India’s path to independence from British rule was spearheaded by the work of Mahatma Gandhi, who organized and led a series of nonviolent protests. Other important figures include Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the leader of the All India Muslim League and Pakistan’s founder, and Jawaharlal Nehru, a ...
From 1 century CE till the start of British colonisation in India in 17th century, India's GDP always varied between ~25 - 35% world's total GDP, which dropped to 2% by Independence of India in 1947. At the same time, the Britain's share of the world economy rose from 2.9% in 170...
For Ms. Harris, the firstborn daughter of immigrant academics from India and Jamaica, political activism was a kind of birthright. Her maternal grandparents fought for Indian independence from British rule and educated rural women about contraception. Her parents protested for civil and voting rights ...
The origin of the Indian Police Service can be traced back to the Indian (Imperial) Police) during the British rule in India. In 1948, a year after India gained independence from Britain, the Indian (Imperial) Police, was replaced by the Indian Police Service. Indian Police Service in the ...
In 1921 theIrelandgot independence whileinNorthern Ireland, the majority was Protestantandloyalists to the British government, wanted to besepar atedfrom the rest partsofIreland. Now inNorthern Ireland, the minority—the Catholics foundit difficult for them to find job.The conflicts between Protestants...
Before India gained independence (独立), a few young men from the villages wanted to free India from the foreign rule; they wanted the British to quit India. They needed material wealth to 36 the British out of India, so they started collecting 37 in the Indian villages.One day, they ...
The governments of Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan have all made claims to the diamond and demanded its return since India declared independence in 1947, but the British government claims it has the legal right to own the diamond under a 176-year-old treaty. ...
change was in the air. Britain came out of World War II less interested in its empire than ever. In 1947, under the Labor government of Clement Attlee, which came to power after the wartime government of Winston Churchill, it relinquished control of the Indian subcontinent — now India, Pak...
22. First Chera Empire (India) 33. Shang Dynasty (China) 44. Roman Empire (Italy) 55. Norte Chico Civilization (Peru) The Aksum obelisk from Ethiopia 1 / 2 Africa (3000 BC - 0 AD) 1. Ancient Egypt Historians traditionally divide up Ancient Egypt into three periods. By my definition of...
But over the past few months, the Telegraph and Spectator began a ferocious lobbying campaign against the bid, claiming Abu Dhabi ownership couldthreaten editorial independenceand free speech. By this week almost 150 MPs from across party lines, but mainly Conservatives, had backed proposals for par...