... and compared them with the outbreak of the mutiny in Meerut. Disraeli explained how seemingly insignificant events "proved to be pregnant with momentous consequences."77 So, when news reached Britain of the rebellion in India, many disregarded it as a mere military conflict or disagreement. However, Disraeli examined the rebellion and desired to know the true causes of the ... determined by the police, and not by the judiciary. Under this Act many of the papers were fined, their editors jailed.[1] Thus, they were subject to prior restraint. The affected party could not seek redress i...

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... forces pushed the Tamil Tigers back into Jaffna city in 1987, Tamil unrest in Southern India and domestic pressure on the Indian government raised concerns about an Indian invasion. Jayewardene reached a compromise with then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi whereby the Sri Lankan Army would retreat and an Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) would maintain order in the north ... assassinated by a Tamil suicide bomber in 1991 and Premadasa suffered the same fate in 1993. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga became prime minister in 1994, when the People's Alliance party defeated the United N...

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... , then as an entry on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. He published his second novel, A Fine Balance, in 1995. It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. Like its predecessor, A Fine Balance treats India both kindly and harshly. Set in the ... and the family cannot escape the venality and ineptitude of the government. Some of the satire directed toward Indira Gandhi and the Congress Party turns less than subtle. As well, the chaotic political, social, and economic conditions in India receive treatment tinged with bitterness. At times ... his devot...

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... , then as an entry on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. He published his second novel, A Fine Balance, in 1995. It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. Like its predecessor, A Fine Balance treats India both kindly and harshly. Set in the ... and the family cannot escape the venality and ineptitude of the government. Some of the satire directed toward Indira Gandhi and the Congress Party turns less than subtle. As well, the chaotic political, social, and economic conditions in India receive treatment tinged with bitterness. At times ... his devot...

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... and papers covering the partition of India, some of Menon's most interesting observations have been overlooked. Menon was also exceptional in that he came from a very humble background and yet reached the heights of the Indian Government Service. V P Menon was born in Malabar, Kerala in 1894. As a schoolboy, he ran away from home to spare his family the cost of his ... Executive Council should be members of the Muslim League. Menon felt that Wavell could have called the League's bluff. His failure to do so weakened the position of the Unionist Party Ministry in the Punjab and Jinnah eme...

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... it was inexpensive and easy to do. During this period it must have been just the opposite. After this imperial lull "new imperialism" arrived. It was during this time Europe reached the high tide of their power over the world. During the lull the Industrial revolution was underway which gave Europe a huge advantage over other parts of the world. With new ... national prestige and power. The French, would have to deal with nationalists movements by force in order to restore their land. They battled the Vietmihn, which were both a nationalist party and a communist party, for rights to Ind...

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... law forever. Hastings also based the Indian constitution on the English constitution. Hastings was succeeded by Cornwallis in 1784. Cornwallis initiated the Permanent Settlement, whereby an agreement in perpetuity was reached with landlords for the collection of revenue or taxes. It was under the Earl of Dalhousie that the entire sub-continent of India came under firm organized control. Dalhousie's doctrine ... company created British India which lasted for 75 years after the company was diminished. The company and its taxes on tea that it exported to America, caused the Boston Tea Part...

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... the famous Salt March at Sabarmati. Gandhi's decision to stage a Satyagraha campaign resulted from the salt tax imposed by the Europeans onto the Indian people. In a letter to the Congress Party Gandhi argued that the salt tax " imposed intolerable burdens on the poor and had undermined their health in the process" (Richards 146). As a reaction to this law, on March 12 ... seventy-eight volunteers and started his two hundred and forty mile journey to a town called Dandi (Severance 86). After eighty days of walking and becoming several thousand marches richer, Gandhi reached Dandi and pe...

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... do not understand that Mountbatten's task was a political one, not administrative. His job was to find a solution to the transfer of power and quick. And once a political settlement had been reached, the administrative consequences became clear. But couldn't the British stay a while longer to quell any violence? How could you do that? Within hours of reaching the political settlement on June ... the Muslim League pledged its full support, which found favor for them from the British, who also needed the help of the largely Muslim army. The withdrawal of the Congress party from politics a...

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... and claimed the lives of almost half of a million people, who survived suffered disease and starvation " a second Hiroshima" Yahya Khan was the president promised free elections The election result -People's Party of the West was headed by Zulfikar Lai Bhutto -Sheik Mujibur Rahaman's Awami League of the East won and this was big shock for the West. As the result of ... of "planned carnage and systematic genocide." Between India and Pakistan border became the commonplace of the fight between east and west. -By November the India estimated of Bengali refugees had reached the 10 million ma...

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