CIVIL REBELLIONS AND TRIBAL UPRISINGS-1757-1900 : BENGAL AND EASTERN INDIA THE SANYASI REVOLT:  The coming of the British brought with it economic hardships symbolized by the massive famine of 1770,…

DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS  Portugese were the first to bring Printing Press to India  James Augustus Hickey started the first Newspaper in India, The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General…

REVOLT OF 1857  First Major Challenge to British Rule in India  Result of Exploitative Colonial Policies of British in India Causes Of the Revolt Economic Causes Collapse of…

RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL REFORMS : Social Evils in India • Discrimination against women such as Sati, Purdah system, Ban on Widow Remarriage • Attempts to kill female Infants • Idolatry and…

Revolutionary Activity during First World War Ghadar Party Main Agenda: Berlin • Based at San Francisco in USA. Founded by Lala Hardyal and Sohan Singh Bakhna • Consisted of Ex-Soldiers…

MUGHAL EMPIRE Babur (1526-1530)    Founder of the Mughal Empire in India.    His original name was Zahiruddin Muhammad    He was related to Timur from his father‘s side and…

Poona Pact : The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India.…

GROWTH OF COMMUNALISM Characteristic Features of Indian Communalism Communalism is basically an ideology which evolved through three broad stages in India— Communal Nationalism: the notion that since a group or…

Mauryan Empire (325 -183 BC): Capital was Taxila Arthashastra:   Written by Chandragupta Maurya’s PM Chanakya.   It had 15 books.   First five: Internal administration   Next eight: Relations…

THE VIJAYANAGAR AND BAHMANl KINGDOMS After the reign of Muhammed-Bin Tughluq. Bengal and Multan were the first to break away from Delhi. The Vijayanagar Empire (1336-1 672 A.D.)  Harihara…