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    The India and Pakistan conflict remains one of the most unfaltering and unresolved conflicts of our time. Since the birth of the nation in 1947, conflict ensued over religion and territory dividing the great nation into two independent states, today known as India and Pakistan. The history of relations between the two nations follows an oscillating track between times of peace and resumptions of wars and crises. Conflict expanded to encompass a broad range of issues from terrorism to a nuclear arms

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    Rohan Rao SYBA B – 172 UID- 141363 A.Eng.3.02 25.08.2015 Topic: Critically analyse Dog of Titwal in the light of partition literature with respect to the Indian subcontinent. ‘The Dog of Titwal’ written by Saadat Hasan Manto talks about he Kashmir conflict that started after India and Pakistan got independence. The conflict started on 22nd October, 1947 and is still going on. In this story, the nature is described in a way that it gives an imagery of peaceful hills of this disputed area

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    Often synonymous with open hostility, relations between India and Pakistan are influenced by numerous discordant factors. This essay will examine the primary antecedent, the Partition of India and its bifurcation into two states. In emphasising the collective trauma and fragile nationalisms that emerged, a connection will be established between the ensuing fear and distrust and its manifestation into policies and actions over the past six decades. Its ramifications will be considered in relation

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    To free Bangladesh from the exploitation of Pakistan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of the Awami League declared Six-Point Formula on 13th February, 1966 when he failed to declare in the conference of opposition held in Lahore. The six clauses were the reflector of independence of the Bangladeshi people. Freedom of habitation, eating, clothing all these basic needs were assured to be provided by the clauses. So people of East Pakistan supported this from their heart. The six clauses were: Clause

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    Indira Gandhi Analysis

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    Rough draft This is a document explaining why indira gandhi was a good prime minister and why her assassination was unjust. Indira gandhi was the first woman leader of india and came to be the prime minister and a very successful leader. she lead india in a way that many of india’s citizens would only dream of she was very brave and did some things very little have achieved like settling disputes between certain government parties. As well as she helped with the countries famine and food shortages

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    involved preemptive invasions whenever he felt threatened, so much of the first twenty years of his reign were spent at war. From these wars, he gained some territory, but the most important gains of land were Silesia, and the land gained from the partition of Poland. Despite the dominance of his army, Frederick made many enemies, and was almost defeated in the Seven Years’ War. Besides his previous feuds with Russia and Austria, he also angered France when he attempted to make an alliance with Britain

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    19th Century Sikhism

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    controlled Punjab in 1840s. Corruption and oppression raised because British looked at Sikh as enemies. The British colony started creating policies to suppress Sikhs and started instigating tension with other dominant religions in India. In 1947, the partition of India and Pakistan began from India Independence Act. The Sikhs were promised self

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    In 1828 Shaka, leader of the Zulu tribe prophesied that ‘the swallows’, white men building mud houses, would come to conquer his people. By the end of the century his prophecy was reality. The extraordinary expansion drift of all major industrialised countries in Europe led to an unparalleled division of the African in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Key reason to expand pivoted around the European economy. The industrial revolution in Europe had changed the landscape from rural

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    doing works in outside. While the time of power failure Shoba and Shukumar confesses her childhood experience in India, where the time of power cut she playing and sharing her experience of host culture, about friends and telling stories and some jokes like that. So, in Boston she was longing for Indian culture. There, the culture is mixed. The power cut become to the end at the day of fifth, she revealed him about she want to separate from him and searching her identity in loneliness

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    India 's 9 / 11

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    India had finally gained independence after 350 years of British presence. The plan for partition began when Britain ultimately handed over self-governance to India. After receiving its independence, India was further separated due to religious tensions between Muslims and Hindus living together. Because of these conflicts, Pakistan was formed

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