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Topic: Punjab (British India)


  
  India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
India is the seventh-largest country by geographical area and has one of the most diverse populations of wildlife, geographical terrain and climate systems found anywhere in the world.
India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert.
India was the second fastest growing major economy in the world, with a GDP growth rate of 8.1% at the end of the first quarter of 2005–2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/India   (3826 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Flag of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It has served as the national flag of the Dominion of India between the 15th of August 1947 and the 26th of January 1950 and that of the Republic of India thereafter.
The All India Sanskrit Congress that convened in Calcutta in 1924 suggested the inclusion of saffron or ochre and the "gadha" (mace) of Vishnu as the symbol of the Hindus.
For the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of India, it is flown in Delhi and for a Union Cabinet Minister it is flown in Delhi and the state capitals.
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 British Raj: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The partition of india was the process by which british dependencies and treaty states in the indian subcontinent were granted independence in the 1940s....
The governor-general of india (or governor-general and viceroy of india) was the head of the british administration in india....
Morley made it clear in introducing the legislation to the British Parliament[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] that parliamentary self-government was not the goal of the British government.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_raj.htm   (5614 words)

  
 Punjab - India travel & tourism information
Punjab, a region in Northern India and the east side of Pakistan, has a long history and rich cultural heritage.
In 1947, at the end of British rule, the Punjab was split between Pakistan and India.
The Vedic and Epic period of the Punjab was socially and culturally very prolific as during this glorious period, the people accelerated in the fields of philosophy and culture.
punjab.bharatheritage.in   (714 words)

  
 Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This year, the first day of this month falls on the 15 May. Guru Amar Das was born this month on the 23 May (9 Jeth) and on the 11 June (28 Jeth) Guru Hargobind became the sixth Sikh Guru.....
Vaisakhi is the most important festival in the Sikh calendar and it takes place on the first of the lunar month of Vaisakh, which falls this year on April 14.
It is one of the turning points of both India and Canada's modern history, but surprisingly no one seemed to remember it.
www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=Main_Page   (1431 words)

  
 Journal of the American Oriental Society 119:3 (July-September 1999)
R. Rule by Records: Land Registration and Village Custom in Early British Punjab (Louis E. Fenech) 503
ROSSI: From the Ocean of Painting: India's Popular Painting 1589 to the Present (W. McLeod) 506
GOYAL: History Writing of early India; GOYAL: The Image of Classical India (Ludo Rocher) 553
www.umich.edu /~aos/jaos1193toc.html   (944 words)

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