Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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“After marrying Begum Jan and installing her in the house along with the furniture‚ the Nawab Sahib totally forgot her presence‚ leaving the frail young Begum to pine in loneliness.” Discuss ‘Lihaf’ in the light of this statement. In the light of the above statement‚ Ismat Chughtai’s celebrated masterpiece “Lihaf” needs to be analysed under the interwoven themes of marriage‚ subjugation of women and the oppression and neglect of female sexuality and desire. Here‚ in a style typical of
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Malay Culture and Society Essay “Malaysian Music” Tounsi Marwa MH101062 Malaysian music Music is an art that is complementary and touches to the culture of a country. As for example Malaysian music that summarize all different culture in Malaysia like Indians Malay and Chinese. In this article I will try to list and describe different types of Malaysian music. As known‚ Malaysian music is classified by three or more different types such as folk‚ classic ‚ popular and contemporary. Nobat
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classical music and I had told we will start our discussions from the next post. So here we go. For the first raga‚ we will take up the raga Mayamalavagowla as it is called in South Indian Carnatic Music or an equivalent Bhairav as it is called in the North Indian Hindustani Music. This raga is the first taught in carnatic music classes. The swaras that comprise this raga are as follows.Sa Ri1 Ga3 Ma1 Pa Da1 Ni3 Sa’ in the Arohanam or the ascending scale and Sa’ Ni3 Da1 Pa Ma1 Ga3 Ri1 Sa in
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classical music tradition‚ including Carnatic and Hindustani music‚ has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. It remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration‚ cultural expression and pure entertainment. India is made up of several dozen ethnic groups‚ speaking their ownlanguages and dialects‚ having distinct cultural traditions. Classical music The two main traditions of classical music are Carnatic music‚ found predominantly in the
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[1][2][3][4][5] This dance form denotes various 19th and 20th century reconstructions of Sadir‚ the art of temple dancers. Sadir in turn‚ is derived from ancient dance forms that includes some acrobatic karanas. Bharatnatyam is usually accompanied by Carnatic music. It has its inspirations from the sculptures of the ancient temple of Chidambaram. Bharatanatyam‚ as the name depicts is the combination of: ’Bha’ - Bhavam (means expression)‚ ’Ra’ - Ragam (means music)‚ ’Ta - Talam (means beat or rhythm)
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in Hyderabad‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India. It belonged to Paigah Hyderabad State‚ and it was later owned by the Nizams.[1] It is on a 32-acre (13 ha) area in Falaknuma‚ 5 km from Charminar. It was built by Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra‚ the then-prime minister of Hyderabad and the uncle and brother-in-law of H.H. The Nizam VI‚ Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur.[2] Falak-numa means "Like the Sky" or "Mirror of the Sky" in Urdu. * | ------------------------------------------------- Design [edit] An English architect
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Kyle Mutschler Ms. Riggio/Bilek Ap World History January 7‚ 2013 Imperialism of the 19th century Imperialism was a major part of the nineteenth century for China and India. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century‚ there was a great surge of imperialist activity. The major European states‚ particularly Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany‚ divided virtually all of Africa and much of Asia among themselves. This imperial expansion provided a dramatic manifestation of Europe ’s power and
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In 1600‚ the East India Company acquired a charter from Queen Elizabeth I‚ granting it the sole right to trade with the East. The royal charter‚ however‚ could not prevent other European powers from entering the Eastern markets. By the time the first English ships sailed down the west coast of Africa‚ round the Cape of Good Hope‚ and crossed the Indian Ocean‚ the Portuguese had already established their presence in the western coast of India‚ and had their base in Goa. In fact‚ it was Vasco da Gama
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Heat and Dust (Characters and Summary) Heat and Dust Characters: 1923Olivia‚ Douglas‚ The Nawab‚ Mr./Mrs. Crawford‚ Mr./Mrs. Minnies‚ Harry‚ The Begum‚ Dr. Saunders Present timeThe Narrator‚ Inder Lal‚ Chid‚ Maji‚ Dr. Gopal‚ Karim and Kitty‚ Ritu‚ Inder Lal’s mother Summary The narrator of the present went to India in order to find out her grandfather’s first wife– Olivia’s story. She gets to know the Indian officer Inder Lal‚ who sublets her a small room in Satipur and becomes
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