Young Bengal Movement
History And Background The Young Bengal movement was formed by a group of radical Bengali free thinkers at Calcutta's Hindu College. The...
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Pitts India Act of 1784
Background The company's licences expired in 1780, but this occurred during the American Revolutionary War crisis, postponing a British...
Dadabhai Naoroji
Introduction Dadabhai Naoroji, affectionately known as India's Grand Oldman, was an Indian politician, educator, and cotton dealer. Since...
Jayaprakash Narayan
Introduction Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He is best known for leading the “anti-Indira Gandhi”...
Subhash Chandra Bose
Introduction Many great heroes contributed significantly to India's national effort to achieve independence. Some people believed in...
National Commission For Women
History And Background The establishment of the National Commission for Women (NCW) in 1992 was a watershed moment in the drive to...
National Commission For Scheduled Tribes
The Constitution (89th Amendment) Act of 2003 created the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) by amending Article 338 of the...
India - Nepal Relations
Introduction India and Nepal share a unique friendship as neighbouring states, both the countries also share collaboration ties,...
India - Australia Relations
In recent years, the bilateral relationship between India and Australia has evolved into a strategic alliance, progressing in a...
India - Singapore Relations
History and Background India and Singapore have a millennia-old history of close commercial, cultural, and people-to-people ties. In...
National Green Tribunal (NGT)
What is National Green Tribunal? The National Green Tribunal was established on October 18, 2010, under the National Green Tribunal Act,...
The President Of India
The President is the head of the Indian State, he is referred to as the first citizen of India. Officially the president is the...
ASEAN: The Association of South-East Asian Nation
The Association of South-East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is a political and economic organisation that was established on August 8, 1967,...
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for the economies of the 21 countries that comprise the Pacific Rim. Its primary...
Medieval India: An Introduction
In India, the medieval period is marked by numerous significant changes. India's relations with Muslims and the rest of the world...
Mathematics In India
Aryabhatta: The Great Mathematician Aryabhatta wrote the Aryabhatiya, a 121-verse manuscript (476-529 A.D.). He invented methods for...
Indian Language Families
All modern languages probably originated from a single proto-language that evolved over time and spread to many parts of the globe. This...
Jainism: An Introduction
History & Background Jains were historically referred to as Sramanes. While Jainism makes no claim to a single founder, the Jain holy...
The Prime Minister Of India
According to the constitution's scheme of parliamentary government, the President is the nominal executive authority (de jure executive)...
Fundamental Duties
History & Background The Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution are inspired by the Constitution of the erstwhile USSR. Though the...
Southern Dynasties: Literature, Features & Philosophy
The Emergence of Tamil Literature Tamil literature began to emerge during the Sangam Period. By the third century B.C., Tamil had...
Local Self Government (LSG)
Despite her chequered history with local self-government institutions, India stands out as a pioneer in handing over the stranglehold of...
BRICS: An Introduction
The abbreviation BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, a grouping of the world's leading emerging economies....
India - Egypt Relations
Indo-Egyptian relations have existed since ancient times. Ashoka's edicts deal with his relations with Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy...
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