Punjab Essays

  • History of Punjab: State of Sikh Religion

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    History of Punjab: State of Sikh Religion Punjab, state in northwestern India,bordered on the north by Jammu and Kashmir state and Himachal Pradesh state, on the east and south by Haryana state, on the south and southwest by Rajasthan state, and on the west by Pakistan. Punjab state lies between the great systems of the Indus and Ganges river. Punjab had a population of 20,281,969. Chandîgarh is the state capital. The population of Punjab consists mainly of Punjabis, Jats, and Rajputs. The

  • Grandma and Grandpa - My Grandfather, A Man of Respect

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    life, not even when his friends and family were burned alive on a train traveling from East Punjab to West Punjab during the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. He immediately understood that emigration from this Hindu dominant country to a Muslim state was important for his family's safety, faith, and future. My grandfather was nineteen years old when he moved from India's Punjab to Pakistan's Punjab; he was able to escape and obtain border passes from high authorities because his father

  • Indian government under the leadership of Indira Gandhi

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    Cremations and the Absence of Bones. June 1999. [16] Mahmood, Cynthia K. Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues With Sikh Militants. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. Pages 61-62. [17] Pettigrew, Joyce. The Sikhs of the Punjab: Unheard Voices of State and Guerrilla Violence. London: Zed Books, 1995. Page 57. [18] UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [19] Charter of the United Nations. [20] Mahmood, Cynthia K. Disappearances, Cremations and the

  • Essay On Badshahi Mosque

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    actually placed light infantry guns called zamburahs atop the minars so that he could bombard the Sindhanwalia Sardars who were in control of the Lahore fort at that time. The mosque remained under the control of the Sikhs until the annexation of Punjab by the British in 1856. It was during this year that Sir John Lawrence who was at that time the commissioner of Lahore conferred with the government and the military commander of the area and had the mosque decreed back to the Muslims of the city

  • Cultural Heritage Essay

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    “Each piece of the past tells something of what we were or what we are. By enlarging our ties with past generations, we commit ourselves to future generations and we dignify the present.” (Quote from “Colombian Minister of Culture Elvira Cuervo de Jaramillo”) Past provides us with knowledge and understanding of our culture and traditions. These different cultures give people knowledge of their beliefs, religions and customs. Every culture has their own sacred places that help people to develop

  • Babbar Khalsa's Killing

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    Thesis On June 23, 1985, at 7:13 Greenwich Mean Time, Sikh separatists bombed Indian Airlines flight 182, a boeing 747, over the Irish coast, killing all 329 passengers and crew on board as well a second bomb going off in Tokyo’s Narita Airport killing two others. The Sikh separatists involved in this attack, known as Babbar Khalsa, were aiming for Hindu people, not specifically Canadians, and were immigrants to Canada, where they placed a suitcase bomb on flight 182 heading from Toronto to Bombay

  • Introduction to Housing Schemes

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    military personnel. It is famous in all major cities of Pakistan which are as follow; Karachi Lahore Islamabad- Rawalpindi Defense Housing Authority Lahore Defense Housing Authority Lahore is well developed housing scheme in the south of capital of Punjab Lahore. It was established in the year 1975 and the opening of this well developed housing authority was held on 19th March 1975. Under the Pakistan Army supervision this housing scheme was completed. It was developed for military officers and personnel

  • Punjab National Bank: A Essay On Punjab National Bank

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    Punjab National Bank Punjab National Bank is a state-owned commercial bank .They offer banking products, and also operate credit card and debit card business, bullion business, life and non-life insurance business, and gold coins and asset management business. They are recognized as the Bank offering highest levels of customer satisfaction in Delhi and Chennai. The Bank has the largest domestic network of 4997 offices, including 46 extension counters among Nationalized Banks. They has international

  • Amrita Pritam

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    Amrita Pritam (born 31 August 1919) is a household name in the Punjab, being the first most prominent woman Punjabi poet and fiction writer. After partition she made Delhi her second home. She was the first woman recipient of th Sahitya Akademi Award, the first Punjabi woman to receive the Padma Shree from the President of India in 1969. Though critical of the socialist camp, her works were translated in all the east European languages including French, Japanese and Danish. Mehfil, a quarterly from

  • Languages of Punjabi

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    originated around the 11th century and it is the heir of sauraseni prakrit. This language also can be called as Indo-Aryan and this one main language is mostly spoken from about 100 million people that are primarily from the East Punjab which is in India and also in West Punjab which is in Pakistan. Although both of these two nations speak in the same language but they have different ways and form of writing the alphabet. For example, In India Punjabi, normally it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet

  • Punjabi Culture and Health Care

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    United States choose their physician on the basis of what language he or she speaks. These findings directly correlate with the results of a study done pertaining to the Punjabi people’s perception of health care providers in India. Even in the rural Punjab region, only 10% of the study indicated a preference of health-practitioner on the basis of qualifications (Mehra & Nanda, 2012). This finding serves as an indication of either the ignorance of the people involved in the study or the true lack of

  • An Essay About The Sikh Heritage

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    I was born and raised in Punjab, a state in India, which has a huge population of Sikhs. Growing up, my school teachers and parents always taught us about the most tragic time in the Sikh community, the Amritsar Massacre. I am a Sikh and I practice my religion as much as my parents, so I have always been exposed to stories of the Sikh Massacre. It is very interesting to me because it shows how brave the Sikh community is and what they would do to protect their land and rights. Since I have moved

  • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Catalyst for Indian Independence

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    Gandhi. By watching the influence of Drs. Satyapal and Kitchlew and the vast participation of people in the strikes, the deputy commissioner Mr. Miles Irving lectured the government of Punjab to increase the military forces in Amritsar.3 In response to the letter of the deputy commissioner the government of Punjab took prompt action and they issued the orders of Drs. Satyapal and Kitchlew’s deportation on 9th April.4 On 13th April 1919 General Dyer “went through the city in company with the district

  • The Other Side of Silence, by Urvashi Butalia

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    Urvashi Butalia in her book, The Other Side of Silence, attempts to analyze the partition in Indian society, through an oral history of Indian experiences. The collection of traumatic events from those people who lived through the partition gives insight on how history has enveloped these silences decades later. Furthermore, the movie 1947 Earth reveals the bitterness of partition and its effect of violence on certain characters. The most intriguing character which elucidates the silence of the partition

  • Pepsico Vs Nestle Case Study

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    INTRODUCTION Compare and contrast the distribution decisions of multinational corporations PepsiCo and Nestlé in India. In particular conduct research and identify significant cultural issues that would be relevant to the development of those strategies. PepsiCo and Nestle are two similar types of organizations in that they both produce consumables that are not deemed a basic commodity. Although PepsiCo makes primarily a soft drink beverage, Nestle produces thousands of types of snack foods, candy

  • Kashmir

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    population and wishes of their people". According to the portion of India plan announced by the viceroy of India on June 3 1947, the Muslim majority provinces were to become Pakistan and those with Hindu majority were to form India. The province of Punjab was accordingly to be divided. A boundary commission headed by sir Redchiff was appointed. This commission wrongfully awarded a Teshil (county) namely Gurdaspur to India to provide land connection between Kashmir and India. On July 19 1947 the Muslim

  • Symbols Of Sikhism

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    Practices (5k Symbols of Sikhs) There is five symbol of Sikhism , where it shows the true identity of a sikh, and how faith is shown spiritually , the great power of faith in them, Most Sikh Follow the rite of the khalsa , 5 ks are the 5 items a Sikh individual must have , by the the guru Gobind Singh (The first K’s is Kara) The Kara is a bangle that is made out of iron , or steel , it is to be worn on the right wrist, the steel represent the strength and also the symbol of unity and eternity

  • Essay Letter For Mechanical Engineering

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    A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION My name is Bhupinder Singh Brar. I am from India and I born and raise there. I came in Canada 3 years ago. My father took me here for my bright future because Canada is better country than India as regarding to its economic and political values. I am very polite and simple guy and I love simplicity. I love to make friends which are caring and stands with me in every moment of my life weather it is good or bad. I have lots of friends here but not many of them are that close

  • Sikhiwiki Website Analysis

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    SikhiWiki is an online encyclopedia dedicated in informing the Sikh way of life. The website is similar to Wikipedia by providing information on any specific need. Sikhi is the fifth largest religion in the world, but also commonly misunderstood or unrecognized. Thanks to this website, Sikhs and non-Sikhs can learn and discover more about Sikhi. A Sikh doesn’t have to be a scholar or gyani to contribute to articles on this website. Anyone can post and share information they know as long as it is

  • The Salt Range in the Punjab Region of Pakistan

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    5.1 Introduction Structurally, the Salt Range is the result of tectonic forces imposed during the lateral phases of the Himalayan orogeny in the late Cenozoic time; the occurrence of the thick, incompetent Salt Range formation at the base of the sedimentary sequence has strongly influenced the structure. 5.2 GENERAL STRUCTURES OF THE PAIL-BAHDRAR AREA Structural features were essentially the result of gravitative flow process (a tectonic diaprisim) involving the subsurface flow of highly incompetent