• The cities are quite different from villages. • There are organisations that takes care of street lights, garbage collection, water supply, keeping the streets and the market clean, runs schools, hospitals and dispensaries, maintain gardens. → In big cities,
Read MoreArea of the Police Station • Every police station has a fixed area which comes under its control. • All persons of a particular area can register complaints in their local police station. → The complaints can vary from theft, injury,
Read MoreGram Sabha The Gram Sabha-a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat (could be only one village or a few villages). In some states, the village meeting is held for each village. Anyone who
Read MoreKey Elements of A Democratic Government South Africa is a country of several races including African American people who belong to South Africa, the whites who came there to settle, Indians who came as labourers and traders and so on.
Read MoreA Government is needed for every country to make decisions and get things done ranging from decisions about where to build roads and schools, or how to reduce the price of onions when they get too expensive or ways to
Read MoreDifference and Prejudice A variety of things make us what we are- such as how we live, the languages we speak, what we eat, wear, the games we play and the things we celebrate are all influenced both by the
Read MoreIf three children of the same age are asked to draw human figures, every drawing will be different from each other. This is because everyone has a unique drawing style. Children not only do not look exactly like each other
Read MoreThe iron pillar on pillar The iron pillar at Mehrauli, Delhi, shows the outstanding skill of Indian crafts persons. It is made of iron, 7.2. m high, and weighs over 3 tonnes. It was made about 1500 years ago. The
Read MorePrashastis and what they tell us We all know about Samudragupta, a famous ruler of a dynasty known as the Guptas from a long inscription, inscribed on the Ashokan pillar at Allahabad. It was composed as a Kavya by Harishena,
Read MoreYou have read in the previous chapter that fine pottery were found from several archaeological sites throughout the subcontinent. These potteries were carried by traders from the places they were made, to sell them at other places. South India was
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