Administration

Administration Akbar's Court

As an administrator, Akbar was second to none among the Muslim rulers of India. The basic principles on which his administration rested were nationalism, liberalism, and impartiality. He abandoned the traditional Muslim policy of the … Read more

Important Establishments and Foreign Policy

Foreign policy

At the time of Indian Independence, the level of Socio-education was very low because India had suffered immensely during 200 years of British colonial rule. After 1947, there were many important things that need to … Read more

Partition of Bengal (1905)

Partition of Bengal

Partition of Bengal was carried out in 1905 by dividing the province of Bengal into two units having capitals at Calcutta & Dhaka. Partition was known in the public domain unofficially since December 1903. It … Read more

Home Rule Movement (1916)

Home Rule Movement

Home Rule Movement was launched by Indian Nationalists in 1916 as a response & reaction to circumstances prevailing in India. Term Home Rule was used for the first time in India by Annie Besant. It … Read more

Non-Cooperation Movement

Non-Cooperation

With Montague’s declaration in August 1917 the Home Rule Movement gradually came to an end Mrs. Annie Besant declared whatever they were demanding they achieved. Tilak went to London to fight a case against Chirol … Read more

The Movement of Separatist

Muslim League, Founder of Separatist

Around the middle of the 19th Century when the spirit of nationalism was becoming visible among western educated, Indian middle class. At the same time, a separatist movement also started raising his head in India. … Read more

Drain of Wealth

Drain of Wealth in British Era

The drain of wealth refers to the unidirectional outflow of a portion of India’s National product from India to Britain for which India received nothing in return. With the victory of the English Company in … Read more

Mughal Paintings

Mughal Painting

Mughal Paintings were remarkable pieces of art and a great source of understanding of their history. The art of painting witnessed remarkable progress during the Mughal period. Because liberal & progressive Mughal rulers patronized painters … Read more

The Marathas

The First Maratha King, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

There is no doubt that the single most important power to emerge in the long twilight of the Mughal dynasty was the Maratha confederacy. Initially deriving from the western Deccan, the Marathas were a peasant … Read more