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CC-12:HISTORY of INDIA(1750S-1857) II.EXPANSION and CONSOLIDATION of COLONIAL POWER
CC-12:HISTORY OF INDIA(1750s-1857) II.EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION OF COLONIAL POWER: (A) MERCANTILISM,FOREIGN TRADE AND EARLY FORMS OF EXTRACTION FROM BENGAL The coming of the Europeans to the Indian subcontinent was an event of great significance as it ultimately led to revolutionary changes in its destiny in the future. Europe’s interest in India goes back to the ancient times when lucrative trade was carried on between India and Europe. India was rich in terms of spices, textile and other oriental products which had huge demand in the large consumer markets in the west. Since the ancient time till the medieval period, spices formed an important part of European trade with India. Pepper, ginger, chillies, cinnamon and cloves were carried to Europe where they fetched high prices. Indian silk, fine Muslin and Indian cotton too were much in demand among rich European families. Pearls and other precious stone also found high demand among the European elites. Trade was conducted both by sea and by land. While the sea routes opened from the ports of the western coast of India and went westward through the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea to Alexandria and Constantinople, Indian trade goods found their way across the Mediterranean to the commercials hubs of Venice and Genoa, from where they were then dispersed throughout the main cities of Europe. The old trading routes between the east and the west came under Turkish control after the Ottoman conquest of Asia Minor and the capture of Constantinople in1453.The merchants of Venice and Genoa monopolised the trade between Europe and Asia and refused to let the new nation states of Western Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, have any share in the trade through these old routes. -
Indian National Congress and Eka Movement in Awadh*
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 Impact Factor (2018): 7.426 Indian National Congress and Eka Movement in Awadh* Amit Kumar Tiwari Research Scholar, Center For Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Sector- 29, 382029 Abstract: Awadh region has glorious historical background. In ancient India, Awadh region came under KaushalJanapada. According to Hindu mythology, Rama was the king of KaushalJanapada whose capital was Ayodhya which is now in Faizabad district of Utter Pradesh. This area was the heartland of Saltanat kings as well as Mughal kings because of its agriculture production. In later Mughal period, Awadhbecame independent state.Dalhousie conquered Awadh in 1856. And, after British control, a series of peasant’s movement started in different parts of Awadh. After the establishment of Indian National Congress, peasant movements got new dimension. The discourse on peasant movements have been discussed by mainly three school of thoughts in India such as Marxist perspective, nationalist perspective and subaltern perspective. Therefore, this paper is an attempt to understand Eka movement under the umbrella of Indian national Congress. Keywords: Peasant‟s movements, Indian National Congress, KisanSabha, Eka movement *The present paper is a chapter of my M.Phil.dissertation ‘Indian National Congress and Peasant Movements; A Study of Eka Movement in Awadh’ Central University of Gujarat, 2016. I am grateful to the Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies at Central University of Gujarat. I am also grateful to my supervisor, Mr.SmrutiRanjan Dhal under whom supervision, I conducted my M.Phil. work. I am also thankful to my new supervisor, Dr. -
Unit 32 Case Study: Lucknow*
UNIT 32 CASE STUDY: LUCKNOW* Structure 32.1 Introduction 32.2 The Origins and Growth of Lucknow 32.3 Political Prowess of the Nawabs and Begums of Awadh 32.3.1 Genealogy of the Nawabs 32.3.2 Lucknow as an Administrative and Economic Center 32.3.3 The Mughal, Nawabi and European Architectural Legacy 32.3.4 Art and Cultural Efflorescence 32.4 Political Events and the City 32.4.1 Impact of the Annexation of Awadh (1856) and the Revolt of 1857 32.4.2 Changes in the Layout and Administration of Lucknow 32.4.3 The Colonial Built Heritage 32.5 The Decline in the Nawabi Patronage 32.6 Re-emergence of Lucknow in the Twentieth Century 32.7 Summary 32.8 Timeline 32.9 Exercises 32.10 References 32.1 INTRODUCTION Places embody a meaningful past, either ensconced in myths or steeped in a historical, social-political context. The primal culture associated with a place often augments the aura of a region and imparts uniqueness to its existence. Lucknow is no exception to the aforementioned axiom and the city draws its customary legacy from the affluent Shia Nawabs, who ruled it from 1775-1856 CE. As a provincial capital of Awadh (anglicized as Oudh by the British after its annexation), Lucknow epitomized the values of its prodigal rulers, who on the one hand were admired for ushering in the refined and unfailing courtesy of adabs (a way of greeting/salutation) and on the other were vilified for their whimsical propensities. The place may be associated with the legendary duality of a resplendent yet decadent culture of the aristocracy, but its inhabitants relate more often to its fabled pristine past. -
Here. the Police Stopped Them at the Gate
[This article was originally published in serialized form on The Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time from Dec. 3 to Dec. 8, 2012.] Our story begins in 1949, two years after India became an independent nation following centuries of rule by Mughal emperors and then the British. What happened back then in the dead of night in a mosque in a northern Indian town came to define the new nation, and continues to shape the world’s largest democracy today. The legal and political drama that ensued, spanning six decades, has loomed large in the terms of five prime ministers. It has made and broken political careers, exposed the limits of the law in grappling with matters of faith, and led to violence that killed thousands. And, 20 years ago this week, Ayodhya was the scene of one of the worst incidents of inter-religious brutality in India’s history. On a spiritual level, it is a tale of efforts to define the divine in human terms. Ultimately, it poses for every Indian a question that still lingers as the country aspires to a new role as an international economic power: Are we a Hindu nation, or a nation of many equal religions? 1 CHAPTER ONE: Copyright: The British Library Board Details of an 18th century painting of Ayodhya. The Sarayu river winds its way from the Nepalese border across the plains of north India. Not long before its churning gray waters meet the mighty Ganga, it flows past the town of Ayodhya. In 1949, as it is today, Ayodhya was a quiet town of temples, narrow byways, wandering cows and the ancient, mossy walls of ashrams and shrines. -
Occasional Paper No. 159 ARCHAEOLOGY AS EVIDENCE: LOOKING BACK from the AYODHYA DEBATE TAPATI GUHA-THAKURTA CENTRE for STUDIES I
Occasional Paper No. 159 ARCHAEOLOGY AS EVIDENCE: LOOKING BACK FROM THE AYODHYA DEBATE TAPATI GUHA-THAKURTA CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, CALCUTTA EH £>2&3 Occasional Paper No. 159 ARCHAEOLOGY AS EVIDENCE: LOOKING BACK FROM THE AYODHYA DEBATE j ; vmm 12 AOS 1097 TAPATI GUHA-THAKURTA APRIL 1997 CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, CALCUTTA 10 Lake Terrace, Calcutta 700 029 1 ARCHAEOLOGY AS EVIDENCE: LOOKING BACK FROM THE AYODHYA DEBATE Tapati Guha-Thakurta Archaeology in India hit the headlines with the Ayodhya controversy: no other discipline stands as centrally implicated in the crisis that has racked this temple town, and with it, the whole nation. The Ramjanmabhoomi movement, as we know, gained its entire logic and momentum from the claims to the prior existence of a Hindu temple at the precise site of the 16th century mosque that was erected by Babar. Myth and legend, faith and belief acquired the armour of historicity in ways that could present a series of conjectures as undisputed facts. So, the 'certainty' of present-day Ayodhya as the historical birthplace of Lord Rama passes into the 'certainty' of the presence of an lOth/llth century Vaishnava temple commemorating the birthplace site, both these in turn building up to the 'hard fact' of the demolition of this temple in the 16th century to make way for the Babri Masjid. Such invocation of'facts' made it imperative for a camp of left/liberal/secular historians to attack these certainties, to riddle them with doubts and counter-facts. What this has involved is a righteous recuperation of the fields of history and archaeology from their political misuse. -
Stratification and Role of the Elite Muslim Women in the State of Awadh, 1742-1857
Athens Journal of History - Volume 7, Issue 4, October 2021 – Pages 269-294 Stratification and Role of the Elite Muslim Women in the State of Awadh, 1742-1857 By Naumana Kiran This paper focuses on stratification and role of the elite Muslim women in the State of Awadh during the second-half of the eighteenth, and first-half of nineteenth century India. It evaluates the categorization of women associated with the court and the division of political and domestic power among them. It also seeks their economic resources and their contribution in fields of art and architecture. The study finds that the first category of royal women of Awadh, including queen mothers and chief wives, enjoyed a powerful position in the state-matters unlike many other states of the time in India. Besides a high cadre of royal ladies, three more cadres of royal women existed in Awadh’s court with multiple ratios of power and economic resources. Elite women’s input and backing to various genres of art, language and culture resulted in growth of Urdu poetry, prose, drama and music in addition to religious architecture. The paper has been produced on the basis of primary and secondary sources. It includes the historical accounts, written by contemporary historians as well as cultural writings, produced by poets and literary figures of the time, besides letters and other writings of the rulers of Awadh. The writings produced by the British travelers, used in this paper, have further provided an insightful picture and a distinctive perspective. Introduction The study of Muslim women of Awadh, like women of all other areas of India during the 18th and 19th centuries, is a marginalized theme of study in historiography of India. -
Battle of Buxar 1764 - UPSC Mains History
Battle of Buxar 1764 - UPSC Mains History With the advent of Europeans in India, the British East India Company gradually conquered Indian territories. The Battle of Buxar is one such confrontation between the British army and their Indian counterparts which paved the way for the British to rule over India for the next 183 years. The Battle of Buxar took place in 1764 and is an important chapter in Indian Modern History for the IAS Exam. This article will talk about the Battle of Buxar in detail to help UPSC aspirants understand it for the mains examination. You can also download the Battle of Buxar notes PDF from the link provided. What was the Battle of Buxar? It was a battle fought between the English Forces, and a joint army of the Nawab of Oudh, Nawab of Bengal, and the Mughal Emperor. The battle was the result of misuse of trade privileges granted by the Nawab of Bengal and also the colonialist ambitions of East India Company Background of the Battle of Buxar Before the battle of Buxar, one more battle was fought. It was the Battle of Plassey, that gave the British a firm foothold over the region of Bengal. As a result of the Battle of Plassey, Siraj-Ud-Daulah was dethroned as the Nawab of Bengal and was replaced by Mir Jafar (Commander of Siraj's Army.) After Mir Jafar became the new Bengal nawab, the British made him their puppet but Mir Jafar got involved with Dutch East India Company. Mir Qasim (son-in-law of Mir Jafar) was supported by the British to become the new Nawab and under the pressure of the Company, Mir Jafar decided to resign in favour of Mir Kasim. -
III Rule 8 C.P.C
ORDER IN O.O.S. No. 4 of 1989 Sunni Central Board of Wakf Vs. Sri Gopal Singh Visharad Connected with O.O.S. No. 1 of 1989, O.O.S. No. 3 of 1989, AND O.O.S. No. 5 of 1989 The basic issue in all the suits is as to whether there was a Hindu temple or any Hindu religious structure existed and the alleged Babri Masjid was constructed after demolishing such temple at the site in question. Issue No. 1 (b) in O.O.S. No. 4 of 1989 Sunni Central Board of Wakf Vs. Sri Gopal Singh Visharad reads as under:- “Whether the building has been constructed on the site of an alleged Hindu Temple after demolishing the same as alleged by defendant No. 13?” Issue No. 14 in O.O.S. No.5 of 1989 Bhagwan Sri Ram Virajman and others Vs. Rajendra Singh and others reads as under:- “Whether the disputed structure claimed to be Babri Masjid was erected after demolishing Janma Sthan Temple at its site?” The Hon'ble President of India had referred the following question to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution:- 1 “Whether a Hindu Temple or any Hindu religious structure existed prior to the construction of the Ram Janm Bhoomi Babri Masjid (including the premises of the inner and outer courtyards of such structure) in the area on which the structure stood?” The Archaeological Science can help to resolve the question. In the modern age the Archaeological Science has achieved the great accuracy and points out from the excavation the past history particularly in regard to the past existence of the construction. -
Covering Note Reconnaissance Engineering Cum Traffic Survey for a New B.G. Rail Line Between Akbarpur-Sultanpur Via Kadipur
1 COVERING NOTE RECONNAISSANCE ENGINEERING CUM TRAFFIC SURVEY FOR A NEW B.G. RAIL LINE BETWEEN AKBARPUR-SULTANPUR VIA KADIPUR Gauge : 1676 mm Section Length : 49.895 Km. 0.1.0 I N T R O D U C T I O N 0.1.1 GOVERNMENT ORDERS FOR THE SURVEY 0.1.1.1 Railway Board has included the work of Reconnaissance Engineering cum Traffic Survey for a new line between Akbarpur to Sultanpur via kadipur vide item no. 10 of Blue Book – New Surveys, Northern Railway, Annexure (A) to Demand No. 2 – Miscellaneous Expenditure (General), under Demands for Grants Railways 2008-09 (Annexure I/1), at an anticipated cost of Rs 8,25,000 (Rupees Eight lakhs Twenty Five thousand) only. The sanction to the survey estimate was accorded by Chief Administrative Officer/Const. (Survey), Northern Railway, Kashmere Gate, Delhi and circulated by Dy. Chief Engineer/Survey, Northern Railway, Tilak Bridge, New Delhi vide their letter No. 151-W/Survey/TKJ during March,2009 (Annexure I/2). The expenditure is chargeable to '345-A Indian Railways, Policy Formulation, Direction, Research and other Miscellaneous Organisation - Demand No.2 Surveys' 0.1.2 HISTORY OF THE PAST SURVEYS 0.1.2.1 No survey was ever sanctioned / undertaken in the past for the proposed Rail link from Akbarpur to Sultanpur via Kadipur 2 0.1.3 OBJECT OF THE PROPOSED SURVEY 0.1.3.1 The city of Akbarpur is situated on the bank of the River Tons (Tamasa), which divides the city into two parts namely Akbarpur and Shahzadpur. -
Bureaucratic Archaeology Ashish Avikunthak Frontmatter More Information
Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-51239-5 — Bureaucratic Archaeology Ashish Avikunthak Frontmatter More Information Bureaucratic Archaeology Bureaucratic Archaeology is a multi-faceted ethnography of quotidian practices of archaeology, bureaucracy, and science in postcolonial India, concentrating on the workings of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This book uncovers an endemic link between the micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of the ASI and the manufacture of archaeological knowledge, wielded in the making of political and religious identity and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest courts of India. This book is a rare ethnography of the daily practice of a postcolonial bureaucracy from within rather than from the outside. It meticulously uncovers the social, cultural, political, and epistemological ecology of ASI archaeologists to show how the postcolonial state assembles and produces knowledge. This is the first book-length monograph on the workings of archaeology in a non-western world. It scrupulously shows how the theory of archaeological practice deviates, transforms, and generates knowledge outside the Euro-American epistemological tradition. Ashish Avikunthak teaches at the University of Rhode Island and is a cultural anthropologist and filmmaker. He was named Future Greats 2014 by ArtReview. Subject of more than a dozen retrospectives and sixteen solo shows, his films have been shown in film festivals, galleries, and museums worldwide. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-316-51239-5 — Bureaucratic Archaeology Ashish Avikunthak Frontmatter More Information SOUTH ASIA IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES South Asia has become a laboratory for devising new institutions and practices of modern social life. -
PENDING POSITION of MATTERS RAISED UNDER RULE 377 in SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA AS on 10.01.2017 Sl. No. Ministries Pending Matter
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Analysis of Health Care Facilities in Narayanpur Block, Mirzapur District Uttar Pradesh
The Geographer 1 Vol. 62, No. 2, July 2015 Analysis of Health Care Facilities in Narayanpur Block, Mirzapur District Uttar Pradesh Shikha Singh* and M.B.Singh** Abstract This paper aims to attempt the study of availability, accessibility and infrastructure of public health care facilities in Narayanpur block. It also tries to find out the gap between existing public health care facilities and normative requirement of public health care facilities as set by the government of India. The Narayanpur block is situated in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. It has 2,12,560 persons as per 2011 census. With regards to allopathic health care facilities the study area possesses one Community Health Center, five Primary Health Centers, and twenty seven Sub-Centers. Among them some of the health centers are suffering from acute shortage of staffs and infrastructure. Key words: Health care, Community health center, Primary health centers, Sub-centers and Facilities Introduction To study the availability and accessibility of Healthy population is the boon for any society health care facilities or country. The phrase ‘health is wealth’ proves it. To analyze the infrastructure of health care Health is a basic aspect of human resource. Health facilities is influenced by many factors such as nutrition, To assess the gap between existing public housing condition, sanitation, healthy lifestyle, health care institutions and the normative protection against environmental hazards and requirement of health care institutions as set by communicable diseases etc. For better health the Government of India every individual in a society tries to take care of such influencing factors, which come under health Database and Methodology care.