Modern Indian History

Hindu culture has long prohibited the remarriage of widows, especially child and teenage widows, to maintain what it deemed family honour and property. All widows were supposed to live a life of penance and sacrifice. The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act offered legal protection against the loss of some types of inheritance when a Hindu widow […]

The first conflict (1775–82) began as the British supported Raghunath Rao’s candidacy for Confederacy Peshwa (chief minister). The British were defeated at Wadgaon (see Wadgaon, Convention of) in January 1779. However, they fought the Marathas until the Treaty of Salbai (May 1782), with the island of Salsette next to Bombay being the only British gain.

Western education has a significant impact on the thought process of Indian people. It helps in the development of modern thoughts among the Indians. It can be seen that education is the door to the openness of thought. The entry of western education into India opens the door to knowledge. Wideness in the mental horizons

The Government of India Act was approved by the British parliament on 24 july 1935 and came into effect on 1 April 1937. It was based on Lord Linlithgow’s Joint Select Committee’s report. The data came from the Joint Committee’s analysis of the British government’s ‘White Paper,’ a constitutional reform programme produced immediately after the

The Government of India Act 1858 is also known as ‘An act for the better governance of India 1858.’In August 1858, less than a month after the revolt of 1857 was lost by the Indian side, and the British parliament passed the Government of India Act 1858. In the Government of India Act 1858 UPSC

Framing the Indian Constitution From 9th December 1946 to 26th November 1949, the constitution of India was framed which came into force after two months of completion, that is on 26th January 1950, celebrated as the republic day of India. The years spent in the making of the Indian Constitution were marked exceptionally tumultuous as:

The British East India Company was established in 1600 as a joint-stock company. The Company released a charter in 1600, which allowed ownership of English trade with eastern countries like South Africa (Cape of Good Hope) and also in the west south straits of Magellan. Their venture into India was as traders, but they eventually

The British company set up its branch in Mumbai as a part of the trading expansion and this saw an emergence in the 17th century. As Mumbai remained one of the major ports for the conduction of the trading system through the seaport, this place gained a lot of importance for the Britishers. The present

Don’t miss: UPSC Prelims Paper Analysis 2024 Check here: UPSC Final Result 2023 The fall of the Mughal empire began in 1707 CE, after Aurangzeb’s death. Even though Mughal rulers were still in power, they didn’t hold the same powers as the previous ones. They were known as the ‘Later Mughals.’ In other words, the later Mughals

The changes one could see in the Indian education system from the Vedic and the Buddhist period through the Islamic period to the British era had been vivid. The British came to India as traders and set up English-medium schools, through which they taught western science and literature. The Christian missionaries taught colonial education so