property among the several tenants in common or joint tenants. If the property lies in more than one county, the Clerk can appoint additional commissioners as deemed necessary from those other counties. After appointment of these commissioners they must be summoned by the Sheriff and then will

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    together. However, absence of loving parental guidance can create tension between family members. Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day shows how war, specifically the partition of India, affects a particular family. The partition of Indian in 1947 created the separate countries of India and Pakistan, consequently ripping families apart. The partition, initiated by India’s independence from Britain, attempted to accommodate irreconcilable religious differences between Muslims and Hindus by forming the

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    factors, such as geographic location and political and religion ideologies. Inherently, the history of Partition and the rise of the Taliban can be attributed to the subcontinent’s diversity. The diverseness of South Asia has brought about a sense of nationalism for various ethnographic groups, which has transformed the subcontinent both positively and negatively. When exploring India/Pakistan Partition and the rise of the Taliban, the consequences has primarily been negative, especially for women who

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    defeating the Turks for the first time, the next area of land that would soon become part of Russia was Poland. The “Senator” a socio-political journal founded in 1996 said, “The partition of Poland the first but not the last to defuse the situation on the western borders of the Russian Empire […]”. After Poland was the partition between Prussia, Austria, and Russia, it gave way for benefits towards Russia such as a warm water port and a buffer for the attacks from the west. Lastly, Catherine’s involvement

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    The gruesome effect of Partition seen in The Train to Pakistan¬ Train to Pakistan is a novel written by Khushwant Singh which majorly deals with the theme of Partition. Khushwant Singh, who was a man who believed in the goodness of humanity, was alarmed to see the event of Partition and its consequences and effects. Thus, he poured down his feelings by writing this remarkable work –Train to Pakistan. Britishers “Divide and Rule policy” permeated the evil seeds of partition in the Indian continent

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    Conflict in Kashmir has been both devastating and ongoing since the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. The conflicts themselves arose from Partition, stemming from the religious dichotomies between Hindus and Muslims. The question is, was this religious conflict a result of impending and inevitable religious tensions in pre-Partition India, or does it stem primarily from British manipulation, disorganization, and negligence in the withdraw of the British Empire? While there were pre-existing

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    way of division of Bengal. The Bengal was divided into two parts. The Hindu West Bengal became the part of India and the predominately Muslim East Bengal (present Bangladesh) became the part of Pakistan. The partition was done on 14-15 August, 1947 in the reign of Lord Mountbatten. This partition of Bengal also divided the people spoke Bangla in different ascend in different areas. Political Economical Reasons behind the Division of Bengal There are numerous political economic reason working behind

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    British crack them down hardly and refused to give them their independence. The Irish famine in the 1850s was like the Bengal famine in India in occurrence due to ignorant British policies. The British decolonisation process in Ireland led to a partition based on religion alike the one in

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    Along with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak was a very influential film-maker, not only in the Bengal Renaissance era but also in the context of the entire Indian film scenario. Unlike his celebrated contemporary Satyajit Ray, Ghatak had to continue film-making against all odds --- against abject poverty and a hostile section of film society and his once party-comrades turned foes, who unable to tolerate his uncompromisingly independent attitude towards art, tried to pull him down at any cost. However

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    other. As part of the independence, India was divided into two separate nations—India and Pakistan. The Hindu states of British India formed the new country of India, while those states with a Muslim majority became part of Pakistan. The violent partition of India and Pakistan resulted in large scale armed confrontations and has sustained a continuous distrust between the two countries. They have been involved in four wars; the first immediately following independence over the state of Jammu and Kashmir

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