History

Telengana Movement History, Cause, Objective and Impact

Telangana Movement The Telangana movement (1946–1951) was an armed uprising of peasants against oppressive landlordism that was supported by the autocratic authority of the Nizam of Hyderabad. It was led by the Communist Party of India. Due to its significance...

Tebhaga Movement History, Objective, Feature, Reason & Impact

Tebhaga Movement The Tebhaga Movement was the fiercest in Indian history. There was a bloody farmer uprising just before Bengal was divided and India became independent. Tebhaga means "three shares of the harvest" in its literal sense. The Tebhaga movement...

Communist Movement in India History, Objective, Cases & Impact

Communist Movement in India The Communist Movement in India was established following the second Commintern Conference by M.N. Roy, Abani Mukherji, and others. It was established in Tashkent in 1920. (now the capital of Uzbekistan). The first chosen Commintern leader...

Communal Award, History, Provision, Objective, Significance and Defects

Communal Award On August 16, 1932, British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald unveiled the Communal Award. It was designed to create distinct electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, and Untouchables...

Hindustan Republican Association, History, Objective, Activities and Criticism

Hindustan Republican Association Read all about Hindustan Republican Association or Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sachindra Nath Bakshi, Sachindranath Sanyal, and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee established the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), formerly known as the Hindustan...

List of Famous Conspiracy Cases during British Rule in India

Famous Conspiracy Cases in British India Read all about Famous Conspiracy Cases in British India. Even though the Indian independence struggle after 1857 was largely free of violence, there was a progressive trend that included many young Indians that led...

Kakori Conspiracy, History, Objective, Events, Timeline and Impact

Kakori Conspiracy The Kakori train robbery, also known as the Kakori conspiracy case, was the largest railway heist in Indian history. Members of the Hindustan Social Republican Association (HRA), Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan, planned the theft. On August...

Eka Movement, History, Causes, Objective and Outcomes

Eka Movement The Eka Movement is a powerful peasant organisation that started in Lucknow and rapidly spread to the districts of Hardoi, Unnao, and Sitapur. The protests continued from November 1921 until April 1922. Following World War I, a flurry...

Kisan Sabha Movement, History, Causes, Objective, Sahajanand Saraswati and Outcomes

Kisan Sabha Movement The Kisan Sabha Movement was a peasant uprising that took place in the former United Provinces' Awadh area (U.P). The poor living circumstances of the U.P. peasants brought on by the policies of the British Government and...

Muslim League, History, Feature, Formation and Objective

Muslim League In 1906, the Muslim League was established as a political organisation in British India. The British Empire divided India in 1947 as a result of its ardent support, starting in 1930, for the establishment of a separate nation-state,...