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  2. Jajmani system - Wikipedia

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    Jajmani system. The jajmani system or yajman system was an economic system most notably found in villages of the Indian subcontinent in which lower castes performed various functions for upper castes and received grain or other goods in return. It was an occupational division of labour involving a system of role-relationships that enabled ...

  3. Passbook - Wikipedia

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    A passbook or bankbook is a paper book used to record bank or building society transactions on a deposit account . The Post Office Savings Bank introduced passbooks to rural 19th century Britain. Traditionally, a passbook was used for accounts with a low transaction volume, such as savings accounts. A bank teller or postmaster would write the ...

  4. Employees' Provident Fund (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    Website. epf .lk. The Employees' Provident Fund, abbreviated to EPF, is a social security scheme of employees in Sri Lanka under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. It was established under Act No. 15 of 1958 by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, [3] and as of December 2010, it had Rs 899.6 billion, which is equivalent to 16% of the GDP. [4]

  5. PKPASS - Wikipedia

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    PKPASS is a file format, used for storage and exchange of digital passes, developed by Apple for its Wallet application (Formerly known as PassBook until iOS 9). Passes are intended to represent information that "might otherwise be printed on small pieces of paper or plastic" like boarding passes, membership cards, coupons, certificates, etc. The format specification has been published online ...

  6. Apartheid - Wikipedia

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    The disproportionate management and control of the world's economy and resources by countries and companies of the Global North has been referred to as global apartheid. A related phenomenon is technological apartheid, a term used to describe the denial of modern technologies to Third World or developing nations.

  7. List of Star Wars films - Wikipedia

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    Skywalker Saga. The main Star Wars film series is a trilogy of subtrilogies; as it neared completion, Lucasfilm began to refer to it as the "Skywalker Saga". It was released beginning with the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V and VI, 1977–1983), followed by the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II and III, 1999–2005) and the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII and IX, 2015–2019).

  8. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon - Wikipedia

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    The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [4]

  9. Nelson Mandela - Wikipedia

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    Recorded 4 October 1994. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( / mænˈdɛlə / man-DEH-lə; [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's ...