Background • Kerala used to be three states, two ruled themselves, one (Malabar) was ruled by British (Wuyts, et al. 1992). • Became one state in 1956 because they all spoke same language- Malayalam (Territories and States of India, 2002). • Population of 30,000,000 (Kerala HDR report, 2005). • Lowest population growth of India in 2001, only 9.4% (Kerala HDR report, 2005). • Lots of different religions - only 54% Hindu - not such a rigid caste structure (Wuyts, et al. 1992). • Has reduced poverty
the Mahabharata periods. According to L.P. Vithyarthi tribe is a social group with definite territory, common name, common descent, common culture, and behavior of an endogamous group, common taboos, and existence of distinctive social and political system, full faith in leaders and self-sufficiency in their
Social and Cultural Perception of Ecocriticism in Contemporary India Ecocriticism, ‘the study of literary texts with reference to the interaction between human activity and the vast range of natural or non-human phenomena’ (Childs and Fowler 78), is gaining attention in the literary world. The reason is obvious; ecocriticism connects itself to the problem of ecological crisis, one of the biggest problems present in the contemporary world. Pope John Paul II expresses in The Ecocritical Crisis: A
these Union Territories that these small districts were subject to their difference in time of independence from subjective foreign rule which ultimately had different policies established in them. That is the related regional complexities witnessed by the Central Government. The common observations found from the literature are that these Union Territories were classified as the backward and tribal lands and were in immediate takeover through the Central government for these Union territories to self
bordered by India, Afghanistan, Iran, and China and possesses 650 miles of coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. Pakistan is unique in comparison to other Muslim-majority countries as it is the only nation in the world that was created in the name of Islam. Their government and all aspects of daily life are influenced by Islam and the Qur’an. This was a result of a movement led by the Muslim League with President Muhammad Ali Jinnah and fueled by strong Islamic nationalism.
incorporated in India is always considered as resident company or during the year control and management of its affairs situated wholly in India. Indian company: An Indian company always resident in India. Foreign Company: When a foreign company is “resident”: • Control and management of affairs of a company wholly In India. When a foreign company is “non-resident”: • Control and management of affairs of a company wholly outside India and partly in India and partly outside India. An Indian company
referred to be "forcible establishment of political control by one state over others,"
considered to be fully secure since most of the times it is surrounded by two or more external powers. This makes them vulnerable. Such is the case with the Siliguri Corridor in the North Eastern Region (NER) of India. It is a narrow strip of land in West Bengal which connects North East India to the rest of the country. The corridor is squeezed between two of India’s neighbours, namely, Nepal and Bangladesh and has a width of 13 to 25 miles. The Siliguri Corridor, commonly known as the Chicken’s Neck
beings? Were they not a part of the united India like other Muslims of India? When a rule of democracy and self determination was being followed by the people of every part of the country then, how it came to be unavailable for this part of India. Every one knows that the Muslims of India were not willing to live with biased Hindu majority because of their hypocritical character, pagan ideologies and no belief in the Day of Judgment. Muslims of India had realized this fact. The Two-Nation theory
nutritional protection and employment generation. Approximately, 1% of the total populations rely on the fishery sector in India as a primary source of income and life dependence (Ministry Statistics and Programme Implementation, 2011).Six million fishermen engage themselves directly in fishing and another six million people are employed in fishery related
The term Imperialism is used a means to describe a policy of formal or informal domination over a foreign land or territory, without significant settlers from the imperial centre or metropol. Within this definition there are two very different ‘branches’ for imperialism. One being ‘old’ imperialism, which refers that of the early – mid Victorian political and social climate of Britain, contrasting against ‘new’ imperialism which is said to have arisen in the later Victorian era during the 1870’s
OPIUM INVESTIGATION The opium trade was incorporated to the China culture into the global market. During that period the economies of India, China and Britain were connected to one another in a trade that was one of the most important connection as a role in the global market. The opium trade started in the 17 century the drug was just shipped from Portuguese Goa in Portuguese and British ships, the opium was held by a monopoly who was controlled by the Dutch. Taking the opium in EIC vessels was
control of many different territories around the world. These territories that Great Britain controlled during this period of time are referred to as British Empire. The British Empire had a great impact pertaining to topics such as global culture, language, and politics. Furthermore, at its highest point, Great Britain managed to conquer over thirteen-million square miles of land, including more than four-hundred-fifty-million people. However, after the 1900’s, the territories that formed the British
many posts in Eastern India, the British were able to purchase and trade goods that would otherwise not be available, such as teas, opium, silks and porcelain. Before Governmental control, The British East India Company was able to strive economically as well as in the military. In the following pages I hope to explain how this trade company flourished between the 1600-1800 and the impact that the British government had on the abolishment of the Company. The British East India Company was a trade movement
Unannounced War on India, Happen? War can be understood as an armed and widespread conflict between two or more political communities. Political communities refer to a state or an area which intends to become a state (Orend, Brian, "War"). A conflict between two groups of different communities like a gang fight or a border patrol can’t be termed as a war. A War between international nations is termed as a classical war, example; World War. A war between two rival communities of a state can be termed
the United States and the French. The era of New Imperialism, a rat’s race to expand economically and politically, has molded today’s world from numerous angles, and forever altered the civilizations that once inhabited the multitude of areas affected by it. New Imperialism is ingrained in the decline and up rise of a number of powers that left their imprints on the new world. In “Patterns of World History
The concepts coercive diplomacy the India-Pakistan Context was, articulated with the superpower rivalry or situations involving a superpower and a minor power in mind.It couldnot be applied wholesale to the India-Pakistan context. The circumstances are quite different in the India-Pakistan context. The United States and the former Soviet Union did not share a common border and, more importantly, did not dispute territories that the other possessed. Their rivalry was more geopolitical in nature
The time period from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century is known as the Age of Imperialism. During this era, countries began to carve empires for themselves and compete against each other to create their own respective territories. The influence on history of what the nineteenth century came to call ‘imperialism’ was known to be the positive advocacy of particular forms of their supremacy (Roberts, p. 83). Imperialism is when a nation or empire extends their culture and political system
along side with the partition of India-Pakistan. Both countries have been fighting for this territory and yet the feud still continues. We are still in the midst of deciding whether it belongs to the Indians or Pakistanis. Muslims and Hindus have been living together in Kashmir with peace and harmony. Later when the time came to draw a line between India and Pakistan the issue came to the naked eye when a decision had to be made about Kashmir being a part of India or Pakistan. This decision had
into modern-day India and Pakistan in 1947, Kashmir was an independent region, ruled by a Hindu maharaja, though its people were, and continue to be, predominately Muslim. Maharaja Hari Singh, the royal ruler, was able to select whether to comply with either newly independent nation. Hesitant to join either, the Maharaja chose to wait until the British presence fully departed the region. The Kashmir sovereign desired to remain independent but eventually elected to accede to India. Being a Muslim