determination to create a sovereign state for Indian Muslims. However‚ this view has been contested by a number of historians‚ who place responsibility for the partition on the political manoeuvring of the Congress and the constitutional reforms of the British Raj. Existing communal tensions and Hindu-Muslim differences have also been blamed for the split. Revisionist historians question whether Jinnah even wanted partition and have suggested that the ’Pakistan’ demand was simply a bargaining counter to gain
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the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761‚ by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani‚ an ethnic Pashtun‚ also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century. 1764 Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal‚ Bengal and Oudh forces) 1765 Princely states (to 1947) 1767 First Anglo-Mysore War begins‚ in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company‚ the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad
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Inequality‚ Instability and Voice Author: Amartya Sen The essay ‘Inequality‚ Instability and Voice’ is one of the articles written by Amartya Sen. It figures in the book ‘The Argumentative Indian’ which is a collection of writings on Indian history‚ culture and identity by the Economics Nobel prize winner. In the essay‚ Sen touches upon three issues. They are: • Inequality in the Indian society and the quest for equality; • Unity and diversity in India; and • Need for greater commitment
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government machinery and national culture on the other‚ study of this period is indispensible to any exploration of Delhi’s foundations and culture. Government Delhi of Sahgal’s is characterized by the nexus of political expedience‚ British Raj converting to Minister Raj‚ power culture of self validation and self preservation performed by state machinery‚ buildings‚
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had implications upon the partition of British India‚ and then move on to elaborate upon how international politics after the Second World War influenced the internal politics‚ economic development‚ foreign policies and defense agendas of the government of Pakistan in its early years. Prior to the commencement of the war‚ the political situation in India was a stalemate; almost all Indians had been persistently in favor of Independence from the British Raj for many years‚ however‚ it was not a situation
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INTRODUCTION The opening years of the twentieth century were stormy The British were beginning to feel a bit uneasy Discontentment was brewing. Political discontent was growing due to the inability of the government to organize effective relief during the period of plague and famine BEHIND THE SCENES For the first time‚ they used their divide-and-rule political game with great force. From 1870 onwards‚ the British started inciting the Hindus and the Muslims to form their own political parties
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Pala Empire Sena Empire Medieval Bengal Arrival of Islam Sultanate of Bengal Deva Kingdom Bakhtiyar Khilji‚ Raja Ganesha Mughal Period Pratap Aditya‚ Raja Sitaram Ray Principality of Bengal Baro-Bhuyans Modern Bengal Company Raj Zamindari system‚ Bengal famine of 1770 British Indian Empire Bengal Renaissance Brahmo Samaj Swami Vivekananda‚ Jagadish Chandra Bose‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Subhas Chandra Bose Post-Colonial 1947 Partition of Bengal‚ Bangladesh Liberation War Sheikh Mujibur Rahman‚ Jyoti Basu
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style of Indian painting that originated in Bengal‚ primarily Kolkata and Shantiniketan‚ and flourished throughout India during the British Raj in the early 20th century. Also known as ’Indian style of painting’ in its early days‚ it was associated with Indian nationalism (swadeshi) and led by Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951)‚ but was also promoted and supported by British arts administrators like E. B. Havell‚ the principal of the Government College of Art‚ Kolkata from 1896; eventually it led to the
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rose up the party hierarchy by virtue of his eloquence and leadership skills. At an early stage of his life Subhas Bose accepted Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das as his political guru. Over a span of 20 years‚ Bose was imprisoned eleven times by the British‚ the first one being in 1921. In 1924‚ after a brief period of incarceration‚ Bose was exiled to Mandalay in Burma . Subhash Bose was imprisoned again in 1930 and deported to Europe . During his stay in Europe from 1933 to 1936‚ Subhash Bose zealously
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later;[3] however‚ they themselves "generated no coherent ideology" for a new order.[7] The rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858. It also led the British to reorganize the army‚ the financial system and the administration in India.[8] The country was thereafter directly governed by the crown as the new British
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