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Discuss the circumstances leading to alliance between Khilafat and Congress during Non-cooperation Movement. Do you think that it was a politically wise move of Congress to associate with Khilafat? Substantiate.

The circumstances that led to this alliance can be divided into domestic front and foreign front. At domestic front, the 1916 Lucknow Pact had gained strength as the...

March 14, 2023

Highlight the importance of new objectives that got added to the vision of Indian independence since twenties of last century.

The history of the Indian National Movement can be separated in different phases starting from the political upliftment in 1885 when Congress was established. Later the partition of...

March 14, 2023

Elucidate the positive and negative effects of India's contact with the West during 18th and 19th century.

Between 18th and 19th century, India was well established as a colony of Britain and due to contact with west, Indians were reintroduced with the ideas such as...

March 14, 2023

Clarify how mid-eighteenth Century India was beset with the spectre of a fragmented polity.

Aurangzeb died in 1707 and almost instantly the Mughal empire started breaking up. This break up was followed by establishment of large number of independent and semi-independent or...

March 11, 2023

To what extent, the British colonialist regime was responsible for the discrimination, abuse, and social and economic marginalization faced by millions of Indians belonging to 'denotified and nomadic tribes'. Discuss critically.

That criminal mindset could be caste or community-specific sounds vague and more criminal. The British regime in the 19th century in India dared to notify upon its own notion...

March 9, 2023

Analyze the significance of the Dravidian movement in the post-independence history of India.

Reformation in the caste system has been the prime target of various social reform movements including Dravidian movement.The roots of the Dravidian movement lies in Brahman-non-Brahman conflict.  In...

March 5, 2023

The gradual industrialization of India did not only bring the Indian capitalists into the foreground of public life, it also created an industrial working class". Objectively analyze this statement along with giving reference to major working class movements in India in early 20th century.

Industrialization in India began with the second half of the 19th century by  the development of ancillary industries along with the railways. The coal industry employed a large working force...

March 2, 2023

"Patel was the shrewd organizational hand beneath Nehru's idealistic velvet glove." Critically discuss. Do you agree with the view that the synergy of two leaders was much more powerful in comparison to differences in their thoughts?

Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were two towering figures of India’s anti-colonial freedom movement. Both of them contributed great to the nation by working together in spite...

March 2, 2023

Constitutionally, the princely states were not part of British India nor were their inhabitants British subjects. The British Parliament had no power to legislate for the States or their people. Elucidate the ways in which crown's relationship with the Indian states was maintained during pre-independence era.

While the political relationship of the British Crown and British India was characterized by the complete supremacy of British sovereignty, the political relationship between the British Crown and...

March 1, 2023