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Velu Thampi Revolt in Travancore

The Velu Thampi Revolt of 1808–1809 was an armed uprising in the princely state of Travancore against the encroaching political control and financial exploitation of the British East...

May 29, 2015

Veeran Sundaralingam and Anti-Colonial Resistance

Veeran Sundaralingam was an 18th-century military commander and freedom fighter who played a vital role in the early anti-colonial resistance in South India. Serving as the general of...

May 29, 2015

Drinking Water Policies in India [NET Political Science Notes]

Drinking water policies in India are crucial for ensuring public health, promoting economic development, and encouraging social equity. These policies encompass a range of frameworks and regulations that...

May 29, 2015

Poligar Revolts in South India

The Poligar Revolts were a series of armed uprisings against the British East India Company between 1755 and 1805 in the southern region of Tamil Nadu and parts...

May 29, 2015

Palamau Uprising and Local Resistance

The Palamau Uprisings represent critical chapters in the history of anti-colonial tribal and regional resistance in eastern India. Situated in the Chota Nagpur plateau region of modern-day Jharkhand,...

May 29, 2015

Ganjam-Gumsur Uprisings in Colonial India

The Ganjam and Gumsur uprisings represent a series of anti-colonial revolts in the coastal and agency tracts of modern-day Odisha (then under the Madras Presidency). Lasting intermittently from...

May 29, 2015

Vizianagaram Revolt against British Authority

The Revolt of the Raja of Vizianagaram in 1794 was an early civil uprising against East India Company rule in coastal Andhra Pradesh. It broke out in the...

May 29, 2015

Gorakhpur-Basti Uprisings in North India

The Gorakhpur-Basti Uprising of 1781 was an early anti-colonial civil rebellion in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The conflict erupted in the territories of Gorakhpur, Basti, and Bahraich, which were...

May 29, 2015

Renowned scientist Selvin Christopher appointed as DG of DRDO

Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the rank of a secretary. As...

May 29, 2015

India tops in World Hunger List with 194 Million People: UN Report

According to recently released United Nations (UN) annual hunger report titled The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015, India was placed at top in the World...

May 29, 2015

90 % of global chemical weapons stockpile destroyed: OPCW

Nobel peace prize winning organisation OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) has achieved major milestone of destroying 90 per cent of the global chemical weapons stockpile....

May 29, 2015

Yaduveer Raj Urs crowned as Mysuru’s new Maharaja

Yaduveer Raj Urs, was crowned as the new Maharaja of Mysuru, a titular and nominal head of the 600-year-old Wadiyar dynasty in southern India. The coronation ceremony was...

May 29, 2015