... part in tribal uprisings in the North-west province as late as 1897. According to Olivier Roy, Barelvi was "the first person to realise the necessity of a movement which was at the same time religious, military and political." He also was the first to address the people, not traditional leaders in his call for jihad. His evangelism-based on networks of preachers, collectors and judges-also ... addressed the common people and not the rulers' courts His first target was the Sikh-ruled kingdom of Ranjit Singh, ... : Abdur Rasul (nick name Kanchan Mia) (1872-1917), a Muslim leader of Ben...

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... . Assam's forests cover about 20 percent of the total area. The Kaziranga National Park, the stronghold of the fast-disappearing great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, is its most famous wildlife refuge. The most important forest products are timber and bamboo, firewood and lac (the source of shellac). There are about 74 species of timber, of which two-thirds are commercially exploited. The forests are inhabited by wild animals such as elephants, tigers, deer ... call the Assamese people of today is in fact the result of assimilation and integration of people of different racial stocks who ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... survived for hundreds of years. Originally, there were four castes. The brahmans, kshatryiyas, vaiÅ"yas, and the sudras. The lowest of all the castes is the untouchables who were not one of the original four but still considered one of the major castes. Each class represents a part of the Creator. The brahmans are thought to have come from his mouth, the kshatryiyas from the arms, the vaishyas from the thighs and the sudras from the feet. Modern ... up into another. No one will accept a rejection from any other group. The excluded is forced to leave the contrary it is what many call a "...

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• Grade Level: High School

... his parents continue to read and comment on the stories. The father is even a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with objectively, he is able to achieve what critics call artistic distance, without emotions interfering." The mother has no time for such reflections ... sinister stratagem to steal government money for the use of dishonest officials. As the story unfolds, it sets the private arena and the public orbit interacting to reveal that the two are linked. The individual ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... his parents continue to read and comment on the stories. The father is even a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with objectively, he is able to achieve what critics call artistic distance, without emotions interfering." The mother has no time for such reflections ... sinister stratagem to steal government money for the use of dishonest officials. As the story unfolds, it sets the private arena and the public orbit interacting to reveal that the two are linked. The individual ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate