Bijapur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Bijapur City is the capital of the district and is located 530 km northwest of Bangalore. Bijapur - History. The ancient name of Bijapur is Vijayapura (City of victory). It was established in the 10th-11th centuries by the Chalukyas of Kalyani. The city came under the influence of the Khilji Sultanate in Delhi by the late 13th century. In 1347, the area was conquered by the Bahmani Sultanate of Gulbarga. In 1518, the Bahmani Sultanate spl ...

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• Bijapur - Bijapur District
• Bijapur - Introduction
• Bijapur - Bordering Districts
• Bijapur - Demography
• Bijapur - Topography
• Bijapur - Rainfall
• Bijapur - Ground Water Condition in the district
• Bijapur - Water Quality
• Bijapur - Agriculture in the district
• Bijapur - Political Senario

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Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (Vienna Congress), the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions and contrasts with the Romantic era which preceded it. Biedermeier - Literature and Music. The term Biedermeier comes from the pseudonym Gottlieb Biedermaier, taken by Joseph Victor von Scheffel in 1848 from the poems Biedermanns Abendgemütlichkeit (Biedermann's ...

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The city of Berne [ˈbɝːn] (Bernese German Bärn [ˈpæːrn], German Bern [ˈb̥ɛrn], French Berne [ˈbɛʀn], Italian Berna [ˈbɛrna], Romansh Berna [ˈbɛrnə], from the Celti ...

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• Berne - Education and Science
• Berne - University
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• Berne - Vocation Schools
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• Berne - Public Transport
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was an American astronomer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Having graduated at Harvard College in 1844, he studied mathematics and astronomy under C. F. Gauss at Göttingen, Germany, during which time he published approximately 20 papers on the observation and motion of comets and asteroids. He returned to America in 1848. From 1852 to 1867 he was in charge of the longitude department of the United States Coast Survey; he developed and organized the servic ...

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Buenos Aires ("Good Airs" in Spanish, originally meaning "Fair Winds") is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in Latin America. Buenos Aires is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent, opposite Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Buenos Aires is located at 34°40′S 58°24′W (-34.667, -58.40). After the internal conflicts of the 19th century, Buenos Aires was federalised and removed from Buenos Aires Province; its city limits were enlarged to include the former towns of Belgrano an ...

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• Buenos Aires - Barrios
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The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William. The officer had direct control only over Fort William, but supervised other British East India Company officials in India. Complete authority over all of British India was granted in 1833, ...

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• Governor-General of India - Style and title
• Governor-General of India - Flag
• Governor-General of India - Residence
• Governor-General of India - Governors-General
• Governor-General of India - Governors-General of Fort William 1773-1833
• Governor-General of India - Governors-General of India 1833-1858
• Governor-General of India - Governors-General and Viceroys of India 1858-1947
• Governor-General of India - Governors-General of India 1947-1950

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Cultural hegemony is the concept that a diverse culture can be ruled or dominated by one group or class, that everyday practices and shared beliefs provide the foundation for complex systems of domination. The analysis of hegemony (or "rule") was formulated by Antonio Gramsci to explain why predicted communist revolutions had not occurred where they were most expected, in industrialized Europe. Marx and his followers had advanced the theory that the rise of industrial capitalism would create a huge working class and cyclical ec ...

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The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. It rapidly attained a leading position, and in 1823 its students numbered 1547. It started with four faculties and soon became one of the best-attended universities in Europe with its 800 students. Georg August University of Göttingen - History. Political disturbances, in which bot ...

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• Georg August University of Göttingen - The great purge of 1933
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The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group and remains one of the country's largest and most prestigious educational institutions. In 2005, the University of Sydney reported an enrolment of 45,966 students and employed 2,300 (full-time equivalent) academics [1]. In November 2005, the University of Sydney was confirmed as one of Australia’s leading researc ...

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• University of Sydney - University of Sydney Library
• University of Sydney - Museums and galleries
• University of Sydney - Residential colleges
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• University of Sydney - Student clubs and societies

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Crest image © University of Toronto Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. U of T attracts top students from across Canada, as well as a significant number of international students. Alumni and staff include four Prime Ministers, two Governor Generals, and numerous internationally recognized academic and business leaders. It has the most N ...

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• University of Toronto - List of Noted Faculty and Graduates
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The University of Trinity College, or simply Trinity College is one of the federated colleges making up the modern University of Toronto. Trinity is the smallest and one of the more elite of the University of Toronto's colleges; throughout its history it has had the highest entering requirements in the college system. It is also well known for striving to continue an Oxbridge-type atmosphere including mandating the wearing of gowns at dinner and, until 2005, preserving sex segregation in the residences. The college is also st ...

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This is a list of United States territorial acquisitions, beginning with American independence. United States territorial acquisitions - Notes and caveats. There is a small section of central Colorado that lies between the Louisiana Purchase lands and the lands acquired in the Texas Annexation. It was either assumed by the U.S. without treaty, or, according to the National Atlas territorial acquisitions map from 2005, was granted to the U.S. under some provision of the 1819 treaty with Spain.< ...

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The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean that is a dependency of the United States. These islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands are made up of the four main islands of St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix and Water Island and many smaller islands. They are the only U.S. territory where traffic drives on the left. In Denmark, they are also referred to as The Former Danish West Indian Islands (De tidligere Dansk Vestindiske Øer). United Stat ...

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Commemorative coinage of the United States consists of coins that have been minted to commemorate a particular event, person or organization. Many consider the 1848 2 1/2 dollar gold piece counter stamped "CAL" to be the first US commemorative coin, as it commemorated the finding of gold in California. Most standard lists begin with the 1892 half dollar commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyag ...

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The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States organized in 1840 that faded out by about 1856. Its main purpose was opposing the extension of slavery into the territories, as well as advocating the abolition of slavery itself. Free Soil Party - Genesis. The party was formed around the Wilmot Proviso, failed legislation requiring all territory taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American war be free from slavery. When New Mexico and Utah were opened to slavery based on the popular so ...

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• Free Soil Party - Collapse of the Whig party and the Compromise of 1850
• Free Soil Party - Legacy
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The United States Life-Saving Service was a Federal agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915. United States Life-Saving Service - Early years. Formal federal government involvement in the life saving business began in 1848 with the signing of the Newell Act. Under the Newell Act the United States Congress appropri ...

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• United States Life-Saving Service - Formal structure
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The Seal of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The University of Wisconsin was founded in 1848 and is the largest university in the state of Wisconsin. The total Fall 2003 enrollment was 41,588 students, of whom 28,583 are undergraduates. University of Wisconsin–Madison is the official name of the university, although the campus is routinely called UW, UW–Madison, or Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin - Academics. The University of Wisconsin–Ma ...

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• University of Wisconsin - Stem cells
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A crystal system is a category of space groups, which characterize symmetry of structures in three dimensions with translational symmetry in three directions, having a discrete symmetry group. A major application is in crystallography, to categorize crystals, but by itself the topic is one of 3D Euclidean geometry. There are 7 crystal systems: Triclinic, all cases not satisfying the requirements of any other system; thus there is no other symmetry than translational symmetry, or the only extra kind is inversion.Including:

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Valentine Aker Pasha Baker (1827—1887), British soldier, was a younger brother of Sir Samuel Baker. He was educated at Gloucester and in Ceylon, and in 1848 entered the Ceylon Rifles as an ensign. Soon transferred to the 12th Lancers, he saw active service with that regiment in the Kaffir War of 1852—1853. In the Crimean War Baker was present at the Battle of Chernaya River and at the fall of Sevastopol, and in 1859 he became major in the 10th Hussars, succeeding only a year later to the command. This position he held for thirteen ...

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1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising as well as rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British occupation of the subcontinent. The war brought about the end of the British East India Company's regime in India, and led to almost a century of direct rule of the Indian subcontinent by Britain: the British Raj. Indian rebellion of 1857 - Introduction. The events of this period are known to many Indians as the First War of Independence and the War of Independence of 1857 and to the ...

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• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Causes
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• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Political Interference
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• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Start of the war
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Fire near Calcutta
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Bengal Native Infantry
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - 3rd Light Cavalry at Meerut
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Support and Opposition
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Initial stages
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Delhi
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Cawnpore
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Lucknow
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Jhansi
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Other areas
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Retaliation -- The Devil's Wind
• Indian rebellion of 1857 - Reorganization

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The Washington Monument usually refers to the large white-colored obelisk in the center of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. It is a United States Presidential Memorial built for George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from the British following the American Revolutionary War. Other monuments to honor Washington, also known as the "Washington Monu ...

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• Washington Monument - The pyramidion and capstone
• Washington Monument - Foundation
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Copper John is a famous statue of an American Revolutionary War soldier that stands atop the Auburn Correctional Facility in Auburn, New York. Copper John - History. Copper John was originally a wooden statue that was erected atop the administration office of the prison in 1821. In 1848, the statue had weathered so much that it was taken down and a new statue was made out of copper by the prisoners in the foundry. ...

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