PART B HISTORY COURSEWORK “Assess the significance of Indian Nationalism in the period 1845-1947 in changing Britain’s relationship with its Empire in India”. It is possible to say that it was a rising feeling of nationalism that led to the change in relations between Britain and India which is what led to the ultimate end of the British Empire since it came to a point where India was ungovernable. John Keay states that “India was convulsed by a crescendo of satyagrahas‚ swadeshi boycotts; strikes
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National Education Day 11th November GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS DECIDED TO OBSERVE 11th NOVEMBER‚ THE BIRTHDAY OF MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD‚ A GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER‚ AN EMINENT EDUCATIONIST AND FIRST UNION MINISTER OF EDUCATION‚ AS ‘NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY’ EVERY YEAR FROM 2008 ONWARDS. A brief biography is given here Abul Kalam Azad Date of birth: 11 November 1888 Place of birth: Mecca‚ Ottoman Empire (now in Saudi Arabia) Date of death: 22 February 1958 Place of death: Delhi‚ India Movement:
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INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE Arrival of East India Co in India Shift from traders to Lords Revolt of 1857 Transfer of power from EIC to British Rule Rise of Organized Movement Rise of Indian Nationalism Divide and Rule (Partition of Bengal) Formation of Indian National Congress Jallianwala Baug Massacre Non Co-operation Movement Simon Commission Civil Disobedience Movement Quit India Movement (Second World War and consequences) The East India Company had the unusual distinction of ruling an entire country
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constitution of any sovereign country in the world‚ containing 448 articles in 22 parts‚ 12 schedules and 97 amendments. Besides the English version‚ there is an official Hindi translation. Dr B.R. Ambedkar is widely regarded as the father of the Indian Constitution. The Constitution was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949‚ and came into effect on 26 January 1950. The date 26 January was chosen to commemorate the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence of 1930. With its adoption
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down permanently in India. Chengis Khan‚ the Mongolian‚ invaded and looted India many times. Columbus wanted to come to India‚ but instead landed on the shores of America. Vasco da Gama from Portugal came to trade his country’s goods in return for Indian species. The French came and established their colonies in India. The British achieved political power in India. And while the British power gained its heights during the middle of the 19th century‚ the resentment of the local rulers‚ the farmers
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Indian independence movement From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Colonial India British Indian Empire Imperial entities of India Dutch India 1605–1825 Danish India 1620–1869 French India 1769–1954 Portuguese India (1505–1961) Casa da Índia 1434–1833 Portuguese East India Company 1628–1633 British India (1612–1947) East India Company 1612–1757 Company rule in India 1757–1858 British Raj 1858–1947 British rule in Burma 1824–1948 Princely states 1721–1949 Partition of India 1947
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central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian Independence Movement under Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in office in 1964. Nehru is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state; a sovereign‚ socialist‚ secular‚ and democratic republic. A committed nationalist since his teenage years‚ Nehru became a rising figure in Indian politics during the
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Women in Indian Politics: Political participation of Indian women‚ though on a small scale‚ started with the freedom movement. Mahatma Gandhi was mostly instrumental for arousing political consciousness in the educated women of the upper classes as well as the illiterate women of the lower classes and making them take part in the freedom movement. Political participation may be defined as voluntary participation in political affairs through membership‚ voting and partaking in the activities of
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Girilal Jain – Times of India Girilal Jain‚ journalist: born Sonepat‚ north India 1922; editor-in-chief Times of India 1978-88; died New Delhi 19 July 1993. GIRILAL JAIN was a well-known‚ albeit controversial‚ Indian newspaper editor who espoused a strong‚ almost Fascist-like federal authority in India to help maintain its standing as the world’s largest democracy. As leader writer and later editor-in-chief from 1978 to 1988 of the influential and widely circulated Times of India‚ Jain firmly
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Independence has given new meanings to Indian democracy at each stage of its progression. India inherited a colonial state and kept much of its functioning architecture intact. Much of state practice‚ despite its massive quantitative expansion‚ is heavily governed by legislation passed somewhere between 1860 and 1947. During the 65-years of long journey‚ India as a nation has witnessed moments wherein democracy looked to find its true meaning‚ while moments like national emergency during Indira Gandhi’s
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