Month: March 2023

Pre-INC Organisations began to take shape in the first half of the nineteenth century. Initially, they were dominated by wealthy and educated intelligentsia. They were not at the pan-India level…

The process of Socio-Religious reforms in India started in the late 18th to early 19th century. However, reform is a continuous process. There are several practices that are being challenged…

The Indian Revolt of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf…

Tribal and peasant movements are social movements that involve the marginalized and oppressed sections of society, such as tribal communities and peasants. These movements aim to bring social and economic…

British Policies and Consolidation: During the British colonial period in India, several policies were implemented to consolidate their power over the Indian subcontinent. To consolidate its power, the British completed the…

The ”Expansion of British Power in India” has three significant phases, which are known as “Mercantilism (1757-1813), “Laissez Faire” (1813-1860), and “Finance Imperialism” (1860-1947). This reveals the periodical enhancement of…

The European advent in India began with the arrival of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama in the city of Calicut in 1498. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to…

Rise of Independent States in the 18th century, on the debris of the Mughal Empire and its political system, arose a large number of independent and semi-independent powers such as the Bengal,…

The Maratha Empire was a Hindu empire that existed in India from the late 17th century to the early 19th century. It was founded by the warrior king Shivaji, who…

The term "Later Mughals" refers to the period of Mughal rule in India after the reign of Aurangzeb, who died in 1707. Muazzam emerged victorious after defeating Muhammad Azam Shah…

शहीद दिवस (Shaheed Diwas) या सर्वोदय दिवस पर, हम राष्ट्र की सेवा में अपना जीवन देने वालों को अपना सम्मान और श्रद्धांजलि देते हैं, मुख्य रूप से देश की आजादी…

The Mughal Empire was one of the most powerful empires in Indian history. After the death of Akbar in 1605, his son Jahangir became Emperor. He ruled the empire for…

He succeeded to the throne after his father Humayun’s death. In 1556, in the second battle of Panipat, he defeated Hemu (Sur’s wazir). Between 1556-60, Akbar ruled under Bairam Khan’s…

The Mughal Empire was a powerful Islamic state that ruled over most of South Asia from the 16th to the mid-19th century. It was founded by Babur, a Chaghatai Turkic-Mongol…

At the beginning of 12 AD, some religious people in Persia turned to asceticism due to the increasing materialism of the Caliphate. They came to be called the ‘Sufis’. In…

It was a religious reform movement during medieval times which emphasized single-minded intense devotion to God. The Bhakti movement was based on the doctrine that the relationship between god and…

The Bahmani Sultanate was a Persianised Muslim state of the Deccan in South India and one of the major medieval Indian kingdoms. Though the region was ruled by a Muslim…

The Vijayanagar Empire also called the Karnata Kingdom, covered much of the region of South India, controlling the lands of the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,…

Regional Kingdoms of Medieval India- The Delhi Sultanate at its height included the states of Bihar, Bengal, Malwa, Gujarat, the Deccan states of Warangal, the Yadavas of Devagiri, Telangana, the…

The Delhi Sultanate is a gallant exemplar of the grandeur of Medieval India. It contributed a lot to art, culture, and architecture. These Sultans of Delhi ruled for quite a long…