The Indian Independence Movement was an anti-colonial struggle spanning approximately a century, aimed at ending British rule over the Indian subcontinent. The movement ended in a bittersweet victory, as the people of the subcontinent won freedom and ind
Also known as: First War of Independence, Indian Mutiny, Revolt of 1857, Sepoy Mutiny Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working...
While the term swaraj is frequently given a purely political meaning (political independence), it is clear that for Gandhi swaraj was a religious concept as well as a political one. I will argue that this is also true for Savarkar, Savarkar's later claims notwithstanding....
1.(Peoples) Also:Amerindianof or relating to any of these peoples, their languages, or their cultures 2.(Languages) Also:Amerindianof or relating to any of these peoples, their languages, or their cultures Usage: The termAmerican Indianis still acceptable and is widely used by American Indian...
Ḥaydar Alī became an active ally of the French in the War of American Independence, 1778-1783 (the Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784), but his invasion of Madras, with some French troops, was defeated. However, after his death (1782), Tīpū crushed a British force of 2000, ...
http://www.indiancentury.com/dwar.htm Before embarking on the project of constructing this website, we wondered how many contemporary scholars are aware of the above facts that were unearthed by the genius of Mark Twain. It is our impression that both non-Indians and a large number of Indi...
India-Pakistan Diplomacy During the 1965 War: the MK Roy Files Solving a Problem of State Tyranny: Director General Siddhanta Das: Have Forest Service Officers been threatening ordinary citizens, seizing their property, then threatening them with arrest if they complain? If so, how many cases of...
In honor of India’s 70th Independence Day celebrations, today we present thelyricsandEnglish translationof “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna.” An Urdughazalwritten in 1921 by Bismal Azimabadi, “Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna” became a battle cry of freedom fighters through the 1940s. The poem was adapted for...
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The only Indian studio whose work has received similar attention and acclamation to that given to European contemporaries is that of Lala Deen Dayal. The success of the Dayal studio is comparable to that achieved by his English counterpart Bourne and Shepherd… The attention paid to Deen Dayal in...