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    Indian Freedom Struggle

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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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    Right to Education Act 2009: Major Issues and Challenges By:sudarshana Rana India remained a major center for education of the world in the ancient and medieval period‚ during the British Raj. India’s traditional system of knowledge system was by and large destroyed and no other alternate system was created to fill this vacuum. Presently India has emerged as a leading nation in the world. On the other side there are continuous challenges to India. According to UNESCO data ‘largest number

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    Indian Independence Movement Study Guide Early Control 1600-1857 - In 1600’s British East India Company set up trading posts in Bombay‚ Madras‚ Calcutta - After 1707 East Indian company takes more control as Mughal empire weakens o Muslims from Central Asia who set up strong empire in India from 16th-18th century East India Company Dominates - East India Company led by Sir Robert Clive defeats Indians at Battle of Plassey ( gains control over French and Indian forces in 1757

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader

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    different from Positivism. It is always a paradigm Shift from Positivism. Panchayat as an institution exist since time immemorial. Panchayat play most important role in local level conflict which continued during Mughal period. It weakens during British Raj because of judiciary. Panchayat as an institution revitalized after 1950. Main Features of 73rd Amendment Act that how it is different from earlier?? 1. Constitutional Status: As we know India after independence being an good Indian we have

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    status of women

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.[4][5] From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚[7] to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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    Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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    1915) was one of the founding social and political leaders during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society. Through the Society as well as the Congress and other legislative bodies he served in‚ Gokhale promoted not only primarily independence from the British Empire but also social reform. To achieve his goals‚ Gokhale followed two overarching principles: non-violence

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    1. The Cellular Jail in Port Blair in Andaman must rank as the darkest deed perpetrated by the British Raj‚ along with the massacre at Jalian Wala Bagh in Punjab. The islands of Andaman & Nicobar‚ located in the Bay of Bengal and separated from the Indian mainland by thousands of kilometres of sea all around‚ was used by the British as penal settlement to which they banished thousands of freedom fighters as well as petty criminals. The first lot of 200 sepoys (privates) who participated in Sepoy

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    Hesperus and The Calcutta Library Gazette and was connected with the India Gazette. He also supported women’s rights and education. His followers known as Derozians launched the ’Young Bengal Movement’ and demanded several rights for Indians from the British and also attacked the vices of society. The movement included Rasikkrishna Mullick‚ Tarachand Chuckervati and Krishnamohan Bannerji. Derozio was removed from Hindu College in 1831 because of his radicalism. Although the Young Bengal Movement failed

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    GANDHIAN PHILOSPHY

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    fabric! A giant of a man who yet epitomizes the common man of India. An extra-ordinary man‚ a cut above the rest and yet the empathy he had with the poorest of the poor‚ with every human being he came across‚ be it of this country or from abroad. A British trained barrister by profession‚ an Englishman to the core – the diction‚ the mannerisms‚ the etiquette and the way of life. From England to South Africa where he faced racial discrimination and humiliation where he realized that the color of his

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