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    The Partition Of The India

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    Partition Novel: The partition novel is official histories of Pakistan sub scribe to the two nation theory and argues that the Pakistan nation was the inevitable crystallization of the desire of the muslims of the Indian subcontinent to remain a distinctive community, separate from the Hindu population around them. Indian was partitioned on a two nation theory and despite the best efforts of Mahatma Gandhi and others of his ilk, It could not be averted. Now it is time to assess whether India has

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    The British East India Company first gained power in Bengal in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah surrendered his dominions to the Company. By 1773, when the Company settled their capital in Calcutta, they appointed their first Governor-General, Warren Hastings, and henceforth became directly involved in the governance of almost all of India.When it came to the education policies that the Company implemented in India, not every Governor-General had the same

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    accomplish this, new reforms were made, new laws were passed, all in favor of the British. This led to built up resentment which resulted in the Sepoy Mutiny, and the British colonization of India came to an end, following a direct rule in the form of the Raj. The British initially came to India as traders, but upon seeing the vast potential that India had, they became greedy, and sought to obtain their riches. Britain’s population was suffering from poverty, frequent food shortages and epidemics

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    caves produce, are of snakes and worms. Mrs. Moor is sunk in apathy and cynicism. Her romance with India is over. On their return from picnic, Aziz behaves like a child in the face of the Raj officials, who intend to arrest him on charge of an attempted crime. Only Fielding, a British, can keep him calm and sane. Fielding is portrayed as a superior human being who is in control of everything. The Indians, including Aziz, wail and weep at this misfortune. McBryde, the British police

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    many countries were colonized by stronger forces. India is no different; it was colonized by the British during the mid 18th century until the 20th centuries, which is the combination of the eras, also known as the “British rule in Burma”and “British Raj.” Often, it is arguable whether colonization had an influence in forming a societal or cultural aspects of the country that is being occupied. Specifically, the British colonization of India shaped and had an impact on the culture, education and government

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    The novel shows the conflict between the urge of the natives for self-government and the British Raj. Passage between the two races is certainly vulnerable while conflict soars high. Though Forster does not represent some major political incidents that took place between the suppression of the so-called ‘Mutiny’ of 1857 and the massacre of civilians

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    Siege of Cawnpore

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    The Siege of Cawnpore was an important part of the Indian rebellion of 1857.When Nana Sahib captured Cawnpore (now Kanpur) British forces surrendered to him and in turn he promised them a safe passage to Allahabad. Unfortunately their evacuation had turned into a massacre during which most of them were killed. It was indeed an unpleasant event of siege of Kanpur. Kanpur was an important garrison town situated on the Grand Trunk Road and Grand Trunk Canal beside the river Ganges and lay on the approaches

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    From the time of the 1500s, a policy of expansion known as imperialism had been practiced by many countries due to political, economic and social reasons. The result of imperialism can be viewed differently based on a person or country’s perspective. Some country benefited from imperialism while others are imperialized and taken over. There are two time periods of imperialism, old and new imperialism. Old imperialism occurred from the 1500s-1700 while new imperialism occurred from the 1700s to the

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    British Raj is a term for the period when British ruled India from the late 1858 until 1947. This all started when Portuguese found India which then was introduced by the British. The British had interest on India because they had a lot of resource which led the British to conquer India in 1858. ("The Economic Effects of the British"). However, after India became independent, the British left an incredible negative impact on the Indians. This negative impact was demonstrated by the British killing

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    After the disappointment of the Simla Conference, Lord Wavell declared that the Provincial and focal Legislature decisions would be held in the winter of 1945-46 in December and January, after the race a constitution-production body will be made. He later additionally reported that after the decisions, the Viceroy of India would set an Executive Council that would have the backing of the principle Indian political gatherings. The Muslim League and the Congress dismisses the proposition. Quaid-e-Azam

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