Found 74 Articles for Modern India History

Second Anglo-Maratha War: Explanation The Second Anglo-Maratha War was the second conflict between the British and the Marathas This war was started in 1803 and continued till 1805. Image 1: Second Anglo-Maratha War map, political divisions, 1883 Peshwa Madhav Rao Narayan passed away in 1795 and Baji Rao II followed the throne. Lord Wellesley came up with a Subsidiary Alliance system. Here, the Indian rulers should have to pay some allowance to have British army in India. Nana Phadnavis, who was the Chief Minister of Maratha back then, refuted to follow this system knowing the agenda ... Read More

Introduction The Second and Third Round table conferences were orchestrated with a thought to close the gaps and come to a proper conclusion concerning the government laws, ruling, and rights of Indians. The main aim of arranging round table conferences (RTC) was to find out the solution and best suitable way for mitigating Simon's report’s issue. The very first RTC was arranged and conducted on 12th November 1930. The duration of this conference lasts up to 19th January 1931. Most of the leaders were found not to be present at this specific conference because of Gandhi’s movement about Civil ... Read More

Introduction The Ryotwari and Mahalwari System of Land Revenue was featured during the period of pre-independent India by the Britishers. The primary motive of the Britishers were to earn enormous money by exploiting the Indian people. The two revenue taxes were one type of policy to collect the money. The two systems had some differences in amounts of revenue and regulations to each other. The Ryotwari System The Ryotwari land revenue system was started by Sir Thomas Munro in the 18th Century. This system gave full independence to the landowner to do anything with his land anytime. The peasant ... Read More

Introduction After the Plassey battle of 1757, the whole country was under the dominance of the British, both politically and economically. Because of this incident, the landlords and the chieftains lost much of their power and not only that, but they also lost many of their properties and estates. It resulted in many uprisings against the British, that was the protest by deposed chieftains and landlords. Polygar rebellions (1799-1805) The poligars or the polygars are also referred to as the Palaiyakkarars, who were from the Tirunelveli Kingdom of South India. Between the years 1799 to 1805, they gave a major ... Read More

Introduction The Poona Pact had a great impact on the depressed class and the overall history of India. This pact was important for uplifting the classes that were unprivileged and their rights. The term depressed class was used to describe those people who belong to the Dalit community or scheduled caste or those, who were treated as untouchables. The communal award created the background for the pact, and the government run by the British, to provide the electorates to the depressed class, announced it. M.R. Jayakar, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at Yerwada jail, in Poona, ... Read More

IntroductionThe East India Act of 1784 was brought to the people of India by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister is known to be the youngest in the history of this island nation in Europe. The person was a very young man as his age was merely 24 but had a very unique talent for producing capable administrative reforms. William Pitt was the person under whose guidance this act was eventually passed in the year 1784. Portrait of the Right Honourable William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) John Hoppner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Historical background ... Read More

Introduction The English East India Company (EIC) is known for the oppression it brought to the people of India for almost a century. This company came to this country intending to do some trade and commerce on a grand scale for some products that are very famous in every country in Europe. This is the fact that eventually led to the colonization of the land that finally led to the formation of a British Government system. Background of Rangpur Dhing uprising The peasants and farmers who lived in the district of Rangpur Dhing were pushed to the ... Read More

Introduction Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan is one of those leaders in India who brought the ideology of brotherhood to the mass to keep India united. Badshah Khan and Bacha Khan are his other known names. The Afghans were proud of him and called him Fakra -e- Afghan. He was closely related to M. K. Gandhi. He was known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frontier Gandhi. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and his movement Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun leader who was a prominent part of Indian politics. He actively worked for society and social reformation. He started strong campaigns ... Read More

Introduction Rajaji formula or C R formula was a formula introduced in the year 1944 by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari to fix the political pause between the Indian national congress and All India Muslim league. For the independence of British ruled India. Muslims as well as Hindus in India under British rule were two different nations. Each of them had the right to develop their nation. British administration wanted to take full advantage of the Hindu-Muslim split to prevent Indian Independence. What was the CR formula (1944)? There was a political pause between the AIML and INC over the freedom of British ... Read More

Introduction With the expansion and consolidation of the British Empire in India from the eighteenth century, many European artists began to travel to India with traders. These artists brought ideas of western paintings with them. Their idea of art was mainly based on realism, where the artist was expected to depict everything that looked like real life. And for this, they used oil painting and tried to give three dimensions to their paintings. Gradually Indian artists also adopted this style to depict their pieces of work. Indian artists began to paint Indian mythology and religion with western style, which ... Read More