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History of Ghana

History of Ghana Gold Coast (British colony), History of Ghana (1966-1979), Elmina Castle, Ghana Empire, Ashanti Empire, Anglo-Ashanti wars, John Kufuor, Osei Kofi Tutu I, Kofi Abrefa Bu Gold Coast (British colony) Gold Coast (British colony) This article is about the British colony in west Africa, 1821-1957. For other uses, see Gold Coast (disambiguation) Capital Language(s) Government - 1821-1901 - 1952-1957 Historical era - Colony established - Combination with local kingdoms - Addition of British Togoland - Independence as Ghana Colony of Gold Coast British colony Flag Cape Coast (1821-1877) Accra (1877-1957) English Constitutional monarchy Victoria (first) Elizabeth II (last) World War I 1821, 1821 1901 13 December 1956 6 March 1957 Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Mrica that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957. The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese, in 1471. Upon their arrival, they encountered a variety of African kingdoms some of whom controlled substantial deposits of gold in the soil. In 1482, the Portuguese built the Castle of Elmina, the first European settlement on the Gold Coast. From here they traded slaves, gold, knives, beads, mirrors, rum and guns. News spread quickly, and eventually, English, Dutch, Danish, Prussian and Swedish traders arrived as well. These European traders built several forts along the coastline. The Gold Coast had long been a name for the region used by Europeans, due to the large gold resources found in the area, although slave trade was the principal exchange for a number of years. The British Gold Coast was formed in 1821 when the British government abolished the African Company of Merchants and seized privately held lands along the coast. The remaining interests of other European countries were taken over by the British, who took over the Danish Gold Coast in 1850 and the Dutch Gold Coast including Fort Elmina in 1871. Britain steadily expanded the colony through the invasion of local kingdoms as well, particularly the Ashanti Confederacy and Fante Confederacy. The main British problem was the Ashanti people who controlled much of Ghana before the Europeans arrived and are still today the biggest community in Ghana. Four wars, the Anglo-Ashanti, Wars were fought between the Ashanti (Asante) and the British, who were sometimes in alliance with the Fante. During the First Anglo-Ashanti War (1863-1864) the two groups fought because of a disagreement over an Ashanti chief and slavery. Tensions increased in 1874 during the Second Ashanti War (1873-1874) when the British sacked the Ashanti capital of Kumasi. The Third Ashanti War (1893-1894) occurred because the new Ashanti Asantehene, ruler of the Ashanti, wanted to exercise his new title. From 1895-1896 the British and Ashanti fought in the Fourth and final Ashanti War, where the Ashanti fought for and lost their independence. In 1900 the Ashanti Uprising occurred and resulted in the capture and loss of Kumasi. This was due to an attempt to steal the Golden Stool, the Asentehene's throne. At the end of this last Ashanti War, the Ashanti people became a protectorate on 1 January 1902. By 1901, all of the Gold Coast was a British colony, with its kingdoms and tribes forming a single unit. Various natural resources - such as gold, metal ores, diamonds, ivory, pepper, timber, corn and cocoa - were shipped from the Gold Coast by the British. The British Colonisers built railways and a complicated transport infrastructure which formed the basis for the transport infrastructure in modern-day Ghana. Western hospitals and schools were also .
Jar_Man · 1.8K Views

History of Kolar Gold Fields “Where’ver we are on earth, K.G.F is an

Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) (also known as ‘Little England’) is a mining area in the Kolar District of Karnataka, South India, 100 km from Bengaluru. It is estimated that gold has been mined there for over 2000 years, and whilst many people over the course of history tried their luck at finding gold, Kolar Gold Field’s modern success is generally attributed to the firm John Taylor & Sons, after John Taylor III took control of the mines in 1880 and established what was at one time the deepest and most productive gold mine in the world. The mines were run by the company up until 1956 when they were taken over by the Government of Mysore who employed John Taylor & Sons as mining consultants. At its peak KGF was home to 30000 mine workers and their families and was a multi ethnic community with experienced miners recruited from around the world, a large proportion of which were from Cornwall. When the mines opened the local people were reluctant to work there as it was extremely dangerous work, so workers migrated from Tamil Nadu and Tamil became a common language spoken by most people at KGF. There was a large Anglo-Indian population at KGF many of whom took on the roles of British workers after Indian Independence in 1947. The mined gold was shipped back to England, making the British shareholder’s incredibly wealthy. Inequality was prevalent, the British workers enjoyed sprawling bungalows, whilst the poorest Indian workers lived in mud floored one room huts which often housed more than one family at a time along with a number of rats. It was also the Indian workers who carried out the most dangerous work at the mines. With the British however came infrastructure and in the mining area they established hospitals, schools, social clubs, a boating lake, a golf course, a swimming pool and a gymkhana.These facilities were segregated, with places such as the KGF club exclusive to the European workers. Medical care at KGF was world class, and free to all mine workers and their families.
Daoistmp9jXC · 3.5K Views

We Live, We Love, We Lie

WARNING! I (author), go with the flow. Write whatever I feel is best suited to come next. I am a high school student, with classes, tuitions and extra-curricular activities. Also, I edit my own book, so updates will be slow, but worth the wait. Trust me! ---------- All characters, places bla bla in the story are either fictitious, straight outta my head, or modified according to my, (author)'s preferences. Any similarity in stuff mentioned anywhere in the story is PURELY and UTTERLY, a coincidence. Also, there might be POV changes sometimes. Now, onto the story... ---------- Good day, to one and all. Myself, Anjali Naik, a scholarship student at one of the best colleges in the world, and Little Miss Insignificant in this huge world of our college. Now, to start off, why don't we start with the place I study at? St. Xavier's College, in Mumbai, is the best college in India, and ranks among the Top-5 in the world. School for the off-sprigs of the wealthiest, most prestigious and the most famous, it stands tall and majestic, as if looking down on people like small, crawling ants. To gain entrance into the big gates separating the outside world and the world of college, you need one of the three- crazy brains, unending wealth, or influential connections. Everyone in the college knows, not to mess with the Royal 4. Now let's take a look at the R4, shall we? The first one of the group, Siddhant Oberoi, or simply Sid for those privileged enough to call him that. Eldest of his generation in the Oberoi family, most likely to inherit the family fortune and business. Kind to all, flirt by nature, McDreamy of Xavier's. Next, comes Eleanor Brown, of Anglo-Indian origin. A cute, bubbly, happy-go-lucky girl. The go-to if you wish to know anything to everything about anyone and everyone (except one, that is). Daughter of a celebrity, Xavier's Miss Popular, rumours say she is in some way related to the British Royal Family. Moving on, we have The Ice Queen, Kavya Deshmukh. The coldest, most indifferent, unfeeling but also the beautiful, but mysterious, single, but unable to mingle 'Nerd' of Xavier's. Last but not the least, I introduce to you, the must-character in every teen story, Bad-Boy Aryan Adani. Unimaginable wealth, sky-high status, over-the-top arrogance and endless list of girlfriends, are the perfect words that describe Aryan. Although I know most of you are not interested, let me say something about myself as well. Anjali is my name, that much you already know, now, what you don't know. I'm come from a very regular Indian family, if you had not already guessed from the fact that I'm a scholarship student. ——— {Author: Sorry Anjali, I’ll be taking over now.} {Anjali: Okay! Bye!} ——— Now we know that the Royal 4 are not to be trifled with. Everyone also knows, how the bad boy chases the nerd, nerd changes him for the better, bad boy listens to nerd's sob-stories and both live happily ever after. What everyone doesn't know is what the 'Nerd' hides behind her façade. After all, there is a human behind every façade; there is a meaning behind every smile. People say, love breaks all the barriers of age, race, caste, gender, pride and prejudice, but is, what is between them really a barrier as they say? Can love survive in the midst of the fog of ignorance, while ignorance might just be bliss? Will walls around heart be broken, or built up even higher? Can appearances be really kept up? For a thousand lies are required to cover up a single lie. Join the life, love and lies of the Royal 4 -or the Vulnerable 4 as I like to call them- for a hearty rom-com, with the perfect tinge of drama and heartbreak, after all, what is a love without trials? What is a friendship without struggles? And what is a life without life?
Ambrosia0819 · 10.5K Views

wating for you

Capitolo 1: Il Viaggio imprevisto Il professor Antoine Dupont, un rispettato docente francese di informatica, si stava dirigendo ad Helsinki, in Finlandia, per partecipare a una conferenza internazionale nel campo della programmazione. Dopo essere salito a bordo del volo Air France, si sistemò comodamente nel suo sedile, pronto per un tranquillo viaggio di lavoro. Tuttavia, mentre il velivolo si librava sopra le nuvole, un imprevisto avvenne. A causa di un errore nella prenotazione del biglietto, l'aereo non atterrò ad Helsinki, ma invece si diresse verso una destinazione completamente diversa: una città sconosciuta in Arabia. Confuso e sorpreso, il professore Dupont cercò di capire cosa stava succedendo. Non conoscendo la lingua araba e non avendo fatto ricerche sulle città dell'Arabia, si trovava completamente spaesato. Un senso di incertezza si impadronì di lui mentre l'aereo atterrava sulla pista dell'aeroporto. Capitolo 2: L'incontro inaspettato Sceso dall'aereo in un'atmosfera calda e sconosciuta, il professor Dupont si sentiva come un pesce fuor d'acqua. Ogni scritta e ogni annuncio era in arabo, e lui non riusciva a comprendere nemmeno una parola. Sentendosi disorientato e sperduto, decise di cercare aiuto in un albergo vicino. All'hotel, Antoine Dupont ricevette una calorosa accoglienza da parte del personale che, pur avendo difficoltà a comunicare, cercò di aiutarlo nel modo migliore possibile. In quel momento, la fortuna sorrideva al professore, poiché la giovane receptionist, di nome Leila, parlava un buon inglese. Capitolo 3: Un'amicizia che nasce La comunicazione dapprima impacciata tra Antoine e Leila si trasformò presto in una conversazione fluida e interessante. La giovane donna era entusiasta di poter aiutare il professore a orientarsi nella città e decise di fargli da guida per il periodo in cui sarebbe stato lì. Durante le lunghe passeggiate per le strade affollate della città, Antoine iniziò a notare la bellezza della cultura araba, la varietà di cibi piccanti e gli affascinanti mercati locali. Leila lo introduceva alle tradizioni e alle usanze del suo Paese, facendogli scoprire un mondo del tutto nuovo. Capitolo 4: L'amore sbocciato Man mano che il tempo passava, Antoine e Leila si scoprivano sempre di più. Le loro conversazioni erano sempre più intime e i loro interessi cominciavano a intrecciarsi. La passione di Antoine per l'informatica e la ricerca scientifica trovava un punto di tangenza con la curiosità di Leila per le nuove tecnologie. Mentre esploravano la città insieme, i due si avvicinarono sempre di più. Tra le mura di un antico bazar, con i colori vivaci degli abiti tradizionali che li circondavano, Antoine capì che il suo legame con Leila era diventato qualcosa di più di una semplice amicizia. Era innamorato. Capitolo 5: Il dilemma dell'amore e dell'appartenenza Tuttavia, Antoine si trovava a dover affrontare una difficile decisione. Mentre il suo cuore batteva forte per Leila e l'Arabia, il suo dovere professionale richiamava dalla Francia. Doveva tornare a casa e affrontare le sue responsabilità accademiche. Sentì una profonda tristezza al pensiero di doversi separare da Leila, ma capì che la vita avrebbe ancora in serbo molte avventure e di certo sarebbe tornato in Arabia per rivedere quella terra meravigliosa e, soprattutto, la persona speciale che aveva incontrato. Con il cuore pieno di amore e con la promessa di tenersi in contatto, Antoine lasciò l'Arabia, portando con sé ricordi indelebili e un nuovo orizzonte di esperienze che avevano ampliato la sua visione del mondo. Fine
DaoistcgQX7C · 2.8K Views

Low currency's

This world is so historical supposed the 1899 In 1834, a khedival decree was issued, adopting an Egyptian currency based on a bimetallic standard (gold and silver) on the basis of the Maria Theresa thaler, a popular trade coin in the region.[8] The Egyptian pound, known as the geneih, was introduced, replacing the Egyptian piastre (ersh) as the chief unit of currency. The piastre continued to circulate as 1⁄100 of a pound, with the piastre subdivided into 40 para. In 1885, the para ceased to be issued, and the piastre was divided into tenths (عشر القرش 'oshr el-ersh). These tenths were renamed milliemes (malleem) in 1916. The legal exchange rates were fixed by force of law for important foreign currencies which became acceptable in the settlement of internal transactions. Eventually this led to Egypt using a de facto gold standard between 1885 and 1914, with E£1 = 7.4375 grams pure gold. At the outbreak of World War I, the Egyptian pound used a sterling peg at one pound and sixpence sterling to one Egyptian pound (£1 STG = E£0.975, or E£1 = £1/-/6 STG). Egypt remained part of the Sterling Area until 1962, when Egypt devalued slightly and switched to a peg to the United States dollar, at a rate of E£1 = US$2.3. This peg was changed to E£1 = US$2.55555 in 1973 when the dollar was devalued. The pound was itself devalued in 1978 to a peg of £1 STG = US$1.42857 (US$1 = E£0.7). The pound floated in 1989. However, until 2001, the float was tightly managed by the Central Bank of Egypt and foreign exchange controls were in effect. After exhausting all of its policies to support the Egyptian pound, the Central Bank of Egypt was forced to end the managed-float regime and allowed the pound to float freely on the 3rd of November 2016;[9] the bank also announced an end to foreign exchange controls that day.[10] The official rate fell twofold. The Egyptian pound was also used in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1899 and 1956, and Cyrenaica when it was under British occupation and later an independent emirate between 1942 and 1951. It also circulated in Mandatory Palestine from 1918 to 1927, when the Palestine pound was introduced, equal in value to the pound sterling. The National Bank of Egypt issued banknotes for the first time on 3 April 1899. The Central Bank of Egypt and the National Bank of Egypt were unified into the Central Bank of Egypt in 1961.
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