English Project

Session 2022-23

Don Bosco H.S. School Kokrajhar

ON THE TOPIC:
The Adventure
(Jayant Narlikar)

Submitted to:
Miss Anupama Koch

Submitted by:
Bhargab Roy
Class: XI (Science) Roll No: 5
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Bhargab Roy is a student of Class:

XI (Science) of Don Bosco H.S. School for the Academic
Year 2022-23 has successfully completed his Project on
the topic “The Adventure” as per prescribed by Miss
Anupama Koch as per the guidelines issued by CBSE.

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Teacher’s Signature Principal’s Signature

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School Seal

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our

English Teacher Miss Anupama Koch for her vital
support, guidance and encouragement, without her
help this project would not have come forth. Her
suggestions and instructions have served as a major
contributor towards the successful outcome of this
project.

I take this opportunity to thank our Head of the

Institution Rev. Fr. Ignatious K. Sangma who was
always supportive and helpful in fulfilling all our
academic requirements.

I would also like to acknowledge my thanks to my

friends for their valuable suggestions and timely help.

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 CONTENT

Title Page
⎆ Aim of the Project 5
⎆ Action Plan 6
⎆ Introduction 7
⎆ Theme of the Story 8
⎆ About the Author 9
⎆ Analysis of the Topic 11
⎆ Conclusion 13
⎆ Bibliography 14

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 AIM OF THE PROJECT

The aim of the project is to understand the theme of

the story ‘The Adventure’ and to analyse the topic
that are Assigned.
With the help of this project, we will learn about the
story written by the author, his life and all the other
books and stories he wrote.

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 ACTION PLAN

After the winter break, we were informed about the

project outline and detailed information was
provided altogether regarding the project. After that
I chose “The Adventure” topic based on which the
project can be prepared and finalized further
research regarding the topic was done.
All the information that I collected either from
internet or from the book which was combined and
a draft was prepared and submitted. After making
some modification, approval from the teacher was
received and this project got completed.

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 INTRODUCTION

The chapter ‘The Adventure” is a story about

Professor Gangadharpant Gaitonde who is strangely
in a different world. He knows it is Pune but the facts
are different from what he believes. He decided to go
to Bombay via train ‘Jijamata Express’. When he
reached Bombay, things were different. When he
decides to investigate the history, he finds some
surprising facts. The East India Company was still
ruling and the Battle of Panipat had been won by
Marathas. It was different from what he knew and
had studied. The East India Company was taken
aback after events of 1857 and the Battle of Panipat
had been won by Mughals.
The lesson is a wonderful combination of history
and science.

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 THEME OF THE STORY

The story of “The Adventure” hinges on a particular

historical event. A historian Gangadharpant who
wonders what might have happened if the Marathas
had not granted a concession to the East India
Company to stay on in Bombay and not sought their
help in running their research wing of science and
technology. These steps cost the country and the
Maratha ruler, dear. The British expanded their
influence and dominance in India. A little error of
the Maratha soldiers in the Battle of Panipat also
would have turned the course of history. Mr
Gaitonde reads an extract from Bakhar about the
narrow escape of the Vishwas Rao in the battle
against Abdali. This sets him thinking. He meets with
a collision and for two days he travelled in the past
and future. He clarifies certain points when he
discussed them with Rajendra Deshpande. Rajendra
gave a scientific explanation of how and why the
transition took place from the present to past and
future.
This story is a complete juxtaposition of facts and
historical events.

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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist

and cosmologist. He was born on July 19, 1938, in
Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Narlikar is best
known for his work on the theory of steady-state
cosmology, an alternative to the widely accepted
Big Bang theory.
Narlikar received his Bachelor's and Master's
degrees in Physics from Bombay University in 1958
and 1960, respectively. He went on to earn a Ph.D.
in Astronomy from Cambridge University in 1965,
where he worked under the supervision of Fred
Hoyle, a prominent advocate of the steady-state
theory.
After completing his Ph.D., Narlikar held various
academic positions in India and abroad, including a
visiting professorship at the University of Sussex
and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of
Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge. In 1986, he
founded the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy
and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune, India, and
served as its Director until 2001.
Narlikar is widely recognized for his contributions
to cosmology and astrophysics, and has received
numerous awards and honors for his work. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of London and has
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received the Padma Vibhushan, one of India's
highest civilian honors, for his achievements in
science.
Narlikar is also a prolific author, having written
numerous books and articles on astronomy and
cosmology, as well as science popularization. He is
widely regarded as one of India's leading scientists
and is respected both in India and abroad for his
contributions to the field.

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 ANALYSIS OF THE TOPIC

The lesson “The Adventure” revolves around a

particular historic event, Gangadharpant Gaitonde. It
shows how Professor Gaitonde wonders about the
fate of India if the Marathas had not been allowed
any relief to stay in Bombay by the EIC. he believes
that this step had laid an impact on them.
The transition from one world or one event to
another with the perfect blend of history and science
would make the readers more fascinated about it.
Jayant wrote this in a very interesting way and gave
all of us to enjoy the time travels and experience
those things we have never imagined.
We see that a history professor travels through time
and upon going into the past, he saw those things,
and his experiences were so unusual. He finds
himself in Mumbai, which is completely different. He
gets down from Victoria Terminus Station, which he
finds very clean and update. He read on the
coaches, ‘Greater Bombay Metropolitan Railway.’
Moreover, he was also surprised to see Anglo-
Indians staff at the station.
While getting off the station he also saw the HQ of
EIC along with many official buildings of Britishers.
In fact, he was surprised that his son’s workplace
Forbes was also not there. He was left confused and
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so to avoid this state of confusion he went to the
public library and there he read about the Battle of
Panipat.
He was left shocked when he read those books
which state that British rule never happened in
India. After that, he visited the Azad Maidan. At Azad
Maidan, he got into a fight with the audience and
was thrown off the stage. After being thrown off he
lay down there unconscious; came out of his time-
travel experience.
After that, he went to Professor Deshpande for an
explanation and got to know that reality is
somewhat different than we expect always. So, many
physicists believe in the fact that many worlds are
existing and one can see through his or her own
senses. Professor Gaitonde has been into one. He
transitioned into another world where he saw all
these things and now due to an accident he was in a
coma.

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 CONCLUSION

To sum up, the lesson “The Adventure” deals with

the explanation of time travel and is a perfect blend
of history and science. The events of other worlds
can be seen and felt through one’s senses only it
cannot be explained by anyone in detail.

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Website:
⎆ https://www.urbanpro.com
⎆ https://cbseguides.com
⎆ https://learncbse.in
⎆ https://chat.openai.com

Book:
⎆ Hornbill, Class XI Textbook for English, NCERT

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