... as the national language. Then known as Ceylon, Sri Lanka finally achieved full independence as a dominion within the British Commonwealth in 1948. The government adopted socialist policies, strengthening social services and maintaining a strong economy, but also disenfranchising 800,000 Tamil plantation workers. Sinhalese nationalist Solomon Bandaranaike was elected in 1956 and pushed a 'Sinhala Only' law through parliament, making ... the vote, the president and People's Alliance coalition leader was the target of a LTTE suicide bomber, an attack in which she lost the sight in one eye. ...

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... have varied from those anticipated, it may well to late to take reconciliatory action. For example, if an enterprise has a December year-end for accounting purposes it is accounts will normally not be available until some time after the end of December. Thus any corrective action is correspondingly delayed. Financial accounting is mainly useful for the investors, customer, banks etc. Financial accounting ... requirements Taxation: It helps to compute income or loss earned by the business and tabulates Tax to be paid. Audit: It helps the business audit various segments of it operations S...

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Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India on December 30, 1865, to John and Alice Kipling. Rudyard's father was an architectural sculptor who worked at the Jeejebhoy School of Art. Rudyard was related to Stanley Baldwin, the future Tory ... and his sister about the arrangement. While living there he met a girl named Florence Garrad. They were engaged but he broke it off. In 1878 Rudyard moved to the United Services College at Westward Hol in North Devonshire, England. The headmaster there knew Rudyard's parents. Rudyard was a very apt student and accomplished a lot in ...

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... , when it seemed that agreement between Congress and the Muslim League, based on the Cabinet Mission Plan, seemed impossible, he had attempted to devise a fresh approach to the problem. In December 1946 or January 1947, Menon said he had discussed the matter with Sardar Patel. Menon considered that a unitary India under the Cabinet Mission Plan was an illusion. The three-tier ... , Congress would gain three advantages. There would be a peaceful transfer of power. Such acceptance would be warmly welcomed in Britain. Then it would be possible to continue to have the services of British civi...

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... India Company started of as a simple trading company in London. The original founders were 218 knights and merchants of London. The company received their charter from Queen Elizabeth 1st on December 31st in 1600. Queen Elizabeth's charter to the company gave them 15 years of spice trading in India with a capitol of £ 70,000. The company's ships first arrived in ... them to think of other products that they could trade to other countries. Once they had multiple products such as cotton, spices, coffee, silks, porcelain, and tea, the companies trade services increased, because different ...

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