Satyashodhak Samaj  Jyotirao or Jyotirao Phule (1827-90), born in Satara, Maharashtra, belonged to the mali (gardener) …

Bardoli Satyagraha  The Bardoli taluqa in Surat district had witnessed intense politicisation after the coming of Gandh…

Theosophical Movement A group of westerners led by Madame H.P. Blavatsky (1831-91) and Colonel M.S. Olcott, who were in…

Pabna Agrarian Leagues During  the 1870s and 1880s, large parts of Eastern Bengal witnessed agrarian unrest caused by o…

Indigo Revolt In Bengal, the indigo planters, nearly all Europeans, exploited the local peasants by forcing them to gro…

Permanent Settlement In 1776, Philip Francis, a member of Hastings' council, recommended a permanent settlement in …

About Mahalwari System  The Adoption of mahalwari system in parts of Northern India began to be considered in 1819 when…

Ryotwari System  Thomas Munro and Captain Alexander Read, who were sent in 1792 to administer the recently acquired Bar…

Background In Europe, when Austria wanted to recover Silesia in 1756, the Seven Years' War (1756-63) started. Brita…

Background The background for the Second Carnatic War was provided by rivalry in India. Dupleix, the French governor wh…

Background Carnatic was the name given by the Europeans to the Coromandel Coast and its hinterland. The First Carnatic …

Causes The defeat in the first Anglo-Sikh War and the provisions of the treaties of Lahore and Bhairowal were highly hu…

Causes  The outbreak of the first of the Anglo-Sikh wars has been attributed to the action of the Sikh army crossing th…

Subsidiary Alliance The subsidairy alliance system was used by Lord Wellesley, who was governer general from 1798-1805,…

Background  The Second Anglo-Maratha war started in circumstances similar to these of the first. After Peshwa Madhavrao…

Backgroung  Lord Hastings had  the imperialistic design of imposing British paramountcy. By the Charter Act of 1813, th…

Background  After the death of  Madhavarao in 1772, his brother  Narayanrao succeeded him as the fifth peshwa. However,…

Third Anglo - Mysore War  Background A dispute arose between Tipu and the state of Travancore . Travancore had purchase…

First Anglo - Mysore War ( 1767 - 69 ) Background After their easy success in Bengal, the English were confident of the…

Prelude to the Battle  The East India Company had thought that Mir Kasim would prove to be an ideal puppet for them. Ho…