Tug example sentences

After Goa s liberation, people used to say nostalgically that the Portuguese bread vanished with the paders.Our elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.The Portuguese had introduced opium into China in the early sixteenth century.His first journey took more than a year; he reached Calicut in 1498, and returned to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, the following year.OUR elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.This was because of many factors: the loss of markets and productivity because of the decline of the Mughal Empire, control of the sea routes by the Portuguese and competition from Bombay (present-day Mumbai) where the English East India Company shifted its headquarters in 166 Today, Surat is a bustling commercial centre.Large states like those of the Cholas (Chapter 2), Tughluqs (Chapter 3) or Mughals (Chapter 4) encompassed many regions.An example of such a task is the game of tug-of-war.Moors (a name used collectively for Muslim merchants), Chettis and agents of European traders such as the Portuguese, thronged the markets of Hampi.On his way home, but never on his way out, Mij would tug me to this wall, jump on to it, and gallop the full length of its thirty yards, to the hopeless distraction both of pupils and of staff within.Occasionally dynasties like the Cholas, Khaljis, Tughluqs and Mughals were able to build an empire that was pan-regional – spanning diverse regions.When the Portuguese first came to India in search of spices they landed in Calicut on the Kerala coast in south-west India.The French, Dutch, Portuguese as well as the local traders competed in the market to secure woven cloth.The leavened, oven-baked bread is a gift of the Portuguese to India.In the seventeenth century the Portuguese, Dutch and English had their factories and warehouses at Surat.