Tag: sociology

The United States conducted several underground nuclear tests, including the Cannikin test, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska.

Dow Chemical was the official sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, a decision that faced significant controversy due to the company's association with the Bhopal gas tragedy.

The anti-arrack movement gained significant momentum in Nellore in 1992, leading to widespread protests and eventually a state-wide ban.

The Meira Paibi movement emerged in Manipur in the late 1970s as a response to the increasing social unrest and the presence of security forces.

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) provides security forces with extraordinary powers, including the authority to arrest or use lethal force in designated disturbed areas.

The B.P. Jeevan Reddy Committee was appointed by the Government of India in 2004 to review the provisions of the AFSPA in the northeastern states.

Following the success of the anti-arrack movement, the Andhra Pradesh government officially banned the sale of arrack in October 1993.

Manipur signed the merger agreement with the Dominion of India on September 21, 1949, and it came into effect on October 15, 1949.

Arrack is a generic term for various types of locally produced, low-cost distilled alcoholic beverages, often associated with health and social issues in rural communities.

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as Little Boy. Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9 a 21-kiloton plutonium device known as Fat Man.