Why were the British unable to secure a united India at independence in 1947?
Why were the British unable to secure a united India at independence in 1947? To most political commentators and historians, Indian independence had become inevitable by 1947. But up on to this point in time no one had believed that India would be dissected and two countries would be formed in its place. This was not the British intention. The realities of the situation on the ground in 1947 left both the British and Congress leadership impotent and unable to secure a united India. I believe it was the intention of the British government to leave a united India if possible, but a variety of reasons meant that they were not able to realise this goal. The intense nationalist struggle led by Congress and Britain's anxiety to avoid being caught in the middle of a civil war between Hindu's and Muslim's was a primary reason Britain left India as hastily as they did as well as the fact that India's economic value to Britain had been diminishing since the end of the WW1, infact by the end of WW2 India was a financial burden on the treasury. Britain had changed domestic priorities at the end of WW2, devastated economically by the war and heavily in debt to the USA. But of primary importance to why Britain was unable to secure a united India has to do with the role of Mohammed Ali Jinnah and of the Muslim League which was able to demonstrate, by the electoral success they enjoyed in
Auction is defined as a method for selling an asset to the highest bidder.
. Executive Summary The EU is the most advanced area in terms of mobile phone penetration in the world. By January 2001, telecommunication services in the EU were worth an estimate of €200 billion. In order to discourage monopolisation and centralisation in this market and encourage competition and new entry, the Member States of the EU and other European counties have chosen between auctions and beauty contests to allocate their licences. In the year 2000-2001, the European 3G telecom auctions took place. There were of high importance at the time because; third-generation, or 3G, wireless technologies were expected to enable innovative multimedia services such as high-speed Internet, always-on Internet connections for a number of devices including mobile phones, handheld computers and laptops within the next few years, and other Internet Protocol-based services, beyond the capability of second-generation ("2G") systems such as GSM. This technology is a considerable leap from the existing 2G technology. 2. Introduction Auction is defined as a method for selling an asset to the highest bidder. An auction is a public sale in which the price is determined by bidding, and the item is sold to the highest bidder. To participate in an auction means to bid to obtain an item. The person who offers the highest bid wins the right to purchase the item at that price. In other
‘TO HIS COY MISTRESS’ by Andrew Marvell – A POEM OF SEDUCTION
'TO HIS COY MISTRESS' by Andrew Marvell - A POEM OF SEDUCTION Using persuasive and powerful imagery and language, Andrew Marvell writes a highly emotional poem of love. The person in the poem seems to be trying to court the love of a lady. The highly descriptive, at times even horrific detailing and imagery are his attempt to convince this lady that there is nothing he would not do for her affection. The poem is therefore an attempt to seduce the lady. In the opening lines, Marvell laments "Had we but World enough and Time" then this "coyness" or seduction would not be a "crime". He goes on to describe what he would do if he only had the time of a "long Love's Day". Using exotic locations such as the "Indian Ganges", he talks of how he would love her forever. However, he vows that he will love her from "ten years before the Flood" which ended the first period of the Earth, "till the Conversion of the Jews". This encompasses a colossal amount of time, further exemplifying the undying quality of his love - an eternal love. At another level, perhaps it is the inaccessibility (in that time period) of this location that urges him to draw parallels between it and the inaccessibility of her love to him. Additionally, the Ganges is an important place of worship and religion for the people of Hinduism. In the same way, he discusses the Biblical Floods and the conversion of the
To what extent was the Korean War a product of the cold war tensions?
To what extent was the Korean War a product of the cold war tensions? There is two answers to this question one is yes it was a product of the cold war and the other is no it wasn't a product of the cold war. In this essay we are going to discuss both arguments in much more depth and come to a conclusion to which answer is right. Firstly we will start with the answer yes it was a product of the cold war. The Korean War was a product of the cold war tensions because the cold war was a conflict between to opposing ideologies, communism and capitalism. By 1949 the cold war tensions were at boiling point because of events such as the Truman doctrine, Marshall plan and Berlin blockade, at these events things happened that caused tension and misunderstanding between the east and south. The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would aid any country under attack by armed minorities, it was made because of the situation in Greece but Stalin knew that it was aimed at preventing the spread of communism and this caused Stalin misunderstandings and anger to why this was made. The Marshall plan was aimed at recovering the war-torn Europe by giving out US financial aid but the conditions attached made it impossible for communist countries to be able to receive this aid. Lastly the Berlin Blockade was a flashpoint of the cold war because it almost mounted to actual war between the east and
Describe three different fitness training methods used to achieve excellence in a selected sport
Fitness testing and training Liam Wheeler P2- Describe three different fitness training methods used to achieve excellence in a selected sport Explosive test This is used to assess how quickly your body is able to generate a great deal of speed. For example the 30m sprint fatigue power maintenance test is a good fitness measure to perform. This test measures your body’s ability to generate large quantities of energy very quickly. Many sports such as rugby, hockey, football and basketball require that the players are able to go from a stopped position to full speed in a very short amount of time. You need to do a lot of training to carry out this movement because you must also be able to generate a lot of power in order to get the body moving that quickly. This is what you need to perform an explosive test: . A 40 metre section of a track. 2. An assistant 3. A stopwatch 4. Cones that will mark the course To carry out this test you need to set up the course by placing two cones at each 10-metre interval from start to end in a straight line. The only one detour you want in the course is between the 10 metre and 20 metre marks. For this, place to additional cones at the 15 metre mark that are exactly 5 metres in the horizontal
An experiment to investigate the amount of sulphuric acid there is in a solution
An experiment to investigate the amount of sulphuric acid there is in a solution Planning Aim: The aim of this investigation is to determine the concentration of acid rain by titrating the solution sodium carbonate. Apparatus: * Solid anhydrous sodium carbonate * Sulphuric acid (acid rain) * 250 cm ³ volumetric flask * 25 cm ³ bulb pipette * 250 cm ³ conical flask * burette * small filter funnel * Weighing bottle * Glass rod * 100 cm ³ beakers (3) * Tit pipette * 25 cm ³ measuring cylinder * Distilled water * Balance * Methyl orange * Pipette pump * White tile * Clamp stand The method that I will be using to find out how much acid there is in a solution is titration. This is because in titration, one solution is added to another, in order to determine how much the two solutions have reacted with each other. It is them possible to calculate the concentration of one solution if the other has a know concentration. In this investigation I have to find out the concentration of the acid. As a result the solution with the known concentration has to be the sodium carbonate. The sodium carbonate will be added from the burette to the acid rain, which will be in the conical flask, in order to determine what concentration of acid rain reacting with a known concentration of sodium carbonate. I want to find the accurate concentration of an
Asses the view that it is rational to believe that there is a God
Asses the view that it is rational to believe that there is a God Rational: To be rational is to think logically and within reason. To base your thoughts on evidence, and then use that evidence to come to a "rational" conclusion. Motivation: To be motivated to do or think something, normally the motivation will be because it will benefit you in the long run. Many philosophers use theses types of words when talking about whether or not it is rational to believe in god. Pascal for instance thinks that you should believe in God as you will gain more from it when you pass away if he does exist, i.e. going to heaven, whereas if you don't believe in God and it turns out he does in fact exists you will lose more. This is often referred to as Pascal's wager and Pascal is a prudentialist, which means believing in something because it's in your own interests. Another argument for the belief in God is Fideism, this is where you believe in God because it is absurd not to. You take a leap of faith, e.g. if you wanted to jump from one cliff to another you would just jump because you would believe that God would help you and not left you fall, as appose to talking a bridge and only jumping half way. Plantinga is another philosopher who believes it is rational to believe in God, as he thinks that God is a belief that ends all other beliefs, it cannot be justified by other beliefs and it
To investigate how the length of a wire affects the current flowing through it.
PHYSICS COURSEWORK Aim- To investigate how the length of a wire affects the current flowing through it. For me to investigate this I must first use my scientific knowledge to understand exactly how and why the length of a wire should affect the current flowing through it. From this I will then be able to devise a suitable test. Scientific Knowledge Electric current- is the flow of electrons round a circuit. The current is produced from moving electrons, which are free to move around the circuit. They flow opposite to conventional current which, means they travel from negative to positive. Current is measured in Amperes (A). Electrons can only move from the negative terminal of a battery to the positive end if there is an electric path between them. Materials that allow electrons to move through them easily, to form an electric current, are called conductors. These are mainly metals such as copper, gold and silver and also carbon (non-metal). Materials that do not allow electrons to move through them easily are called insulators. The wire going to be used is a metal and so this is why a current will pass through. Anything that slows the electrons down, by the atoms of the material resisting the flow, is a source of electrical resistance. All materials oppose current passing through them. It is this opposition that is the resistance. It occurs when the atoms of the
Mum had briefly informed me that we were going to a place that would
Mum had briefly informed me that we were going to a place that would "make sure that the right parent looked after us." This was drilled into me for weeks in advance along with the miscellaneous "I love you more than Dad does" and " you enjoy living with me more than Dad, don't you?" What Mum didn't realise is that children can see straight through people like her so her ongoing effort to unbalance my opinion just floated straight past me like a cloud. My brother, on the other hand, had a tendency to make it seem as if he trusted every word Mum said. Whether he really did or whether it was all a very well performed show of his is hard to tell. Nevertheless, his blond, curly hair and big, brown eyes worked like a charm. He seemed so innocent and naive as a child but I always knew that there was an underlying cleverness which was shielded by his apparent carefree nature. We hadn't seen Dad for six months due to reasons that I wasn't aware of at the time. Mum always said, "It was for our own good." As a six year old girl I believed her because my uncorrupted mind had nothing to suggest that she was wrong. I didn't quite understand where we were going that day apart from that we were going to be watched by someone in a room to find out if Dad was an "unfit parent." That phrase aggravated me more than a bull locked in a red room as Dad was the most significant part of my young
"It is not possible to be a disciple of Jesus in the modern world".
"It is not possible to be a disciple of Jesus in the modern world" I disagree with this statement, although I recognise that it is not always easy to be a disciple I believe it is possible for those who have faith. We are first called to discipleship at Baptism where the father of the child lights a candle from the Pascal candle as a sign of his responsibility to enable his son/daughter to grow in full faith. I believe that faith makes everything possible, if we have faith in God and his teaching we can achieve our hopes and dreams. If we have faith then living, as a true disciple is part of our way of life, we as Christians in today's world should try to live our lives as Jesus lived his. Without faith what meaning would life itself have for us, what would be the use in perusing life if it had no meaning to us. If we believe then we can reach goals and discipleship can bring joy and purpose to our lives we can achieve goals and targets we set for ourselves. "Nothing is impossible to he who believes" Faith in God is not always easy to maintain; if we pick up a newspaper what headings do we usually see? Usually something related to drugs, alcohol, kidnapping, and murder. What example is this setting to children? While there parents are teaching them about how caring we should be, and how we should love our neighbour as ourselves, these children look at the newspapers
