Shershah is known to have made a systematic survey and measurement of the entire cultivable land of his empire using a unit called Sikandari Gaj. He introduced the...
In the year 1853, the Great Indian Peninsular Company started the rail service from Bombay to Thane during the governor generalship of Lord Dalhousie. In 1854, the East...
‘Bhoodan’ was a voluntary land redistributive movement launched by Vinoba Bhave after independence. Its essential features are as follows: Zamindars & Land owners to donate ~1/5th of their...
The Paikas were the peasant militias of the Gajapati rulers of Odisha. They rendered military service to the king during times of war while taking up cultivation during...
Model Answer: Kosha Moolo Danda, which means “revenue is the backbone of administration”, is sourced from Kautilya’s Arthshastra Part 8, Chapter 1. This implies that a nation’s status...
After the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, there have been widespread discussions over how India handled the invasion of Pakistan in 1947....
Partition of India resulted in one of the largest, most abrupt, unplanned and tragic transfers of human population that history has known. 14.5 million people crossed the borders...
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a prominent figure in India’s freedom struggle, played a significant role in shaping the political and ideological landscape of the country. Savarkar believed in the...
In the entire 19th century, on both sides of the great revolt of 1857, India’s rural from villages to the hinterland were burning with anger against the foreign...
Ranjit singh was the founder of the Sikh Empire. He brought unity and welded together all the states in the Punjab.He belonged to Sukarchakya Mist. Role of Maharaja...
