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Page-6 of Archives: August, 2015

Charter Act of 1813

The Charter Act of 1813, officially titled the East India Company Act 1813, was a landmark statute passed by the British Parliament to renew the commercial charter of...

August 30, 2015

Charter Act of 1793

The Charter Act of 1793, officially titled the East India Company Act 1793, was enacted by the British Parliament to renew the commercial privileges and administrative charter of...

August 30, 2015

Pitt’s India Act of 1784

Pitt’s India Act of 1784, officially titled the East India Company Act 1784, was enacted by the British Parliament to rectify the administrative deficiencies of the Regulating Act...

August 30, 2015

Regulating Act of 1773

The Regulating Act of 1773 was the first statutory intervention by the British Parliament to govern and regulate the affairs of the East India Company (EIC) in India....

August 30, 2015

Lord Willingdon and Repression of Civil Disobedience

Lord Willingdon, born Freeman Freeman-Thomas, served as the Viceroy and Governor-General of India from April 1931 to April 1936. His tenure marked a shift from the conciliatory approach...

August 30, 2015

Lord Irwin and Civil Disobedience Politics

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as Lord Irwin, served as the Viceroy and Governor-General of India from April 1926 to April 1931. Appointed by...

August 30, 2015

National Sports Awards for 2014-15

President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Nation Sports Awards in various categories at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29, 2015 on the eve of National Sports...

August 29, 2015

21st edition of Delhi Book Fair begins

The 21st edition of the Delhi Book Fair has been launched at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The book fair has been organised by the Federation of...

August 29, 2015

Mountaineer Jot Singh awarded Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award

Mountaineer Jot Singh of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been honoured with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2014-15. He was bestowed with the award by President Pranab...

August 29, 2015

Government orders inclusion of 13 central laws within purview of Land Acquisition Act 2013

Union Government has issued an executive order to include 13 Central Acts under the purview of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement...

August 29, 2015

29 August: National Sports Day

Every year August 29 is being observed as National Sports Day across the country. Significance: The day marks the birth anniversary of Hockey Wizard, Major Dhyan Chand. On...

August 29, 2015

Biggest harvest festival Thiru Onam celebrated in Kerala

Biggest harvest festival of Thiru Onam was celebrated by Keralites across the globe. Various cultural and religious programmes were organized throughout southern state of Kerala to celebrate the...

August 28, 2015