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Vor 2 Tagen · When British rule came to an end on August 14-15, 1947, celebrated annually as Independence Day, the subcontinent was partitioned along religious lines into two separate countries—India, with a majority of Hindus, and Pakistan, with a majority of Muslims; the eastern portion of Pakistan later split off to form Bangladesh.
- The Himalayas
India - Himalayas, Subcontinent, Diversity: The Himalayas...
- Daily Life and Social Customs
India - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: For almost all Indians...
- Developments in The Ganges Basin
India - Ganges Basin, Agriculture, Civilization: In the...
- Rajasthan in The 18th Century
India - Rajasthan, 18th Century, Mughals: Such relatively...
- Shah Jahān
India - Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal: On his...
- The Beginning of The Historical Period, C. 500–150 BCE
India - Ancient History, Indus Valley, Vedic Period: For...
- The Composition of The Mughal Nobility
India - Mughal Nobility, Social Hierarchy, Castes: Within...
- The Transfer of Power and The Birth of Two Countries
India - Partition, Independence, Freedom: Elections held in...
- The Himalayas
Vor einem Tag · Inglorious Empire arose from a speech given by Dr Shashi Tharoor in May 2015 at the Oxford Union in support of the motion ‘Britain Owes Reparations to Her Former Colonies’, focusing on British exploitation of India. The Union then posted the speech on the web.
Vor 3 Tagen · Ideology and Empire superbly excavates the forgotten history of a moment in early colonial political thought, and in doing so forces us dramatically to rethink accounts of British rule in India during the period. Travers’s emphasis on the importance of historicist languages of legitimacy would have been diminished by discussion of ...
Vor 3 Tagen · India experienced deindustrialisation and cessation of various craft industries under British rule, which along with fast economic and population growth in the Western world, resulted in India's share of the world economy declining from 24.4% in 1700 to 4.2% in 1950, and its share of global industrial output declining from 25% in ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; [pron 1] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
Vor 5 Tagen · Jon Wilson’s India Conquered: Britain’s Raj and the Chaos of Empire is a big book intended to provide a narrative account of how Britain, a small island nation in the northern Atlantic conquered India, a large subcontinental mass that sprawls across the Indian Ocean.
Vor einem Tag · Formed in 1885, the Indian National Congress dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain. It subsequently formed most of India’s governments from the time of independence and often had a strong presence in many state governments.
