Importance of Wahabi Movement in India
Wahabi Movement in India Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly, influenced by Saudi Arabia’s Abdul Wahab (1703-87) and Delhi’s Shah Waliullah, launched the Wahabi Movement, which was primarily an Islamic revivalist […]
Government of India Act 1919
Introduction The British government, unwilling to give or even share power with the Indians, reverted to the ‘carrot and stick’ method. The small Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were the carrot, while legislation […]
Champaran Satyagrah
Champaran Satyagraha (1917)—First Civil Disobedience Gandhi was asked by Rajkumar Shukla, a local man, to look into the difficulties of farmers in Champaran, Bihar, who were indigo planters. The villagers […]
Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress (1916)
Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress (1916) The History of the Lucknow Pact The Muslim League was a reasonably moderate organization with a pro-British stance when it was founded […]
Home Rule Movement
Importance of Home Rule Movement The Home Rule Movement was India’s less heated but more successful response to the First World War than Indians living overseas, which took the shape […]
Morley-Minto Reforms—1909
Morley-Minto Reforms—1909 In October 1906, the Simla Deputation, led by the Agha Khan, met Lord Minto and demanded distinct electorates for Muslims, as well as representation in excess of their […]
When was the Treaty of Amritsar Signed and Between Whom
Ranjit Singh and the British The English were concerned about the possibility of a joint Franco-Russian invasion of India via the land route. Lord Minto dispatched Charles Metcalfe to […]
Subsidiary Alliance
What is subsidiary alliance policy? The subsidiary alliance system was utilized by Lord Wellesley, who served as Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805, to construct an empire in […]
British Conquest of Bengal
British Conquest of Bengal On the eve of the conquest of Bengal by the British Bengal, the richest province of the Mughal Empire, included present-day Bangladesh, and its Nawab ruled […]
Causes of the Decline of Mughal Empire
Decline of Mughal Empire Historians argue over why the Mughal Empire declined in power. Scholars are divided into two camps: those who believe the advancements are largely imperial in nature, […]