Introduction The Britishers took over India post the Battle of Plassey in 1757. However, they had no idea about the customs and beliefs of the Indian population. India over the course of the 5, 000 years of its known history has seen many different empires. Starting with the Mauryan empire ... Read More

Introduction During the medieval period, various kingdoms flourished and one such kingdom was the Ahom kingdom. The ahom was a tribal community that migrated from present-day Myanmar to the north-eastern part near Bhrmaputra valley in the thirteenth century through its south-eastern frontier. Initially, these Ahoms settled with local people by ... Read More

Introduction Towns were the core of any kingdom in medieval India. The emergence of big towns and cities started in the eighth century. It was the time of many big emirates like Cholas, Chalukyas and Pallavas. Each kingdom had many towns and they were classified according to their purpose. Some ... Read More

Introduction The plantation of Indigo made a critical situation for the farmers as this process of cultivation created an issue in the soil. Once the farmers started to grow indigo, they would face issues in planting other crops. British merchants on the other hand pushed the farmers to plant indigo ... Read More

Introduction Landowners in Maharashtra began a revolt against the order for increasing land revenue, which led to the riots of Deccan in India in 1875. The root cause of the riots was referred to as the Ryotwari system or the new revenue system of lands in the British-occupied territory of ... Read More

Introduction Indian National Congress (INC) was established in 1885 with the active participation of Allan Octavian Hume and some other leaders. In pre-independence India, INC was considered one of the most influential political parties. The upliftment of lower classes of Indian citizens and the promotion of basic education among Indians ... Read More

Introduction The Indian Independence Act, 1947 legislation was passed by the parliament of Britain that aimed for the independence of India and the partition between Pakistan and India. It was a renewed form of The Government of India Act, of 1935, which the government of Clement Attlee created. Clement ... Read More

Introduction A very new class of Indian national leaders emerged at the very beginning of the 20th century. This class of leaders were different from the existing ones in their individual and unique thoughts. The main reason behind the emergence of extremists was several limitations of moderate leaders. Approaches of ... Read More

Introduction The Indian Councils Act of 1892 was founded by Viscount Cross the first and Richard Assheton Cross. This act was made by the United Kingdom Parliament. This act assented royally on June 20th, 1892 and commenced on February 3rd 1893. Through this act, the shape of India's legislative Council ... Read More

Introduction Indian Councils Act 1861 was adopted in the United Kingdom Parliament that changed the definition of the Governor General Council for the executive and legislative objectives. The most significant element of the act was Indian participation in the process of legislation. This act changed India’s executive council to work ... Read More