Indian History - The History of India information. Indian History - Important events. Period Description ANCIENT EMPIRES ca. 2500-1600 B.C. Indus Valley culture. ca. 1500-500 B.C. Migrations of Aryan-speaking tribes; the Vedic Age. ca. 1000 B.C. Settlement of Bengal by Dravidian-speaking peoples. ca. 563-ca. 483 B.C. Life of Siddartha Gautama--the Buddha; founding of Buddhism. ca. 326-184 B.C. Mauryan Empire; reign of Ashoka (269-232 B.C.); spread of Buddhism. ca. 180 B.C.-A.D.
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Centre"‚ the national government‚ can and has dismissed state governments if no majority party or coalition is able to form a government or under specific Constitutional clauses‚ and can impose direct federal rule known as President’s rule. Locally‚ the Panchayati Raj system has several administrative functions. For most of the years since independence‚ the federal government has been led by the Indian National Congress (INC)‚[1] Politics in the states have been dominated by several national parties
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1. What evidence is there to suggest the 1919 Act was a good move for the Indians giving them a chance to rule themselves? The 1919 Act allowed the New Constitution of 1920 (Indian National Congress) to be formed. Their aim was to maintain Swaraj (self-rule) by peaceful means. The Congress was evidently an organised constitution. These legitimate means could potentially lead India towards establishing a more significant role in politics in India and influencing the way India was run. The 1920 policy
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is Oscar Pistorius known in the sporting world? An athlete who would compete in London Olympics (individual 400 metres and 4 * 400relay) 3. Who will replace Mark Thompson as BBC director general in August 2012? George Entwistle 4. Which Indian PSU bank recently setup its Security Operation Centre? United Bank of India Pg2Pg2 5. Harvard Business Review has featured which ho me appliances maker as one of the 6th most successful sales and marketing company in the world? Eureka Forbes
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2011. “Mapping a Political Challeng: Bengal 2009.” In Paul Wallace and Ramashray Roy (eds.) India’s 2009 Elections: Coalition Politics‚ Party Competition and Congress Continuity. Sage Publications. March. Gupta‚ D. 2005. “Whither the Indian Village: Culture and Agriculture in ‘Rural’ India.” Economic and Political Weekly‚ 40(8): 751-758. Indian Express‚ 2010. “How They Got It Right” September 17. (In Sunday Express‚ article written by Syed Khalique Ahmed). Jones‚ J.D. 2009. Negotiating Development:
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1963 (aged 86) | |Nationality |Indian | |Occupation |Geologist‚ Designer‚ Freedom Fighter. | |Known for |Design of Indian National Flag | Pingali Venkayya (Telugu: పింగళి వెంకయ్య) (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the Indian national flag.[1][citation needed] |Contents
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The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) was founded by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951 to support the nationalist cause. The party opposed the appeasement policy of the Indian National Congress[citation needed] and was against any compromise in the matters of national and cultural integrity‚ unity and identity. It was widely regarded as the political arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. After Mookerjee’s untimely death in prison in 1953‚ during an agitation demanding the effective integration of Jammu
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Indira Gandhi’s biography Indira Gandhi was born on the 19th of November in 1917 in Allahabad. She was part of the Nehru Family. Indira Gandhi’s dad was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mom was Kamla Nehru. Her grandfather‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a Indian nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was a important person in the independent movement of India. In 1934–35‚ after finishing school‚ Indira went to Shantiniketan‚ a school invented by Rabindranath Tagore. Then‚ she went to England and sat
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Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad in British India. His father‚ Motilal Nehru (1861–1931)‚ a wealthy barrister who belonged to the Kashmiri Pandit community‚[9] served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle. His mother‚ Swaruprani Thussu (1868–1938)‚ who came from a well-known Kashmiri Brahmin family settled in Lahore‚ was Motilal’s second wife‚ the first having died in child birth. Jawaharlal was the eldest of three children‚
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though Hindus form close to 80 percent of the population‚ the Indian Muslims form the third largestMuslim population in the world are also the world’s largest minority account for over 12 percent of the population‚ and the country also has large Sikh‚ Christian andZoroastrian populations. It is home to the holiest shrines of four world religions: Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism. Modern India came into existence in 1947 as a secular nation and the Indian constitution’s preamble states that India is a secular
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