In the one of the previous articles (named “Legislations in British India — Part 1”) I have discussed about the acts passed by the British Parliament when company was in charge of administration.
Robert Clive, often referred to as “Clive of India” amassed so much illegal wealth after the Battle of Plassey and Buxar that people back in England started to call him and his associates “nabobs”, anglicized version of Nawabs. When he returned back to England…
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I am starting to make notes for Modern History of India, this classification begins with the fall of Mughal Empire, that is after 1707, death of Aurangzeb. However, I’d like to…
Here is the list of Governor Generals and Viceroys of India. There was a question that appeared in Mains 2013, on one of these, in fact there have been frequent questions on them. So I felt it is apt to have their contribution at…
Pre-colonial period.
Though agriculture was major source of livelihood for Indians before the British colonized us, India’s pre-colonial trade was wide spread, to entire Europe, Middle east, China. We exported in abundance the…
Mahatma Gandhi supported British in the World War I and even went to the extent of recruiting strong Indian men for them, Mahatma thought, for supporting, British would give Independence or at-least Home Rule. While all of the other Indian leaders were opposed to it, including…