... the country and try to label this as an "Ethnic Problem". What they do not realise is that they are denying a legacy of a great and a proud nation for the future generations of the country. It is not Sinhalese history or Tamil history. It is our history irrespective of who played the major ... who had streams and rivers dammed (to form) reservoirs, thereby impounding all waters (or rejoicing the whole world) and caused fields in all Sri Lanka to be cultivated. - The Padaviya Inscription (12th Century A.D.) This is the story of the Sinhala people working in peace and war under an unbroken ...

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... are usually a woman with a small, flattened head and a very pointy nose that sticks out as a sharp ridge they appear to be removed from marble slabs. The small breasts seem to be resting on the folded arms. The narrow hips followed by legs that come to a point, and the feet are together pointing down. ... pausing for a moment as she undresses for a bath, standing in a classic contrapposto stance, were her right leg bears all the weight. Looking both decorous and proud. The whole sense is of a relaxed and candid woman with no fear of being observed. In the statue's original form she holds ...

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... Muslim Pakistan. The last two months of his life were spent trying to end the appalling violence which ensued, leading him to fast to the brink of death, an act which finally quelled the riots. In January 1948, at the age of 79, he was killed by an assassin as he walked through a ... at Porbandar, on the western coast of India. His grandfather Uttamchand Gandhi and father Karamchand Gandhi occupied the high office of the diwan (Chief Minister) of Porbandar. To be Diwan of one of the princely states was on sinecure. Karamchand Gandhi was, in the words of his son, "a lover of his clan, tr...

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... saying that, though Menon was an old friend of his and had many fine qualities, he is now perceived as being close to Congress and should not be taken into confidence as fully as before. However, Menon's role completely changed following the events in Simla, described below, after which he became one of ... Address. The statement appealed to the Princes to accede on the three subjects. It went on: 'This country with its institutions is the proud heritage of the people who inhabit it. It is an accident that some live in the States and some in British India, but all alike ... partit...

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... 's life on a train ride to Africa, where he is told that he is not permitted to be sitting first class. Although he has a ticket to be there, the Englishmen suggest he do as they instruct. The problem is that Mohandas does not recognize the difference, but with the Englishmen, all they see is the variation in ... and his men constantly belittle the Indian people making the English seen the villain. From this, it seems that the eyes witnessing this in the movie might be one of an Indian, or one sympathetic towards the struggle of the Indians rather than the British fight to regain order. ...

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... and the flood of refuges made it worse and more instable. -On April 16 the government of India under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi could not remain passive anymore and they accused the West Pakistan army of "planned carnage and systematic genocide." Between India and Pakistan border became the commonplace of ... solution. They wanted refugees to return to their former home. -In early November another cyclone struck, but this time on Indian soil and the death of 20,000 Indians sharply increased public pressures on Gandhi. Then the parliament now waned first to help Indian victims and this ...

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... State of India, Governor General in Council or Provincial Governors. The Indian states were ruled by Indian princes. The queen's proclamations of 1858, promised not to extend British territories in India by annexing Indian (Princely) states. This showed that British policy had two main principles : a territorial and ... . Many Hindu nationalist saw him as a traitor, and many blamed him for the partition, one nationalist even shot him to death. The day before the partition, the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, addressed the Pakistan Constituent Assembly, it was a message of greetings and ... fr...

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... , learned doctors of law, nobles and generality of Muslims that the successful establishment of 'Jihad ' and the dispelling of disbelief and disorder could not be achieved without the election of an 'Imam'".[6]  Syed Ahmad Barelvi a Muslim nationalist received desperate pleas of help from the persecuted Muslims of the Punjab ... worked together. The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out as a result of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab falling into disorder after the death of the Maharajah Ranjit Singh in 1839, and British desire to secure the Punjab. The Sikh army, the Khalsa, was...

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... No one will accept a rejection from any other group. The excluded is forced to leave the contrary it is what many call a "moral death- much worse than death itself. The second standing position in the system belongs to the kshatryiyas. From their childhood, they were taught the ways of the Veda and how ... Though most children were geared to a certain position already decided for them such as being part of the kings inter circle or to be warriors. Some however were not chosen or did not chose to have a position that showed their high status. Instead, they used their power when it pleased...

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