History

All-India Trade Union Congress, Introduction, History, Creation and Split

All India Trade Union Congress The AITUC's complete name is the All India Trade Union Congress. The second-largest trade union organisation in India after the Indian National Trade Union Congress, it is the country's first Central Trade Union. This article's...

Asiatic Society, Introduction, History, Objective and Function

Asiatic Society Read all about Asiatic Society. Sir William Jones established the Asiatic Society in January 1784 to advance and advance the cause of Oriental study. In order to start a society for Asian studies, Jones sent a circular note...

Development of Indian Press, Introduction, During British and Early Regulations

Development of Indian Press The British are attributed with introducing participatory journalism or an independent press to India during the colonial era. The British government, however, made more of an attempt to control the Indian press in order to stop...

Lee Commission, History, Features and Recommendations

Lee Commission The Lee Commission was created in 1923 under the chairmanship of Lord Lee, with an equal number of Indian and British members, with the intention of examining the racial makeup of the superior civil service of the Indian...

Battle of Buxar, Causes, Date, Impact and Significance

Battle of Buxar The Battle of Buxar was one of the pivotal conflicts in India's history and its lengthy alliance with British Colonial forces. British hegemony over the local kingdoms in the Indian subcontinent was successfully established during the Battle...

Two Nation Theory, History, Features and Impacts

Two Nation Theory Following its independence from the British Empire, the Indian subcontinent was heavily affected by the two-nation theory, a religious nationalism ideology. On June 3rd, 1947, the proposal to divide British India into two nations was made public....

Mountbatten Plan, History, Provision, Feature, Clauses and Advantages

Mountbatten Plan The last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, put forth a proposal in June 1947 under which provinces would be proclaimed independent successor states with the option to join or not to join the constituent assembly. The freedom-with-partition formula...

Direct Action Day, History, Events Associated, Riot and Outcomes

Direct Action Day The "Great Calcutta Massacre" was scheduled for August 16, 1946, the Direct Action Day. This day marked the beginning of the "Week of Long Knives," during which 6,000 Hindus and Muslims were shot, slashed, and otherwise brutalised....

Interim Government, History, Formation and Members

Interim Government It was the only cabinet of its kind in India's history where the Muslim League and the Congress shared authority at the national level. The interim administration had a large deal of autonomy and held onto power until...

Cabinet Mission, History, Objective, Proposal, Significance and Failure

Cabinet Mission The Atlee administration dispatched a powerful delegation to India in February 1946 called the Cabinet Mission. Pethick Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Stafford Cripps, the President of the Board of Trade, and A.V. Alexander, the First...