States and territories of India

The Refugee’ a one act play was written by Asif Currimbhoy.The play portrays the miserable condition of the refugees from East Bengal on hand and on the other hand the play throws ample light on the effects of the refugee problems in social life in India during 1971.Asif combines the major issues with other problems like communalism as it is also led by other issues. It suggests that one problem gives way to other problems. The present play focuses all the issues due to the influx of refugees.…

After experiencing this disaster the Rajah retreated towards the frontiers of Tibet in order to re-assemble an army, and to solicit assistance from the Deb Rajah of Bhutan and the pontiff Lama of Lhasa (ibid). Gorkhas captured most of the Sikkim territories up to the Teesta river including all of the modern districts of South and West Sikkim as well as Darjeeling. It coincided with the Sino-Gorkha war (1788-1792) (Mullard 2011: 177). The document held at Sikkimese Palace Archives gives the idea…

1. Today, India and the United States share similarities in the diversity found within their citizens, but I would argue, there is a higher degree of differences regarding both. In Octavio Paz’s, In Light of India, he makes note of the striking similarities of India and Mexico but first, points to their inversion of creation. Paz, on Mexico, claims “the pre-Hispanic civilization was destroyed, and what survives are its remnants: in India, the ancient civilization is a reality that encompasses…

and Young n.p). China wanted the territory back, but the British weren’t ready to relinquish it. However, the British also realized how easily China’s military could occupy Hong Kong, and they weren’t willing to enter war with China over it. There was also the issue of the areas surrounding Hong Kong. One of these areas was Kowloon, which Britain had gained through the Treaty of Beijing in 1860. The rest of the areas were a set of islands called the New Territories that Britain had gained from…

needed to redraw the map of Europe. This plan was drawn in the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 which created a new balance of power. For example, the Allies reduced France to her prewar borders and she had given up territories which was conquered by Napoleon I. Moreover, the Allies strengthened the states bordering France as a barrier against the renewal of French aggression. The settlement of 1815 undertaken by the Allies was harsh to France and the country’s power had been reduced. Furthermore,…

1.(a). Manipur at a glance One of the eight north eastern states of India, Manipur commonly known as “Jewel of India” covered an area of approximately 22,327 sq.km which constitutes 0.7 percent of the total land surface of India. It has 352 kilometres long international border with Myanmar and 502 kilometres long border with the state of Nagaland on the north, Cachar district of Assam on the west and Mizoram on the south-west. The state has a total population of 28,55,794 of which 14,38,586…

about the “Empire of Liberty” he helps create (pp slide 2), that was the beginning in which the United States government manipulated the weak to further U.S. (white) interest. Native American were self-sufficient but were no match for the U.S. Army and their guns. Unlike the success, the U.S. government had domestically of furthering its local economic and geographic interest the United States soon will have their share of failures. During the war of 1812, the U.S. failed to expand their…

Gandhi once said that “they may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience”. In his saying he states how the imperialists can harm him in a satisfying way they desire, but they will never cause him enough harm to cause him to follow their greedy governments and orders. Gandhi was able to unite India the dying Indians in order to receive their independence. Another victim of British Imperialism was Rukmani in the novel Nectar in a Sieve…

‘China and the United States are destined to be adversaries if China’s power grows.’ John J. Mearsheimer in his book ‘The Tragedy of Great Power Politics’ analyses this statement through and through using the lens of offensive realism. Mearsheimer uses his years of experience in the military to theorize about international politics. ‘He feels that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business’. In this book he takes the cases of different great powers in history to…

as on May 1, 1970 death penalty can be imposed for aggravated murder in35 states. Drawing upon the penal statutes of the States in U.S.A. framed after Furman v. Georgia, in general and clause 2(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Indian Penal Code (Amendment Bill) passed in 1978 by Rajya Sabha, in particular. Dr. Chitle has suggested the aggravating circumstances…