INA Trials
֍ The INA trials were held at the Red Fort in New Delhi. ֍ The Indian National Congress fielded its best lawyers in defence of the INA…
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar : The great scholar and reformer
֍ The great scholar and reformer, Vidyasagar’s ideas were a happy blend of Indian and Western thought. ֍ He believed in high moral values, was a deep…
Advent of British and the English East India Company
֍ A group of wealthy merchants of Leadenhall Street in London secured a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I to have a share in the lucrative spice…
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Albuquerque (Portuguese governor in India) was the real founder of the Portuguese power in the East, a task he completed before his death. He secured for Portugal…
The Ghadr Party
The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary group organised around a weekly newspaper The Ghadr with its headquarters at San Francisco and branches along the US coast and…
Why Lucknow Pact is considered an important event in the course of the nationalistic struggle for freedom?
A significant development to take place at Lucknow in 1916 was the coming together of the Muslim League and the Congress and the presentation of common demands…
Effects and contribution of Home Rule Movement
Balgangadhar Tilak who served a jail sentence from 1908-1914, returned to the Congress which had now become more open to him after the disappointment of the Council…
Why the Home Rule League Movement started?
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but a more effective way than the response of Indians…
Why the Home Rule agitation proved to be short-lived?
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but a more effective way than the response of Indians…
Swadeshi Movement : a turning point in modern Indian history
The Swadeshi and Boycott Movement began as a reaction to partition of Bengal which became known in 1903, was formally announced in July 1905 and came into…